Ron Cenfetelli, a member of the MIS faculty, has been awarded by the journal MIS Quarterly(MISQ).
Ron has been asked to become an associate editor of the journal and he also won the MISQ Best Reviewer of the Years(2011) award.
MISQ is one of the two most prestigious MIS journals and this invitation and award is a clear recognition of Ron’s contribution to the MIS academic community.
Impact factor without self cites: 4.716
Five-year impact factor: 9.821
Cited half-life: 9.8 years
Article Influence Score: 2.757
Date&Time: September12,6:30-9:30pm
Location: The CA Hall and the Birmingham Centre (the renovated and new wings of the Henry Angus building).
The MIS Division at the Sauder School of Business is pleased to announce a “Meet and Greet” Event for all students at the Sauder School who study in information technology related Programs. This includes undergraduate students in the MIS and BTM (Business Technology Management) Option, in the BUCS (Business – Computer Science ) Option, and Full and Part time MBA students who have a special link with or interest in IT and BTM.
The event is organized in cooperation with the MIS Advisory and MIS Alumni groups.
Objectives of the event
(1) To provide Sauder students in IT-related programs (including entering students) with an opportunity to meet and network with people from the business community at all levels and with other students in these programs.
(2) To provide the business community with an opportunity to obtain a first-hand impression of our students. (3) To announce several initiatives the MIS Division has embarked on. In particular:
- A change in orientation and of name of our programs to Business Technology Management (BTM). This is linked to recognition from CCICT – Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow’s ICT Skills <http://ccict.ca/>*.
- A new Scholarships program for undergraduate students in the BTM and BUCS Options generously supported by Telus.
- A Collaborative Research Program (CRP) – an initiative of the Sauder BTM Alumni Committee intended to engage MBA students in solving “real world” needs in the business community.
- The introduction of a Mentorship Program for third and fourth year undergraduate students.
- The launching of a new innovative Cap-stone Project course in which students will engage in a project involving an innovative application of IT in a realistic setting (in cooperation with the Advisory and Alumni groups).
For further inquiries, please contact
- mis.events@sauder.ubc.ca
* Note regarding CCICT: The Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow’s ICT Skills (CCICT) is an industry-led coalition of employers, universities and industry organizations. Its aim is to ensure that Canadian organizations can hire the information and communications technology (ICT) professionals they need to meet. The membership
includes companies from many segments of the economy. Examples are – Telecoms (Bell), financial institutions (TD, Scotia Bank, American Express), IT vendors (IBM, RIM, CISCO, Ericsson, Xerox), retailers (Canadian Tire), transportation (CN), major manufacturers (Bombardier), consultancies (Accenture, Deloitte), and several professional organizations (CIO Association of Canada, Canadian Information Processing Society, International Institute of Business Analysis). The complete list is available at <http://ccict.ca/members>.
BUCS/MIS Students UBC Sauder Congregation 2011
The BUCS/MIS Students of UBC Sauder School of Business graduated on June 1st 2011!
Congratulations to everyone!
In its 2010 annual report the Business Career Centre listed monthly salaries for Co-Op students.
The average salary for BUCS Co-Op students was the highest (and the only one above $3,000) – $3,150 compared to the overall average of about $2760.
Mentorship Program
If you are registered in MIS or BUCS option or intend to complete your second option in MIS, the following are some good news for you
We are pleased to announce a brand new Mentorship Program specially for you. This is one of the initiatives that have been designed by the MIS Division in collaboration with the MIS Division Advisory Board (senior IT executives) and Alumni Committee (Sauder graduates).
Please see for further information HERE
The MIS Thank you Dinner
Front row (L-R): Yair Wand (Faculty), Andrew Burton-Jones (Faculty), Swan Lee (Alumni), Janice Hunt (Sauder Alumni Office), Paula Chang (MIS Division), Sara Mohamadkhani (Alumni), Jason Park (Student), Catherine Russell (Student)
Back row (L-R): YM Cheung (Faculty), Jay Amoui (Alumni), Izak Benbasat (Faculty), Blake Hanna (Alumni), Tom Ross (Dean’s Office), Paul Maurer (Alumni), Ian Banks (Advisory), Oliver Gruter-Andrew (Advisory), Bill Sayles (Advisory), Carson Woo (Faculty), Ian Cruickshank (Alumni), Kal Ruberg (Advisory), Brian Vuong (Alumni), Tom Longworth (Advisory), Edwin Yau (Alumni), Stephen Duncan (Student), Peter Cheung (Student), Michele Morgan (Advisory), Ron Cenfetelli (Faculty)
Our MIS team of Don Reyes and Yao Yao Zheng won third place at the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition Caro Systems MIS Event.
