Academic Background
► Ph.D. Information Sciences and Technology, May 2008
The Pennsylvania State University
Dissertation : A Study of Language-Action Perspective as a Theoretical Framework for Web Services
Advisor : Dr. Sandeep Purao
This dissertation contributes to services science discipline by examining appropriateness of Language-Action Perspective (LAP) as a theoretical framework for web services,
technology component of services science. This study is conducted through three essays.
The first investigates whether LAP constructs can describe and explain the web services architecture.
The second demonstrates appropriateness of LAP constructs to structure design knowledge to develop web services solutions.
The third evaluates usefulness of LAP structured design knowledge to develop web services solutions.
► M.S Industrial Engineering, May 2003
The Pennsylvania State University
Thesis : Software Guide Tool for Pattern Allowance Prediction and Dimensional Data Integration of Steel Castings
Advisor : Dr. Robert Voigt
► B.S. Mechanical Engineering, May 1998
PSG College of Technology, India
Thesis : Creating and Computerizing Database for all Assembly and Machining Operations.
(Developed for Manufacturing Engineering Division of Pricol Limited, Coimbatore, India)
Advisor : Dr. Natarajan K.
Awards and Honors
2010 ICIS Junior Faculty Consortium Fellow – MIS Camp, St Louis, MO, USA
2009 First S.T.A.R. (Award for Research Excellence), University of North Florida
Meritorious Award received for 2008 Conference on Information Systems Applied Research (CONISAR) paper
Inducted into Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines (December 2008, through University of North Florida Chapter)
Experience
► Assistant Professor, School of Computing, University of North Florida (Jan 2008 to Present)
► Visiting Instructor, School of Computing, University of North Florida (Aug 2007 to Jan 2008)
► Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of IST, Penn State University (Aug 2005 to Aug 2007)
► Graduate Research Assistant, College of IST, Penn State University (Jan 2003 to Aug 2005)
► Graduate Research Assistant, Department of IE, Penn State University (Aug 2000 to Aug 2002)
► Production Planning Engineer, ELGI ELECTRIC & Industries Ltd., Coimbatore, India (June 1998 to Dec 1999)
Dissertation/ Thesis Committees
► M.S Thesis Chair
Enrique Caliz (Spring 2010). Analysis of WS-CDL Specifications using Colored Petri Nets. M.S. Computer and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
Publications
Karthikeyan, Umapathy, Sandeep Purao, John W. Bagby.
Empirical analysis of anticipatory standardization processes: a case study .
In Information Systems e-Business Management ,
10 (3): 325-350,
July 2012.
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Albert D. Ritzhaupt, Karthikeyan, Umapathy, Lisa Jamba.
A Study on Services Motivating Computing Professional Association Membership .
In International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals (IJHCITP) ,
3 (1): 50-70,
January 2012.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sandeep Purao.
Systems Integration and Web Services .
In Computer ,
43 (11): 91-94,
November 2010.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy, F. Layne Wallace.
Role of Web Server in Capstone Course .
In Information Systems Education Journal (ISEDJ) ,
8 (62): July 2010.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy, Lisa Jamba, Albert D. Ritzhaupt.
Factors that Persuade and Deter Membership in Professional Computing Associations .
In Journal of Information Systems Applied Research (JISAR) ,
3 (14): June 2010.
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Arturo J. Sanchez-Ruiz, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Patrick J. Hayes.
Toward Generic, Immersive, and Collaborative Solutions to the Data Interoperability Problem which Target End-Users .
In Journal of Computing Science and Engineering (JCSE) ,
3 (2): June 2009.
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Albert D. Ritzhaupt, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Lisa Jamba.
Computing Professional Association Membership: An Exploration of Membership Needs and Motivations .
In Journal of Information Systems Applied Research (JISAR) ,
1 (4): December 2008.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sandeep Purao, Russell R. Barton.
Designing Enterprise Integration Solutions - Effectively .
In European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS) ,
17 (5): 518-528,
October 2008.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sandeep Purao.
A Theoretical Investigation of the Emerging Standards for Web Services .
In Information Systems Frontiers (ISF) ,
9 (1): 119-134,
March 2007.
Preprint (PDF)
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Timothy Simpson, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Jyotirmaya Nanda, Sachin Halbe, Barry Hodge.
Development of a Framework for Web-Based Product Platform Customization .
In Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering ,
3 (2): 119-129,
March 2003.
Preprint (PDF)
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Karthikeyan Umapathy.
The Language-Action Approach: Information Systems Supporting Social Actions .
In Information Systems Theory: Explaining and Predicting Our Digital Society, Vol. 2 ,
Springer, New York, ISBN: 9781441997067, October 2011.
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Enrique Caliz, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Arturo J. Sanchez-Ruiz, Sherif A. Elfayoumy.
Analyzing Web Service Choreography Specifications Using Colored Petri Nets .
In Lecture Notes in Computer Science): Service-Oriented Perspectives in Design Science Research ,
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, ISBN: 9783642206320, May 2011.
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Karthikeyan, Umapathy, Sandeep Purao, John W. Bagby.
