Leadership

SIGGIS Leadership

Interim Chair, Dan Farkas is past chair of the Information Systems department at Pace University and the AIS Special Interest group on GIS (SIGGIS). He has been innovative in developing curriculum in Computer Security, Web Development and most recently Geographic Information Systems. He has given tutorials and workshops on Networking, Linux Administration, and GIS Concepts to national audiences for over 20 years. He was recently involved in a Pace University grant (funded by Verizon) to provide GIS faculty development workshops across the disciplines. He holds a Ph.D. from New York University.

James B. Pick is a Professor in School of Business at University of Redlands. He is director for the Center for Spatial Business and past chair of the Department of Management and Business. He is the author of 165 journal articles, book chapters, and refereed proceedings in the research areas of management information systems, geographic information systems, urban studies, population, and renewable energy, and author or co-author of thirteen books, including Geographic Systems in Business (editor, 2005),Geo-Business: GIS in the Digital Organization (2008), Exploring the Urban Community: A GIS Approach, 2nd ed. (2012), The Global Digital Divides: Explaining Change (2015), and Renewable Energy: Problems and Prospects in the Coachella Valley of California (2017). He is associate editor of European Journal of Information Systems and senior associate editor of Information Systems for Development. His Ph.D. is from University of California Irvine.

Avijit Sarkar is a Professor of Business Analytics and Operations Management at the University of Redlands School of Business. His research interests are in the areas of global digital divides, sharing economy motivations, and spatial business. His research articles have been published in journals such as Telecommunications Policy, Journal of Geographical Systems, European Journal of Operational Research, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, and Computers and Operations Research. He is co-author of The Global Digital Divides: Explaining Change (Springer, 2015). He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Global Information Technology Management. Dr. Sarkar received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from University at Buffalo, the State University of New York.

Namchul Shin is a Professor of Information Systems in the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Pace University. He received his Ph.D. in Management (specialization in MIS) from the University of California at Irvine. His work has been published in journals such as Industry & Innovation. Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Information Systems, International Journal of Information Management, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, and Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application, among other journals. He is associate editor of Journal of Electronic Commerce Research and a member of the editorial board of Business Process Management Journal.