Jay Nunamaker
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Jay F. Nunamaker Jr. (born August 27, 1937) is Regents and Soldwedel Professor at the University of Arizona
. Regents Professor is the highest faculty rank bestowed at the university, an honor reserved for the top 3% of scholars.
He founded both the MIS
department (ranked top 5 in the country by U.S. News & World Report for the past 20 years) in 1974, and the Center for the Management of Information in 1985 at the University of Arizona
.
, Indiana University
, University of Iowa
, University of Florida
, University of Georgia
, University of Washington
, Carnegie-Mellon University, Texas A&M University
, University of Hawaii
, and other top MIS
institutions.
Jay Nunamaker has been featured in the July 1997 Forbes Magazine
issue on technology as one of eight key innovators in information technology.
In 2002, he was the recipient of the LEO (lifetime achievement) Award from the Association of Information Systems, at ICIS
in Barcelona
, Spain
.
In a 2005 article in Communications of the Association for Information Systems, he was recognized as one of the most productive information systems researchers, ranking no. 4 to 6 for the period from 1991-2003 based on the number of papers in top IS journals.
Nunamaker’s research has led to major breakthroughs in collaboration, decision support systems, and automated systems analysis and design
, and he is known for testing his theories and systems in the “real world.”
He built the first operational decision support center in 1985; there are over 2,500 decision centers in industry, government and universities using the GroupSystems software developed at the University of Arizona
.
His research on group support systems
addresses behavioral as well as engineering issues and focuses on theory as well as implementation.
and engineering
, information management
, communication
, security informatics.
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
. Regents Professor is the highest faculty rank bestowed at the university, an honor reserved for the top 3% of scholars.
He founded both the MIS
Management information system
A management information system provides information needed to manage organizations efficiently and effectively. Management information systems involve three primary resources: people, technology, and information. Management information systems are distinct from other information systems in that...
department (ranked top 5 in the country by U.S. News & World Report for the past 20 years) in 1974, and the Center for the Management of Information in 1985 at the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
.
Biography
Nunamaker has served as major professor to over 80 doctoral students from 1968–present. Students that currently hold, or have held, positions at Harvard, University of MichiganUniversity of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
, Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
, University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
, University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
, University of Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
, University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, Carnegie-Mellon University, Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
, University of Hawaii
University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
, and other top MIS
Management information system
A management information system provides information needed to manage organizations efficiently and effectively. Management information systems involve three primary resources: people, technology, and information. Management information systems are distinct from other information systems in that...
institutions.
Jay Nunamaker has been featured in the July 1997 Forbes Magazine
Forbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
issue on technology as one of eight key innovators in information technology.
In 2002, he was the recipient of the LEO (lifetime achievement) Award from the Association of Information Systems, at ICIS
International Conference on Information Systems
International Conference on Information Systems is an annual international conference for academics and research-oriented practitioners in the area of Information Systems...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
In a 2005 article in Communications of the Association for Information Systems, he was recognized as one of the most productive information systems researchers, ranking no. 4 to 6 for the period from 1991-2003 based on the number of papers in top IS journals.
Work
His multidisciplinary research is built on a foundation of computer supported collaboration, decision support, deception detection and determination of intent.Nunamaker’s research has led to major breakthroughs in collaboration, decision support systems, and automated systems analysis and design
Systems analysis and design
Systems Analysis and Design is an interdisciplinary part of science, which can related to:* Systems analysis* Systems designAnd to related types:* Object-oriented analysis and design* Service-oriented analysis and design* Structured analysis...
, and he is known for testing his theories and systems in the “real world.”
He built the first operational decision support center in 1985; there are over 2,500 decision centers in industry, government and universities using the GroupSystems software developed at the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...
.
His research on group support systems
Electronic meeting system
An electronic meeting system is a type of computer software that facilitates creative problem solving and decision-making of groups within or across organizations. The term was coined by Jay Nunamaker et al. in 1991. The term is synonymous with Group Support Systems and essentially synonymous...
addresses behavioral as well as engineering issues and focuses on theory as well as implementation.
Publications
His publications span more than 250 papers and seven books, and editorial positions on major journals, in computer scienceComputer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
and engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, information management
Information management
Information management is the collection and management of information from one or more sources and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences. This sometimes involves those who have a stake in, or a right to that information...
, communication
Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
, security informatics.
External links
- Website at arizona.edu.