Analyzing Processes behind Web Service Standards Development .
In Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 52 ,
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, ISBN: 9783642174483, 2011.
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Arturo J. Sanchez-Ruiz, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Jonathan Beckham, Patrick Welsh.
The Data Interoperability Problem as an Exemplary Case Study in the Development of Software Collaboration Environments .
In Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing ,
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, ISBN: 9783642033537, October 2009.
(This chapter was presented by Arturo Sanchez at the 2008 International Workshop on Collaboration and Cognition in Next Generation Networks (CoNGN))
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Karthikeyan Umapathy.
Language-Action Perspective (LAP) .
In Handbook of Research on Contemporary Theoretical Models in Information Systems ,
Information Science Reference, ISBN: 9781605666501, May 2009.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy.
The Influences and Impacts of Societal Factors on the Adoption of Web Services .
In Handbook of Research on Social Dimensions of Semantic Technologies and Web Services ,
Information Science Reference, ISBN: 9781605666594, May 2009.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sharoda A. Paul, Sandeep Purao, John W. Bagby, Prasenjit Mitra.
Avatars of Participants in Anticipatory Standardization Processes .
In Standards Edge: Unifier or Divider ,
The Bolin Group, November 2007.
(If you are interested in this article, then instead read article "Empirical analysis of anticipatory standardization processes: a case study" published in the Information Systems e-Business Management Journal, 2011, vol 9)
Preprint (PDF)
Pavan Kumar Potti, Sanjay Ahuja, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Zornitza Prodanoff.
Comparing Performance of Web Service Interaction Styles: SOAP vs. REST .
In Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research (CONISAR) ,
New Orleans, LA, USA,
November 2012.
Won Conference Best Paper Award .
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Presentation File
Karthikeyan Umapathy, Albert D. Ritzhaupt.
Role of Professional Associations in Preparing, Recruiting, and Retaining Computing Professionals .
In Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research (CPR) Conference ,
San Antonio, Texas, USA,
May 2011.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy.
From Service Conversation Models to WS-CDL .
In Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) ,
San Francisco, California, USA,
August 2009.
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Janice M. Engberg, Karthikeyan Umapathy, F. Layne Wallace.
Information Extraction From Different Data representation Forms: Charts and Tables .
In Proceedings of the Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS) ,
Charleston, South Carolina, USA,
March 2009.
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Sandeep Purao, John W. Bagby, Karthikeyan Umapathy.
Standardizing Web Services: Overcoming ‘Design by Committee’ .
In Proceedings of the IEEE Congress on Services (SERVICES 2008) ,
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA,
July 2008.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sandeep Purao.
Representing and Accessing Design Knowledge for Service Integration .
In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC) ,
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA,
July 2008.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sandeep Purao.
Exploring Alternatives for Representing and Accessing Design Knowledge about Enterprise Integration .
In Proceedings of the International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER) ,
Auckland, New Zealand,
November 2007.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sandeep Purao.
Towards A Theoretical Foundation for Web Services - The Language-Action Perspective (LAP) Approach .
In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC) ,
Salt Lake City, USA,
July 2007.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy.
Towards Co-Design of Business Process and Information Systems Using Web Services .
In Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) ,
Big Island, Hawaii, USA,
January 2007.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sandeep Purao.
Designing Enterprise Solutions with Web Services and Integration Patterns .
In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC) ,
Chicago, USA,
August 2006.
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Lu Xiao, Haiyan Huang, Karthikeyan Umapathy.
A Case Study: Information and Communication Technologies Adoption in Higher Education in China and India .
In Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) ,
Omaha, USA,
August 2005.
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Xiaocong Fan, Karthikeyan Umapathy, John Yen, Sandeep Purao.
An Agent-based Approach for Interleaved Composition and Execution of Complex Web Services .
In Proceedings of the International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER) ,
Shanghai, China,
November 2004.
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Xiaocong Fan, Karthikeyan Umapathy, John Yen, Sandeep Purao.
Team based Agents for Proactive Failure Handling in Dynamic Composition of Web Services .
In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS) ,
San Diego, USA,
November 2004.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sandeep Purao.
Service-oriented Computing: An Opportunity for the Language-Action Perspective? .
In Proceedings of the International Working Conference on the Language-Action Perspective on Communication Modelling ,
Rutgers University, USA,
June 2004.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy.
Requirements to support Collaborative Sensemaking .
In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Collaborative Information Seeking ,
Savannah, Georgia, USA,
February 2010.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy.
An Investigation of W3C Standardization Processes Using Rational Discourse .
In Proceedings of the AIS Special Interest Group on Pragmatist IS Research (SIGPrag) meeting ,
Phoenix, USA,
December 2009.
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Arturo J. Sanchez-Ruiz, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Patrick J. Hayes.
Toward generic, immersive, and collaborative solutions to the data interoperability problem which target end-users .
In Proceedings of the International workshop on Ontologies and Information Systems for the Semantic Web (ONISW) ,
Napa Valley, California, USA,
October 2008.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy.
