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)

  • Introduction to Object Oriented Programming with Java
  • Information Processing: Requirements Identification and Specification
  • Web Access and Systems Design
  • Expert Systems and Decision Support
  • Information Systems Senior Project I & II (two semester sequence capstone course)

Visiting Instructor, School of Computing, University of North Florida (Aug 2007 to Jan 2008)

  • Introduction to Object Oriented Programming with Java

Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of IST, Penn State University (Aug 2005 to Aug 2007)

  • Teaching assistant for "Advanced Enterprise Systems" course
  • Taught web services and managed web services lab experiments
  • Taught Yasper – business process modeling software

Graduate Research Assistant, College of IST, Penn State University (Jan 2003 to Aug 2005)

  • Developed web services reference framework based on Language-Action theories
  • Developed wrapper for IBM BPEL engine to allow applications to dynamically deploy composed web services
  • Developed wrapper for Systinet UDDI beta version to allow applications to dynamically search capability for services
  • Investigated web services standardization process by performing content analysis on SOAP and WS-Addressing transcripts
  • Designed a multi-agent system architecture for composing web services
  • Developed an approach to convert informal conversation into formal workflow structures (workflow patterns and Petri Net Markup Language)

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of IE, Penn State University (Aug 2000 to Aug 2002)

  • Developed a software guide tool for metal casting designers to aid in designing patterns for castings. This tool was implemented at McConway, Pittsburgh. Developed a software guide tool for metal casting designers to design patterns

Production Planning Engineer, ELGI ELECTRIC & Industries Ltd., Coimbatore, India (June 1998 to Dec 1999)

  • Steering committee member of Business Process Re-Engineering
  • Designed and developed Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Database
  • Developed application for material shortage and procurement planning

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

Journal Articles

  • 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, John W. Bagby. Empirical analysis of anticipatory standardization processes: a case study. In Information Systems e-Business Management, 9 2011.
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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 Educators Conference (ISECON), 8 (62): July 2010. (This article was presented by Layne Wallace at the 2009 Information Systems Educators Conference (ISECON))
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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.
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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.
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    • Book Chapters

  • 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)
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    • Conference Papers

  • 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. 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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  • 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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  • 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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    • Workshop Papers

  • 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.
     
     

    • Book Reviews

  • 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.
     
     

    • Technical Reports

  • 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.
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  • 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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    • Poster Sessions

  • 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.
     
     

    • Talks

  • 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.
     
     

    • Selected Presentations

  • 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
    • 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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