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Karthikeyan Umapathy is currently working as an Associate Professor at the School of Computing, University of North Florida (UNF). He received his PhD in Information Sciences and Technology from the Pennsylvania State University. He is the 2018 - 2020 recipient of the FIS Distinguished Professor in Computing Award. His research interests are complex software development, data science, data-driven decision making, system interoperability, data interoperability, patterns, design and development of web services-based solutions, systems integration, IT standardization, and IT adoption and usage in Nonprofits. His research works are published in various conferences such as Americas Conference on Information Systems, Conceptual Modeling, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, International Conference on Web Services, Service Computing Conference, and Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology; and journals such as IEEE Computer, European Journal of Information Systems, Information Systems Frontiers, Information Systems and e-business Management, Journal of Information Systems Applied Research, and Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering. He serves as an editorial board member for Journal of Information Systems Applied Research and Information Systems Education Journal. He served as publicity chair for 2009, 2010, and 2011 Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology conference. His teaching interests are object oriented programming, eBusiness, software design and development, systems design and analysis, enterprise integration fundamentals, and advanced enterprise information systems and technologies. He is a Co-PI for Digging into Human Rights Violations Project funded by National Science Foundation. He is a Florida Campus Compact STEM Fellow, Florida Campus Compact STEM Certified Scholar, and UNF Community Scholar.

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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

  M.S.

Industrial Engineering, May 2003
The Pennsylvania State University
Dissertation : Software Guide Tool for Pattern Allowance Prediction and Dimensional Data Integration of Steel Castings
Advisor : Dr. Robert Voigt

  B.S.

Mechanical Engineering, May 1998
The Pennsylvania State University
Dissertation : Creating and Computerizing Database for all Assembly and Machining Operations
Advisor : Dr. Natarajan K.

Awards and Honors

  •  2020 Best Paper Award in Information Systems in Use track at the Southern Association of Information Systems (SAIS) Conference.
  •  2019 Best Paper Award for the SIG Computer and Internet Applications in Education Papers at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting.
  •  2019 Best Faculty and Student Best Paper Award at the 2019 Southern Association of Information Systems (SAIS) Conference.
  •  2019 Best Faculty and Student Best Paper Award at the 2019 Southern Association of Information Systems (SAIS) Conference.
  •  Featured in the UNF Faculty Forum.   UNF Marketing and Publications  
  •  2018 UNF Presidential Faculty Leaders Award.
  •  2017-2018 UNF Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award.
  •  2018-2020 FIS Distinguished Professor in CIS Award.
  •  2016-2017 UNF Community Engaged Scholar.
  •  IEEE Senior Member, April 2016.
  •  Received Conference Best Paper – Finalist Award at the 2016 Southern Association of Information Systems (SAIS) Conference.
  •  Featured in the Penn State IST graduate alumni profile.   Penn State News  
  •  2012-2013 UNF Community Scholar.
  •  2012-2013 Florida Campus Compact STEM Certified Scholar.
  •  Conference Best Paper Award received for 2012 Conference on Information Systems Applied Research (CONISAR) paper.
  •  Recognized as one of the 2012 "Movers and Shakers" of the Northeast Florida by the Indo-US Chamber of Commerce of Northeast Florida for contributions to the entrepreneurial community.
  •  Featured in the University of North Florida Center for Community-Based Learning video to promote service learning.   UNF Cares  
  •  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.
  •  Received Meritorious Award for the 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

  Associate Professor, School of Computing, University of North Florida (Aug 2013 to Present)

  Assistant Professor, School of Computing, University of North Florida (Jan 2008 to Aug 2013)

  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)