Assessment of Web Services Specifications to Support Long-Running Conversations .
In Proceedings of the Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS) ,
Milwaukee, WI, USA,
December 2006.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sandeep Purao, Vijayan Sugumaran.
Facilitating Conversations among Web Services as Speech-act based Discourses .
In Proceedings of the Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS) ,
Seattle, USA,
August 2003.
Haiyan Huang, Karthikeyan Umapathy.
Review of ICTs and Indian Economic Development: Economy, Work, Regulation .
In Information Technology and People(ITP) ,
20 (3): 474,
August 2007.
Karthikeyan Umapathy.
Review of Business Process Management Systems: Strategy and Implementation .
In Information Technology and People(ITP) ,
19 (2): 188-189,
March 2006.
Albert D. Ritzhaupt, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Lisa Jamba.
An Investigation of the AITP Membership Using the Ideal Computing Association Survey .
Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) technical report,
October 2008.
Preprint (PDF)
Prasenjit, Mitra, Sandeep Purao, John W. Bagby, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sharoda A. Paul.
An Empirical Analysis of Development Processes for Anticipatory Standards .
NET Institute Working Paper No. 05-18 technical report,
September 2005.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sandeep Purao.
Designing Under the Influence of Speech-Acts-based Enterprise Integration Patterns .
In Demo/Poster in the International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER) ,
Tuscon, USA,
November 2006.
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Karthikeyan Umapathy, Haiyan Huang, Lu Xiao.
A Case Study: Information and Communication Technologies Adoption in Higher Education in China and India .
In Poster in the Twentieth Annual Graduate Exhibition ,
The Pennsylvania State University, USA,
March 2005.
Karthikeyan Umapathy.
Digging into Human Rights Violation: What We Know and What We Don't .
In Invited panel member. Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University ,
London, Canada,
June 2012.
Karthikeyan Umapathy.
Web of Web Things .
In Invited Speaker for Joe Berg Seminars of Jacksonville. Museum of Science and History ,
Jacksonville, FL, USA,
February 2012.
Karthikeyan Umapathy.
So you want to get your PhD .
In Panel discussant for encouraging Undergraduate students to pursue doctoral studies. UNF Honors Program ,
University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA,
October 2011.
Karthikeyan Umapathy.
How to collaborate globally with web services? .
In Panel Discussion: Socio-Economic Implications of ICTs at the First Interdisciplinary IST Graduate Symposium ,
The Pennsylvania State University, USA,
February 2006.
Analyzing Web Service Choreography Specifications Using Colored Petri Nets .
Presented at the International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) ,
Milwaukee, WI, USA,
May 2011.
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Analyzing Processes behind Web Service Standards Development .
Presented at the Workshop on eBusiness (WEB) ,
Phoenix, USA,
December 2009.
Factors that Persuade and Deter Membership in Professional Computing Associations .
Presented at the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research (CONISAR) ,
Washington DC, USA,
November 2009.
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Computing Professional Association Membership: An Exploration of Membership Needs and Motivations .
Presented at the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research (CONISAR) ,
Phoenix, Arizona, USA,
November 2008.
Meritorious Award Winning Paper .
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Designing Enterprise Integration Solutions - Effectively .
Presented at the International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) ,
Atlanta, GA, USA,
May 2008.
Nominated for Best Paper Award
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A Study of Language-Action Perspective as a Theoretical Framework for Web Services .
Presented at the IEEE Congress on Services (Ph.D. Symposium on Service Computing) ,
Salt Lake City, USA,
July 2007.
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A Study of Language-Action Perspective as a Theoretical Framework for Web Services .
Presented at the International Ph.D. Symposium on Service-Oriented Computing (ICSOC) ,
Chicago, USA,
December 2006.
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Services
Publicity Chair for the International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) 2009, 2010, 2011
Editorial Board member
Journal of Database Management (JDM) 2008, Special Issue on Service-oriented Computing
Information Systems Education Journal (ISEDJ), since 2009
Journal of Information Systems Applied Research (JISAR), since 2009
Formed Graduate Student Body for Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State University
Elected-Chairman of Graduate Student Body for Information Sciences and Technology (Penn State University) for year 2005
Assisted conference chair with organizing IEEE Service Computing Conference (SCC) 2005
Program committee member for
Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) 2009
IEEE Service Computing Conference (SCC) 2008
International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC) 2006
Adhoc Reviewer for
MIS Quarterly 2009, 2010
The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems 2009
Journal of the Association for Information Systems 2010
AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction 2010
International Conference on Information Systems 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
IEEE Service Computing Conference (SCC) 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010
Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2008, 2009, 2010
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 2008
Journal of Database Management (JDM) 2007
International Journal of Information Technology and Management (IJITM) 2005
IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, for the Dependable Computing and Communication Symposium (DCCS) track 2006
Professional Affiliations
Member of Association of Information Systems (AIS), since 2003.
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), since 2005.
Member of Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), since 2008.
Member of Education Special Interest Group of Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), since 2008.
Member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), since 2010.
Member of IEEE Computer Society, since 2011.
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