Vita

(Updated May 2008)

Guangzhi Zheng
Department of Computer Information System, Georgia State University,
35 Broad St. 910H, Atlanta, GA 30302
Email: gzheng@cis.gsu.edu

Primary Teaching/Research Interest

Information Systems

Specific Research Interests

  1. E-business information systems
  2. Decision support systems and business intelligence
  3. Information organization and seeking
  4. Information systems development
  5. Design science research

Specific Teaching Interests

  1. Business Application Development, (Web) Programming
  2. System Analysis and Design, Software (Web) Engineering
  3. Database Design and Management
  4. E-Commerce, E-Business

Education

  1. Doctor of Philosophy (Business Administration - Computer Information Systems), expected 2008, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University
    Dissertation: A Visual Exploration Approach to Project Portfolio Management
  2. Master of Business Administration (Information Systems), San Francisco State University
  3. Bachelor of Economics (CPA track), Southwestern University of Finance & Economics, China

Work Experience

  1. 2004 - 2008: Research Assistant, CIS department, Georgia State University
  2. 2004 - 2008: Teaching Instructor, CIS department, Georgia State University
  3. 2002 - 2003: Application Developer, College of Business, San Francisco State University
  4. 2001 - 2002: Graduate Assistant, IS department, San Francisco State University
  5. 1999 - 2000: Application Developer/Manager Assistant, DongTie I.T. Development Co., Chengdu Eastern Railway 

Courses Taught

  1. CIS 2010, Introduction to Computer Information Systems, 5 semesters
  2. CIS 3270, Web Programming with Java, 4 Semesters

Journal Publications

  1. "The Influence of Checklists and Roles on Software Practitioner Risk Perception and Decision-Making", with Mark Keil, Lei Li, Lars Mathiassen, Journal of Systems and Software, vol 81(6), pp.908-919, June 2008
  2. "Semantic Heterogeneity: Problem and Solution Frameworks", with Vijay Vaishnavi, Art Vandenberg, Roop Singh, Computing Letters, 1(2), 2005, page 75-82
  3. "Critical Themes in Electronic Commerce Research: A Meta-Analysis", with  Jonathan Wareham, Detmar Straub, Journal of Information Technology, Volume 20, Number 1, February 2005

Conference Proceedings, Presentations, Book Chapters

  1. "A Multi-dimensional and Visual Exploration Approach to Project Prioritization", with Vijay Vaishnavi and Art Vandenberg, short paper presentation for the third international conference on design science research in information systems and technology, Atlanta, GA, May 2008
  2. "A Historical Perspective of Web Engineering", in Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations, edited by Goran Putnik and Maria Chunha, the Information Science Reference, 2008
  3. "TQN Prototype: A Novel Approach to Generating Information Security Data", with Tony Vance, Robert Sainsbury, Art Vandenberg, Vijay Vaishnavi, Richard Baskerville, prototype demo presented at the 16th Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), Milewaukee, Wisconsin, 2006
  4. "TQN: A Novel Approach to Generating Information Security Data", with  Vijay Vaishnavi, Art Vandenberg, Richard Baskerville, Proceedings of the 16th Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), Milewaukee, Wisconsin, 2006
  5. "ZWebNav: Integrated Web Navigation Manager", prototype demo presented at the 16th Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), Milewaukee, Wisconsin, 2006
  6. "The Influence of Checklists and Roles on Software Practitioner Risk Perception and Decision-Making", with Mark Keil, Lei Li, Lars Mathiassen, Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'06)
  7. "A Methodology for Semantic Integration of Metadata in Bioinformatics Data Sources", with Lei Li, Roop Singh, Art Vandenberg, Vijay Vaishnavi, Sham Navathe, proceedings of ACMSE 2005

Papers under development

  1. "TQN: A Novel Approach to Generating Information Security Data", with  Vijay Vaishnavi, Art Vandenberg, Richard Baskerville
  2. "Project Portfolio Management Systems", with Stacie Petter, Vijay Vaishnavi

Awards and Honors

  1. GSU Dissertation Grant, 2008
  2. AMCIS Doctoral Consortium, 2007
  3. College of Business GTA Teaching Excellence Award, 2007
  4. Microsoft Certified Application Developer, 2006