September 2010
Sauder MIS Faculty and Graduate Student Fall Gathering – Sep 3, 2010.
The MIS Division held our 2010 Fall gathering for faculty and graduate students at the beautiful home of our Division Chair – Dr Yair Wand. It was also to thank our former Divisional Assistant, Julie Nichols (who retired recently) for her many years of contribution and to congratulate Hasan Cavusoglu on his being granted tenure recently.
August 2010
Sauder MIS Alumni Group Meeting August 20, 2010.
The MIS Division held our third alumni meeting at AMBiT Consulting. First two meetings were hosted by Accenture and Ernst & Young respectively.
July 2010
As of noon July 28, 2010, the MIS Web, IBM Cognos, ITRM, and GPM servers are using Microsoft Hypervisor technology.
Server migration completed successfully in record time with Acronis Backup and Recovery 10.
April 2010
Sauder MIS Advisory Board Dinner April 30, 2010.
Back row L-R: Ian Banks B, Olivier Vincent B, Brian Vuong A, Keith Stewart B, Andrew Burton-Jones F, Peter Guo B, Jay Amoui A, Hasan Cavusoglu F, Izak Benbasat F, Amey Shirodkar A, Oliver Grüter-Andrew B, Yair Wand F, Ron Cenfetelli F, Carson Woo F, Tom Longworth B, and YM Cheung F.
Front row L-R: Mingdi Xin F, Michele Morgan B, Angelina Wang A, YaoYao Zheng S, Swan Lee A, and Peter Cheung S.
Key: B (Board member), A (Alumnus), F (Faculty), S (Student).
April 2010
Sauder BUCS/MIS students to compete at APEX Global 2010.
In picture. William Tan (coach), Clara Yuen, Lucas Lemanowicz, Mackenzie Jackson, Nader Beyzaei .
April 2010
Sauder BUCS/MIS students compete at CaseIT on Sat April 3, 2010.
In picture. Y.M. Cheung (coach), Mackenzie Jackson (team), Lucas Lemanowicz (team), Yao Yao Zheng (Sauder supporter), Clara Yuen (team), Sunny Wong (Sauder supporter), and Peter Cheung (Sauder supporter).
Not in picture. Alumni Matt Kosewski (2009), Kristin Kang (2009), Rosanna Lau (2009), and Nina Yee (2009). Many thanks to all supporters and alumni for their attendance on a long weekend.
February 2010
Please check out our new career map for our graduates.
January 2010
Happy new year to all friends and associates! This year we are hosting the 29th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling here in Vancouver, B.C. Please check out the ER2010 website for details.
December 2009
We are proud and happy to announce our new Advisory Board. For more details please click here.
November 2009
We are currently accepting applications for admission to our research degree programs (M.Sc. & Ph.D.) commencing in Fall (Sep) 2010.
Several recent rankings place our division among the top in the world.
October 2009
MIS Division Retreat at MBA House (Oct 30, 2009).
Izak Benbasat received the first annual Distinguished Fellow Award from INFORMS Information System Society. The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding intellectual contributions to the Information Systems discipline, and will be presented at the annual Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST) in San Diego mid-October.
A recent study ranked the UBC MIS Division to be the most prolific institution for research on human computer interaction (HCI) from 1990-2008. Professor Izak Benbasat was ranked the most prolific HCI researcher during this period. Professors Burton-Jones and Cenfetellialso made the top 16 researchers in 2003-2008.
Zhang, P., Li, N., Scialdone, M.J., and Carey, J. 2009 “The Intellectual Advancement of Human-Computer Interaction Research: A Critical Assessment of the MIS Literature (1990-2008),” AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction,” (1:3) pp. 55-107.
May 2009
A recent article in the Communications of the Association for Information Systems (Volume 24, 2009) by Clark, Warren, and Au, ranks Professor Izak Benbasat and the UBC MIS division among the top in the world. During 2003-2007, Professor Benbasat published more papers in the top three MIS journals (MISQ, ISR, JMIS) than any other researcher in the world. The UBC MIS division also has the third highest publication record in these three journals, with the highest average publication rate per faculty member.
January 2009
A recent analysis by the editor-in-chief of MIS Quarterly (MISQ), one of the top two MIS research journals, has shown that Professor Izak Benbasat is the all time leading publisher in the journal since its inception in 1977.
