Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems

The Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems - [http://www.witsconf.org/ WITS]. is an academic conference for information systems that is held annually in December in conjunction with ICIS (the International Conference on Information Systems). WITS is quantitatively/technically-oriented and is primarily attended by business school professors from leading academic research institutions in North America with growing participation from throughout the world. WITS is incorporated in the state of Georgia (US).

Origins

[http://ssrc.mit.edu/people/wang Richard Wang] (MIT) and Sudha Ram (University of Arizona) started WITS in 1991. They co-chaired the first conference held in Boston on December 14–15, 1991. Also involved in the early conferences were [https://www.owen.vanderbilt.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-directory/faculty-profile.cfm?id=120 Sal March] (Vanderbilt University), [http://www.krannert.purdue.edu/directory/bio.asp?username=pde Prabuddha De] (Purdue University), [http://www.usf.edu/business/contacts/hevner-alan.aspx Al Hevner] (University of South Florida), Stuart Madnick (MIT), [http://robinson.gsu.edu/profile/veda-c-storey/ Veda Storey] (Georgia State University), Diane Strong (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), [http://www.andrewwhinston.com/ Andrew Whinston] (University of Texas at Austin), [http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Faculty/People/Faculty_Members/Woo_Carson Carson Woo] (University of British Columbia), and others.