Grants

  1. Umapathy, K. (PI). Training Data Scientists While Building Capacity for Nonprofits. 2020. Funded by the FIS Distinguished Professorship in CIS Award, School of Computing, University of North Florida. Total awarded amount: $36,000.
  2. Umapathy, K. and Richard, D. (PIs). Building Decision Science Capacity for Community Organizations. 2020. Funded by the Jaguar Foundation. Total awarded amount: $5,000.
  3. Umapathy, K. and Richard, D. (PIs). Preparing Data Scientists with a Social Conscience. 2019. Funded by the University of North Florida Foundation. Total awarded amount: $25,000.
  4. Umapathy, K. (PI). Benchmarking Use of Data Analytics in the Nonprofit Sector (Analytics-in-Nonprofits). 2018. Funded by the FIS Distinguished Professorship in CIS Award, School of Computing, University of North Florida. Total awarded amount: $36,000.
  5. Umapathy, K. and Richard, D. (PIs). 2018 FL-DSSG Big Reveal Event Sponsorship. 2018. Funded by the Agile Thought. Total awarded amount: $2,000
  6. Umapathy, K. and Richard, D. (PIs). 2018 FL-DSSG Summer Internship. 2018. Funded by the University of North Florida. Total awarded amount: $17,000.
  7. Umapathy, K. and Richard, D. (PIs). Establishing Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG) Program. 2017. Funded by the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida. Awarded amount: $20,000.
  8. Umapathy, K. (PI), Chuan, Ching-Hua (PI). 2013. Web Technology Development for Community Organizations. 2013 UNF Transformational Learning Opportunities (TLO) Award. Awarded amount: $5,000 (Requested amount: $10,000).
  9. Miller, B. (PI-US Team, GSU), Umapathy, K. (Co-PI, UNF), Xiao, Lu (PI-Canada Team, UWO, Canada), Pullman, G. (Co-PI, GSU), and Karmakar, S. (Co-PI, GSU). 2012. Digging into Human Rights Violations: Anaphora Resolution and Emergent Witnesses. 2012 Digging into Data Challenge. Total awarded amount: $235,000. US Team is funded by National Science Foundation #1209172. US Team Award: $175,000 (UNF sub-award: $36, 883). Canadian Team is funded by SSHRC. Canadian Team Award: $ 60,000.
  10. Umapathy, K. (PI), Chuan, Ching-Hua (PI). 2011. A Pilot for School of Computing TLO Internship Program. 2012 UNF Transformational Learning Opportunities (TLO) Award. Awarded amount: $10,000 (Requested amount: $12,000).
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Thesis Supervision

M.S Thesis Chair

  1. Jacob M. Koza (Spring 2019). Active Analytics: Suggesting Navigational Links to Users Based on Temporal Analytics Data. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  2. Adetunji A. Olunuga (Spring 2019). Profile Analysis of Mobile Application Security.. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  3. Christopher Travis LaValley (Summer 2018). Holistic Model of Website Design Elements that Influence Trustworthiness.. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  4. Joshua M. Joiner (Spring 2018). Automating CIRI Ratings of Human Rights Reports Using Gate. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  5. Lucas Coffey (Spring 2018). Assessing Ratio-based Fatigue Indexes using a Single Channel EEG. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  6. Dishi Shrivastava (Fall 2017). The Impact of Social Presence and User Experience on Gender Sensitive E-Tail Websites. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  7. Mareh F. Al-Sammarraie (Summer 2017). An Empirical Investigation of Collaborative Web Search Tool on Novice's Query Behavior. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  8. Hibah A. Khalil (Spring 2017). The Role of the Quality of a Website in Consumer Perception. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  9. Doaa H. Gamal (Spring 2017). Social Networks Influence Analysis. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  10. William R. Carle II (Spring 2016). Active Analytics: Adapting Web Pages Automatically Based on Analytics Data.. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida
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  11. Mwaka Mahanga (Spring 2015). Unknown Exception Handling Tool Using Humans as Agents. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  12. Britto Arockiasamy (Fall 2014). Trustworthiness of web services. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  13. Chirag N. Rana (Spring 2014). Enabling One-Phase Commit (1PC) Protocol for Web Service Atomic Transaction (WS-AT). M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  14. Enrique Caliz (Spring 2010). Analysis of WS-CDL Specifications using Colored Petri Nets. M.S. in Computer and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.

M.S Thesis Committee Member

  1. Larry D. Snedden (Fall 2017). Improving Search Ranking Using a Composite Scoring Approach. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  2. Jason Frier (Spring 2017). Genetic Algorithms as a Viable Method of Obtaining Branch Coverage. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  3. Chanchal Khatwani (Spring 2017). Security Analysis of ECC Based Protocols. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  4. Priyanka Dhoopa Harish (Fall 2015). Towards Designing Energy-Efficient Secured Hashes. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  5. Neha Vilas Soni (Summer 2015). An Empirical Performance Analysis of IaaS Clouds with Cloudstone Web 2.0 Benchmarking Tool. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  6. Jeffrey B. Gouge (Summer 2015). A Targeted Denial of Service (DOS) Attack on Data Caching Networks. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  7. Jaime Kaufman (Fall 2014). A Hybrid Approach to Music Recommendation: Exploiting Collaborative Music Tags and Acoustic Features. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  8. Lucas M. Downard (Spring 2013). The Effect Overall Density Plays On Performance and Preference in a Windowed Environment. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  9. Jim Littleton (Spring 2012). ColorDots: An Intersection Analysis Resistant Graphical Password Scheme for the Prevention of Shoulder-surfing Attack. M.S. in Computing and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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  10. Pavan Kumar Potti (Spring 2011). On The Design Web Services: SOAP vs. REST. M.S. in Computer and Information Sciences, University of North Florida.
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Software Artifacts

  •   Temporal Active Analytics – a dynamic front-end system for automatically updating web page navigational elements using time variant data from Google Analytics reports (Koza, J. and Umapathy, K. 2018).
  •   AutoCIRI – automates CIRI (Cingranelli-Richards) rating of human rights practices reported in the U.S Department of State annual country reports (Joiner, J. and Umapathy, K. 2018).
  •   Active Analytics – provides ability for website designers to configure portions of user interface to be highlighted based on Google Analytics data to help users find highly used menu options faster (Carle, W. and Umapathy, K. 2016).
  •   WSAT-1PC for JBoss Transaction – provides one phase protocol commit mechanism for Web Service Atomic Transaction specifications used within JBoss Transactions (Rana, C. and Umapathy, K. 2014).
  •   CHORtoNET – converts Web Service Choreography (WS-CDL) specifications into Colored PetriNet (CPN) representations (Caliz, E. and Umapathy K., 2010).
  •   IDAssist (Integration Designer Assistant) – assists designers with selecting integration patterns and developing web service based systems integration solutions for a given business process (Umapathy K. and Purao S., 2008).
  •   Dimensional Engineering – provides guidance for metal casting designers with steel casting pattern allowance prediction (Umapathy K. and Voigt R., 2003).
  •   OperationsDB – converting assembly and machine operation reports from paper format into a computerized database (Umapathy, K., 1998).

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Amanda Blakewood Pascale, Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Am I STEM? Broadening Participation by Transforming Students’ Perceptions of Self and Others as STEM-Capable. In Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 21 (7): 147-159, 2021.
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  2. Zhen Xu, Albert D. Ritzhaupt, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Yang Ning, Chin-Chung Tsai. Exploring College Students’ Conceptions of Learning Computer Science: A Draw-A-Picture Technique Study. In Computer Science Education, 31 (1): 60-82, 2021.
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  3. Evan Copello, Anna Mease, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Dan Richard, Ann-Marie Knight, Monica Albertie, Hanadi Hamadi, Aaron C. Spaulding, Emma Apatu. Developing a GIS Dashboard Tool to Inform Non-Profit Hospitals of Community Health Needs at the Neighborhood Level. In Journal of Information Systems Applied Research, 13 (2): 33–53, 2020.
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  4. Karthikeyan Umapathy, Albert D. Ritzhaupt, Zhen Xu. College Students’ Conceptions of Learning of and Approaches to Learning Computer Science. In Journal of Educational Computing Research, London, England, 58 (3): 662-686, 2020.
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  5. Zhen Xu, Albert D. Ritzhaupt, Fengchun Tian, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Block-based versus Text-based Programming Environments on Novice Student Learning Outcomes: a Meta-Analysis Study. In Computer Science Education, London, England, 29 (2-3): 177-204, May 2019.
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  6. Karthikeyan Umapathy, Albert D. Ritzhaupt. A Meta-Analysis of Pair-Programming in Computer Programming Courses: Implications for Educational Practice. In ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE), New York, NY, USA, 17 (4): 50-70, September 2017.
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  7. Pavan Kumar Potti, Sanjay Ahuja, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Zornitza Prodanoff. Comparing Performance of Web Service Interaction Styles: SOAP vs. REST. In Journal on Information Systems Applied Research (JISAR), New Orleans, LA, USA, February 2013.
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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sandeep Purao. Systems Integration and Web Services. In Computer, 43 (11): 91-94, November 2010.
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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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

  1. Karthikeyan Umapathy. Collaborative Community Engagement Triad Model to Enhance Student Learning Experiences for a Web Application Capstone Course. In Community-Based Transformational Learning: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry into Student Experiences and Challenges, New York, USA, June 2020.
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  2. Hibah Khalil, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Lakshmi Goel, Sandeep Reddivari. Exploring Relationships Between e-Tailing Website Quality and Purchase Intention. In HCI in Business, Government and Organizations - Commerce and Consumer Behavior. Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, Switzerland, July 2019.
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  3. Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sandeep Purao, John W. Bagby. Investigating IT Standardization Process through the lens of Theory of Communicative Action. In E-Life: Web-Enabled Convergence of Commerce, Work, and Social Life, Berlin, Germany, September 2016.
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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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, January 2011.
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  7. 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.
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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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