WITS Presidents

WITS Locations and Conference Chairs

  • [http://witsconf.org/wits2019/ WITS 2019:] Munich, Germany— [https://dss.in.tum.de/staff/bichler.html Martin Bichler] (Technical University of Munich) & [http://www.rsm.nl/people/wolfgang-ketter/ Wolfgang Ketter] (University of Cologne)
  • [http://witsconf.org/wits2018/ WITS 2018:] Santa Clara, California, USA— [https://www.usf.edu/business/contacts/dutta-kaushik.aspx Kaushik Dutta] (University of South Florida) & [https://pages.business.iastate.edu/zjiang/ Zhengrui (Jeffrey) Jiang] (Iowa State University)
  • [http://witsconf.org/wits2017/ WITS 2017:] Seoul, South Korea— [http://www.public.asu.edu/~santanam/ Raghu Santanam] (Arizona State University) & [http://business.vcu.edu/faculty-and-research/persondetail.php?urn=vyyoon Victoria Yoon] (Virginia Commonwealth University)
  • [http://wits16.wordpress.com/ WITS 2016:] Dublin, Ireland— [http://www.rsm.nl/people/wolfgang-ketter/ Wolfgang Ketter] (Erasmus University) & [http://www.usf.edu/business/contacts/padmanabhan-balaji.aspx Balaji Padmanabhan] (University of South Florida)
  • [http://wits2015.binghamton.edu/ WITS 2015:] Dallas, USA— [https://www.utdallas.edu/chairs/profiles/jacob.html Varghese Jacob] (University of Texas at Dallas) & [https://www.linkedin.com/in/subodha-kumar/ Subodha Kumar] (Texas A&M University)
  • [http://wits2014.isom.auckland.ac.nz/Home.html WITS 2014:] Auckland, New Zealand— [http://faculty.washington.edu/ytan/ Yong Tan] (University of Washington) & [https://www.linkedin.com/in/arvindtripathi1/ Arvind Tripathi] (University of Auckland)
  • [http://www.som.buffalo.edu/isinterface/wits2013/ WITS 2013:] Milano, Italy— [http://mgt.buffalo.edu/faculty/academic/systems/faculty/rsharman Raj Sharman] (University at Buffalo) & [http://ist.psu.edu/directory/sup14 Sandeep Purao] (Pennsylvania State University)
  • [http://site.warrington.ufl.edu/wits/ WITS 2012:] Orlando, Florida — [http://warrington.ufl.edu/contact/profile.asp?WEBID=2102 Haldun Aytug] (University of Florida) & [http://www.krannert.purdue.edu/faculty/rees/ Jackie Rees Ulmer] (Purdue University)
  • WITS 2011: Shanghai, China – [http://business.uc.edu/academics/departments/obais/faculty/roger-chiang.html Roger Chiang] (University of Cincinnati) & [https://beedie.sfu.ca/profiles/AndrewGemino Andrew Gemino] (Simon Fraser University)
  • [http://apps.business.ualberta.ca/wits/ WITS 2010:] St. Louis, Missouri — Erik Rolland & [http://contacts.ucalgary.ca/haskayne_info/profiles/raymond-patterson Raymond A. Patterson] (University of Calgary)
  • [http://www.iub.edu/~wits2009/ WITS 2009:] Phoenix, Arizona — [https://uwm.edu/business/people/zhao-huimin/ Huimin Zhao], (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) & [http://kelley.iu.edu/facultyglobal/directory/FacultyProfile.cfm?id=8856 Vijay Khatri], (Indiana University)
  • WITS 2008: Paris, France — [http://www.business.uconn.edu/profiles/ram-gopal/ Ram Gopal] (University of Connecticut) & [https://mgt.buffalo.edu/faculty/academic-departments/management-science-systems/faculty/ramaswamy-ramesh.html Ram Ramesh] (University of Buffalo )
  • WITS 2007: Montreal, Canada — [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaushal-chari-9b02a9/ Kaushal Chari] (University of South Florida) & [http://php.smeal.psu.edu/smeal/dirbio/displayBio.php?t_user_id=axk41 Akhil Kumar] (Pennsylvania State University)
  • WITS 2006: Milwaukee, Wisconsin — [http://kelley.iu.edu/ODT/faculty/page11362.cfm?ID=8652 Ramesh Venkataraman], (Indiana University) & Atish Sinha
  • WITS 2005: Las Vegas, Nevada – Kar Yan Tam & [https://www.cb.cityu.edu.hk/staff/jlzhao J. Leon Zhao]
  • WITS 2004: Washington, DC – [http://mis.eller.arizona.edu/faculty/pgoes.asp Paulo Goes], (University of Arizona) & Amitava Dutta
  • WITS 2003: Seattle, Washington – [http://faculty.washington.edu/ddey/ Deb Dey] (University of Washington) & Ramayya Krishnan (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • WITS 2002: Barcelona, Spain – [http://www.smu.edu/Cox/AboutCox/FacultyAndResearch/FacultyDirectory/AmitBasu Amit Basu] (Southern Methodist University) & Soumitra Dutta
  • WITS 2001: New Orleans, LA — [http://www.business.mun.ca/why-us/meet-our-people/faculty-instructor-profiles/jeffrey-parsons.php Jeffrey Parsons], (Memorial University of Newfoundland) & Olivia Sheng
  • WITS 2000: Brisbane, Australia – Paul Bowen and [http://jindal.utdallas.edu/faculty/vijay-mookerjee Vijay Mookerjee], (University of Texas at Dallas)
  • WITS 1999: Charlotte, North Carolina — [https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/directory/faculty/narasimhan/index.html Sridhar Narasimhan], (Georgia Institute of Technology) & [http://www.utdallas.edu/~sumit/ Sumit Sarkar], (University of Texas at Dallas)
  • WITS 1998: Helsinki, Finland – Janis Bubenko and [https://www.owen.vanderbilt.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-directory/faculty-profile.cfm?id=120 Sal March],(Vanderbilt University)
  • WITS 1997: Atlanta, Georgia – [http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/segev/Segev.pdf Arie Segev] & Vijay K. Vaishnavi
  • WITS 1996: Cleveland, Ohio — [http://mays.tamu.edu/directory/arunsen/ Arun Sen] (Texas A&M University) & George Ernst
  • WITS 1995: Amsterdam, the Netherlands – [https://mis.eller.arizona.edu/people/sudha-ram Sudha Ram], (University of Arizona) and Matthias Jarke
  • WITS 1994: Vancouver, BC, Canada — [http://www.krannert.purdue.edu/directory/bio.asp?username=pde Prabuddha De], (Purdue University) & Carson Woo
  • WITS 1993: Orlando, Florida – [http://www.usf.edu/business/contacts/hevner-alan.aspx Al Hevner] & Nabil Kamel
  • WITS 1992: Dallas, Texas — [http://www.andrewwhinston.com/ Andrew Whinston] (University of Texas at Austin) & Veda StoreyStuart Madnick, Veda Storey, and Richard Wang (1995), 'Introduction to the Special Issue: WITS'92', Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, 5: 2, 3 — 4.
  • WITS 1991: Cambridge, MA — [http://ssrc.mit.edu/people/wang Richard Wang], (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) & [https://mis.eller.arizona.edu/people/sudha-ram Sudha Ram], (University of Arizona)

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