  1. Lucas Wayne Welch, Xudong Liu, Indika Kahanda, Sandeep Reddivari, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Vegetation Coverage in Marsh Grass Photography Using Convolutional Neural Networks. In Proceedings of the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society (FLAIRS) Conference, North Miami Beach, FL, USA, May 2021.
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  2. Prapti Burkul, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Asai Asaithambi, Haiyan Huang. Data Mining Pipeline for Performing Decision Tree Analysis on Mortality Dataset with ICD-10 Codes. In Proceedings of the Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS), Myrtle Beach, SC, USA, 2020. Conference Best Paper in Information Systems in Use track Award.
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  3. Joseph Allen, Xudong Liu, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Sandeep Reddivari. Clustering Partial Lexicographic Preference Trees. In Proceedings of the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society (FLAIRS) Conference, North Miami Beach, FL, USA, May 2020. The conference was canceled due to COVID-19, but the paper was published by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Press.
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  4. Hibah Khalil, Karthikeyan Umapathy. An Exploratory Study on the Influences of Website Quality on Actual Purchase and Moderation Effects. In Proceedings of the Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS), St. Simons Island, GA, USA, March 2019. Conference Best Paper - Faculty and Student Research Award .
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  5. Jayalakshmi Raman, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Haiyan Huang. Security and User Experience: A Holistic Model for CAPTCHA Usability Issues. In Proceedings of the Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS), Atlanta, GA, USA, March 2018.
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  6. Karthikeyan Umapathy, Amy J. Connolly. Data Analytics as a Conduit for Progressing Information Systems Research in Nonprofit Organizations. In Proceedings of the Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS), St. Simons Island, GA, USA, March 2017.
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  7. Mareh Al-Sammarraie, Karthikeyan Umapathy. A Research Plan to Study Impact of a Collaborative Web Search Tool on Novice's Query Behavior. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS), Orlando, FL, USA, November 2016.
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  8. Dishi Shrivastava, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Haiyan Huang, Ching-Hua Chuan, Lakshmi Goel. A Study on Influence of Gender Differences on Social Presence Features. In Proceedings of the Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS), St. Augustine, FL, USA, March 2016. Conference Best Paper - Finalist.
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  9. Karthikeyan Umapathy, Haiyan Huang. A Preliminary Study of Information Technologies Usage in Non-Profit Organizations. In Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) Conference, Puerto Rico, USA, August 2015.
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  10. Sandeep Purao, Karthikeyan Umapathy, John W. Bagby. Activity Patterns in Design Processes of IT Standards. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) Conference, Dublin, Ireland, May 2015.
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  11. Chris LaValley, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Conceptual Model of Website Design Elements that Influences Credibility and Trustworthiness. In Proceedings of the Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS) Conference, Hilton Head, SC, USA, March 2015.
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  12. Chirag N. Rana, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Review of Web Service Specifications for Long-running Conversations. In Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research (CONISAR), Baltimore, MD, USA, November 2014.
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  13. Ben Miller, Ayush Shrestha, Jason Derby, Jennifer Olive, Fuxin Li, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Digging into Human Rights Violations: Data Modeling Collective Memory. In Proceedings of the IEEE Big Data: Workshop on Big Humanities, Santa Clara, CA, USA, October 2013.
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  14. Ben Miller, Fuxin Li, Ayush Shrestha, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Digging into Human Rights Violations: phrase mining and trigram visualization. In Proceedings of the Digital Humanities, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, July 2013.
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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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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  21. 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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  22. 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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  23. 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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  24. 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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  25. 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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  26. 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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  27. 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

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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, December 2003.
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Book Reviews

  1. 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.
     
  2. 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

  1. Joseph Free, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Kevin Mea, Nicholas Cole, Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County Final Report - Determining Services that Contribute to Healthy Child Outcomes. Florida Data Science for Social Good , November 2019.
     
  2. Abhishek Singh, Abigail Conwell, Joseph Allen, Nicholas Cole, Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Feeding Northeast Florida Final Report - Finding Data-Driven Insights in the Fight Against Hunger. Florida Data Science for Social Good , October 2019.
     
  3. Bridget Stanton, Joseph Allen, Avinash Namilla, Nicholas Cole, Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Starting Point Behavioral Healthcare Final Report - Understanding the Patterns of Recidivism in Mental Health. Florida Data Science for Social Good , October 2019.
     
  4. Breana Bryant, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Kevin Mea, Nicholas Cole, Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. The Cathedral Arts Project Final Report - Analyzing Impacts of the Arts Education. Florida Data Science for Social Good , September 2019.
     
  5. Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. 2018 FL-DSSG Founders Report. Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG) , January 2019.
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  6. Danish Sayed, Crista Cummings, Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. The Performers Academy Final Report. Florida Data Science for Social Good , December 2018.
     
  7. Yekaterina (Kat) Bardash, Gabrielle Coker, Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Girls Incorporated of Jacksonville Final Report. Florida Data Science for Social Good , October 2018.
     
  8. Tabitha Powell, H., Siddiqui, Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Family Support Services of North Florida - Gaining Insights from the Purchase of Services (POS) System. Florida Data Science for Social Good , October 2018.
     
  9. Britni Surprenant, Danish Sayed, William Giroux, Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Baptist Health Y Healthy Living Centers - Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome. Florida Data Science for Social Good , September 2018.
     
  10. Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. 2017 FL-DSSG Founders Report. Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG) , February 2018.
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  11. Greg Rousis, Pandaya Hinal, Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Yoga 4 Change: Analyzing Impacts of Yoga Curriculum on Stress and Mood Levels. Florida Data Science for Social Good , December 2017.
     
  12. Greg Rousis, Rachel Carpenter, Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Changing Homelessness: Creating Profile of Homelessness and Moving Toward Dignity. Florida Data Science for Social Good , November 2017.
     
  13. Evan Copello, Jason Smith, Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Mayo Clinic Wellness RX: Helping the Community Address Health Disparities. Florida Data Science for Social Good , October 2017.
     
  14. Ben Miller, Lu Xiao, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Digging into Human Rights Violations: Anaphora Resolution and Emergent Witnesses. White Paper submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) , October 2015.
     
  15. 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) , October 2008.
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  16. 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 , September 2005.
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Posters

  1. Abhishek Singh, Abigail Conwell, Joseph Allena, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Dan Richard, Jess Goodkind, Paul Bell, Michael Neff, Lauri Wright. Dashboard for Extracting Regional Insights and Ranking Food Deserts in Northeast Florida. In Poster presentation at the UNF DHI Digital Projects Showcase, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, November 2019.
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  2. Evan Copello, Jason Smith, Anna Mease, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Dan Richard, Ann-Marie Knight, Monica Albertie, Emma Apatu. The Design of a Neighborhood Level Community Health Needs Assessment Map Tool for Non-Profit Hospitals. In Poster presented at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA, June 2018.
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  3. Karthikeyan Umapathy. Digging into Human Rights Documents. In Poster presented at the UNF International Studies Symposium, Jacksonville, FL, USA, March 2018.
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  4. Joshua Joiner, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Automating CIRI Ratings of Human Rights Reports Using GATE: Evaluation Results. In Poster presented at the UNF DHI Digital Projects Showcase, Jacksonville, FL, USA, November 2017.
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  5. Joshua Joiner, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Automating CIRI Ratings of Human Rights Reports Using GATE. In Poster presented at the UNF DHI Digital Projects Showcase, Jacksonville, FL, USA, November 2016.
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  6. Clayton McCarl, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Cameron Adelperger, Kathlina Brady, Krysten Ross. coloniaLab. In Poster presented at the UNF DHI Digital Projects Showcase, Jacksonville, FL, USA, November 2016.
     
  7. Karthikeyan Umapathy. Computing Senior Capstone Project. In Poster presented at the UNF Community Engaged Scholars Luncheon, Jacksonville, FL, USA, November 2015.
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  8. Karthikeyan Umapathy. Service Learning Projects - Information Systems Senior Project Course. In Poster presented as a part of UNF CCEC College Dean council meeting, Jacksonville, FL, USA, April 2015.
     
  9. Karthikeyan Umapathy. Digging into Human Rights Violation. In Poster presented as a part of UNF CCEC College Dean council meeting, Jacksonville, FL, USA, April 2013.
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  10. 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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  11. 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

  1. Karthikeyan Umapathy. Collaborative Community Engagement: Bringing Data Science to Societal Challenges. In Invited talk at the Bentley University, Boston, MA, USA, October 2019.
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  2. Pam Davis-Kean, Rayid Ghani, William Ratcliff, Sarah Stone, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Member of the panel titled "Getting Students Engaged in Social Good". In IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA), Washington, DC, USA, October 2019.
     
  3. Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Nicholas Cole. Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG): Data Science Meets Community Impact. In Jacksonville Big Data Meetup Group, Jacksonville, FL, USA, September 2019.
     
  4. Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Joseph Allen, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Breana Bryant, Nicholas Cole, Abigail Conwell, Joseph Free, Ashlee Larramore, Kevin Mea, Avinash Namilla, Abhishek Singh, Bridget Stanton. 2019 Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG): The Big Reveal. In Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG), Jacksonville, FL, USA, August 2019.
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  5. Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Julie Schafer, Allison Galloway-Gonzalez, Drew Reylonds. Member of the Panel titled "Who has your data? Data Security and sharing in the Nonprofit Sector". In Nonprofit Works: Cultivate Change Conference, Jacksonville, FL, USA, June 2019.
     
  6. Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Data Science for Social Good: Building Capacity for Data-Driven Decision Making. In Northeast Florida Grant Professionals Association Chapter Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, USA, October 2018.
     
  7. Dan Richard, Tabitha Powell, Habeeba Siddiqui, Britni Suprenant, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG): Data Science Meets Community Impact. In Jacksonville Big Data Meetup Group, Jacksonville, FL, USA, September 2018.
     
  8. Karthikeyan Umapathy, Dan Richard, Yekaterina (Kat) Bardash, Gabrielle Coker, Crista Cummings, William Giroux, Tabitha Powell, Danish Sayed, Habeeba Siddiqui, Britni Suprenant. The Big Reveal. In 2018 Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG), Jacksonville, FL, USA, August 2018.
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  9. Karthikeyan Umapathy, Dan Richard. Mayo Clinic Wellness Rx – Florida Data Science for Social Good Project. In Invited talk at the UNF CCEC Research Colloquium Series, Jacksonville, FL, USA, March 2018.
     
  10. Greg Rousis, Rachel Carpenter, Dan Richard, Karthikeyan Umapathy, Evan Copello, Jason Smith, Hinal Pandaya. Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG): Social Trustees of Knowledge with a Unique Capacity to Do Social Good. In Poster presentation at the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists (SSSP), Atlantic Beach, FL, USA, November 2017.
     
  11. Karthikeyan Umapathy, Dan Richard. Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG): Program Overview. In Invited talk at the UNF CCEC Research Colloquium Series, Jacksonville, FL, USA, October 2017.
     
  12. Dan Richard, Rachel Carpenter, Evan Copello, Greg Rousis, Jason Smith, Hinal Pandaya, Karthikeyan Umapathy. Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG): Data Science Meets Community Impact. In Jacksonville Big Data Meetup Group, Jacksonville, FL, USA, September 2017.
     
  13. Karthikeyan Umapathy, Dan Richard, Rachel Carpenter, Evan Copello, Hinal Pandaya, Greg Rousis, Jason Smith. The Big Reveal. In 2017 Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG), Jacksonville, FL, USA, August 2017.
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  14. Karthikeyan Umapathy, Albert D. Ritzhaupt. A Meta-Analysis of Pair-Programming in Computer Programming Courses: Implications for Educational Practice. In Invited talk at the UNF CCEC Research Colloquium Series, Jacksonville, FL, USA, November 2016.
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  15. Karthikeyan Umapathy, Dan Richard. Panel Co-Moderator. In Data Ecosystem Panel organized as a part of the Data and Technology Experience, Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA, October 2016.
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  16. Karthikeyan Umapathy. Panel discussions on Leveraging Service Computing and Big Data Analytics for E-Commerce. In Workshop on e-Business (WeB), Fort Worth, TX, USA, December 2015.
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  17. Karthikeyan Umapathy. Panel Moderator. In 2014 UNF CTO Panel Discussions, Jacksonville, FL, USA, October 2014.
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  18. Karthikeyan Umapathy. How are Web Standards Designed and what Avatars got to do with it?. In Invited talk at the UNF CCEC Research Colloquium Series, Jacksonville, FL, USA, March 2013.
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  19. 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.
     
  20. 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.
     
  21. 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.
     
  22. 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

  1. How does online computer programming instruction compare with face-to-face?. Presented at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference, Anaheim, CA, USA, 2020. Presented by Albert Ritzhaupt.
     
  2. Using drawing to explore college student’ conceptions of learning computer science. Presented at the Florida Educational Research Association (FERA) Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, November 2019. Presented by Zhen Xu.
     
  3. Developing a GIS Dashboard Tool to Inform Non-Profit Hospitals of Community Health Needs at the Neighborhood Level. Presented at the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research (CONISAR), Cleveland, Ohio, USA, November 2019.
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  4. Block-based versus Text-based Programming Environments on Novice Student Learning Outcomes: a Meta-Analysis Study. Presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, April 2019. Presented by Zhen Xu and Albert Ritzhaupt. SIG Computer and Internet Applications in Education Best Paper Award .
     
  5. A Text Mining Solution for Automating CIRI Human Rights Practices Rating Coding Scheme. Presented at the Florida Digital Humanities Consortium, Jacksonville, FL, March 2019.
     
  6. A Meta-Analysis of Pair-Programming in Computer Programming Courses: Implications for Educational Practice. Presented at the ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium, Seattle, WA, USA, March 2017.
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  7. Investigating IT Standardization Process through the lens of Theory of Communicative Action. Presented at the Workshop on e-Business (WeB), Fort Worth, TX, USA, December 2015.
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  8. Comparing Performance of Web Service Interaction Styles: SOAP vs. REST. Presented at the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research (CONISAR), New Orleans, LA, USA, November 2012. Won Conference Best Paper Award.
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  9. 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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  10. Analyzing Processes behind Web Service Standards Development. Presented at the Workshop on eBusiness (WEB), Phoenix, USA, December 2009.
     
  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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Center/ Institute/ Initiatives

  •   Co-Program Director for Florida Data Science for Social Good (FL-DSSG) Program.
  •   Digital Humanities Initiative Advisory Council Member: 2015 – Present.

Outreach and Advisory Board Representations

  •   UNF representative in the St. Johns County School District IT Council Board, since September 2015.
    •   Chair of Transforming Teaching and Learning committee within the council.
  •   Co-organizer for CodeforAwhile Programming Competition for High School Students 2021, 2022
  •   Co-organizer for NestforAwhile Programming Competition for College Students 2021
  •   Mentor for 2021 UNF MedNexus Innovation Challenge Pitch Competition for High School Students
  •   Mentor and Judge for 2020 Palm Coast Tech Beach Hackathon
  •   Advisory member for 2016 Data and Technology Summit organized by the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida.
  •   Mentor/Coach for Jacksonville Startup Weekend organized by iStartJax, for Years – 2015 and 2016.
  •   Advisory Board member of Eight Technologies, LLC.
  •   Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS) Chapter Board Member, since 2016.

Professional

  •   Managing Editor for Journal of Southern Association of Information Systems (JSAIS), since 2017.
  •   Executive Editor for Information Systems Frontiers (ISF), since 2017.
  •   Coordinating Editor for Information Systems Frontiers (ISF), 2014 to 2017.
  •   Editorial Board member
    •   Information Systems Education Journal (ISEDJ), since 2009
    •   Journal of Information Systems Applied Research (JISAR), since 2012
    •   Journal of Database Management (JDM) 2008, Special Issue on Service-oriented Computing
  •   Associate Editor for
    •   International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2012
    •   European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2013
  •   Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2016 Emergent Research Forum (ERF) Co-Chair
  •   Publicity Chair for the International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) 2009, 2010, 2011
  •   Grant proposal reviewer for
    •   National Science Foundation (NSF) CSforAll solicitation, 2017
    •   Research Tools and Instruments Grants Program, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2012
  •   Program committee member for
    •   ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research (CPR) Conference 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
    •   Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
    •   IEEE Service Computing Conference (SCC) 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
    •   International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ICSOC) 2006, 2007
    •   ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SCM), Special track on Middleware Engineering 2008
    •   IEEE International Workshop on Middleware Engineering (ME) 2009, 2010, 2011
    •   International Conference on Standardisation and Innovation in Information Technology (SIIT) 2020, 2021
  •   Adhoc Reviewer for
    •   Frontiers in Big Data – Data Analytics for Social Impact 2021
    •   Computer Science Education 2021
    •   MIS Quarterly 2009, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2020
    •   Journal of the Association for Information Systems 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017
    •   The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems 2009, 2015, 2016
    •   AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction 2010
    •   Journal of Database Management (JDM) 2007
    •   Software and Systems Modeling 2011
    •   International Journal of Information Technology and Management (IJITM) 2005
    •   International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
    •   IEEE Service Computing Conference (SCC) 2005, 2007, 2020
    •   Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
    •   Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) 2011, 2019, 2020, 2022
    •   Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 2008
    •   European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2011, 2016
    •   European Journal on Information Systems (EJIS) 2015, 2016
    •   IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, for the Dependable Computing and Communication Symposium (DCCS) track 2006
    •   Information Systems Frontiers 2011, 2015
    •   IEEE Transactions on Service Computing (TSC) 2012, 2014
    •   Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2012
    •   ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research (CPR) Conference 2013
    •   Information Systems and e-Business Management (ISeB) 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
    •   Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2014
    •   Focal Press Book Proposal Review 2014
    •   Southern Association of Information Systems (SAIS) 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022
    •   ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS) 2015, 2017, 2018
    •   Production Planning & Control Journal 2016
    •   IEEE Transactions on Education (ToE) 2017
    •   Human Technology 2018
    •   Information Systems Journal 2018
    •   Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention 2019, 2020
    •   Conference on Information Systems Applied Research (CONISAR) 2018, 2019, 2020
    •   International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) EdTech Conference 2020
  •   Session Chair
    •   2020 Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS) Conference, Session: 2C – Governance, Project Management, & Strategy
    •   2019 Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS) Conference, Session: 2C – eBusiness, eCommerce, and Digital Commerce
    •   2018 Southern Association for Information Systems Conference, Session: 2C – Security
    •   2017 Southern Association for Information Systems Conference, Session: 5B – Business Analytics
    •   2017 ACM SIGCSE Symposium, Session 11L: Transactions on Computing Education 2
    •   2016 Southern Association for Information Systems Conference, Session: 3A – Social Presence Theories
    •   2015 Southern Association for Information Systems Conference, Session: 1B – Trust and Credibility
    •   2014 Information Systems Education Conference, Session: Teaching cases and Abstracts
    •   2011 ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research (CPR), Session: IT Workforce Management II
    •   2009 International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST), Session: Domain-Specific Design Research
    •   2009 Workshop for e-Business, Session: Web Services & Architecture
    •   2007 IEEE Service Computing Conference (SCC), Session: Research Session 10
  •   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

University

  •   Department level
    •   Graduate Program Committee, August 2010 – Present
    •   Search Committee, August 2010 – August 2011, August 2012 - 2015, August 2016 – 2020
    •   Diversity and Inclusion (DIVE-IN) Committee, April 2019 – Present
    •   Curriculum Committee, August 2009 – August 2010, Fall 2021 – Spring 2022
    •   FIS Distinguished Professorship Award Committee, Spring 2022
    •   Chair of SoC Symposium Committee, January 2011 – April 2019
    •   Chair of Assessment Committee, January 2013 – December 2013
    •   Assessment Committee, January 2014 – August 2014
    •   Scholarship Selection Committee, May 2012 – Present
    •   Suspension Review Committee, August 2012 – August 2014
    •   Information Systems & Science Taskforce, August 2012 – August 2013, August 2015 - Present
    •   Data Science Taskforce, August 2020 – Present
    •   Information Technology Taskforce, August 2012 – August 2013
    •   Chair of Computing Resources Committee, January – August 2009
    •   Computing Resources Committee, January 2009 – August 2010
    •   School of Computing Director Advisory Committee, January – August 2009
  •   College level
    •   CCEC Selection Committee for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, August 2010 – December 2010, August 2011 – January 2012, August 2012 – December 2012
    •   CCEC Selection Committee for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, August 2011 – January 2012
  •   University level
    •   Outstanding Faculty Community Engaged Scholarship Award Selection Committee, January – April 2014, January – April 2015, January – April 2016, January – April 2017, January – April 2018
    •   Campus Technology Committee, 2021 - 2022
    •   Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award Committee, January 2020 – March 2020
    •   Outstanding Faculty Community Engaged Scholarship Award Selection Committee, January – April 2014, January – April 2015, January – April 2016, January – April 2017, January – April 2018
    •   Undergraduate Studies Council, August 2012 – Present
    •   University Campus Technology Committee, October 2013 - Present
    •   UNF Constitution Convention, October 2013 - April 2014
    •   Adjuncts Affair Committee, August 2009 – August 2013
    •   Space Committee, August 2012 – August 2013
    •   Outstanding Faculty Service Award Selection Committee, January – April 2012
    •   Research Committee, August 2008 – August 2010
    •   Ad hoc Internet Presence CMS Gap Analysis Committee, August 2014 – December 2014

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), from 2008 to 2019.
  •   Member of Education Special Interest Group of Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), from 2008 to 2019.
  •   Member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), since 2010.
  •   Member of IEEE Computer Society, since 2011.
  •   Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, since 2017.