Yair Wand

Ph.D., Operations Research, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. 1977.

CANFOR Professor of Management Information Systems
Sauder School of Business
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C.
V6T 1Z2

E-Mail:
Phone: (604) 822-8395

I. Research Interests
Dr. Wand’s research interests include:

Information systems modelling, theoretical foundations and methods for systems analysis and design, automation of systems development,

enterprise modelling, and methods for business process analysis and design.

Dr. Wand has also worked on expert systems development, human-computer dialogues, information economics, and information requirements analysis.
II. Recent Publications
  • J. Evermann and Y. Wand, “Ontology Based Object Oriented Domain Modeling – Representing Behavior”, forthcoming, Journal of Database Management, Vol. 20, Issue 1, 2009, 48-77.
  • J. Parsons and Y. Wand, “Using Cognitive Principles to Guide Classification in Information Systems Modeling”, MIS-Quarterly, 32(4), December 2008, 839-868.
  • D. Nevo, B. Furneaux, and Y.Wand, “Towards an evaluation framework for knowledge management systems”, Information Technology and Management, Vol. 9, Issue 4, December 2008, 233-249.
  • J. Parsons and Y. Wand, “A Question of Class”, Nature, Vol. 455, October 23, 2008, 1040-1041.
  • P. Soffer and Y. Wand, “Goal-Driven Multi-Process Analysis”, Journal of the Association of Information Systems, Vol. 8 No. 3, March 2007, 175-202.
  • J. Evermann and Y. Wand, “Ontological Modelling Rules for UML: An Empirical Assessment,” Journal of Computer Information Systems,” Vol. 46, 2006, No 5, 14-29.
  • Y. Wand and R. Weber, “On Ontological Foundations of Conceptual Modeling”, Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, Volume 18, No. 1, 2006, 127-138.
  • P. Bera, D. Nevo, Y. Wand, ”Unraveling Knowledge Requirements Via Business Process Analysis: A Case Study”, Communications of the AIS, Volume 16, 2005, 814- 830.
  • P. Soffer and Y. Wand, On the Notion of Soft-Goals in Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 11, No. 6, 2005, 663-679.
  • J. Evermann and Y. Wand, “Ontology Based Object-Oriented Domain Modelling: Fundamental Concepts”, Requirements Engineering Journal, Volume 10, Number 2, May 2005 pp. 146-160.
  • Gemino and Y. Wand, “Simplicity versus Clarity in Conceptual Modeling: Comparison of Mandatory and Optional Properties”, Data and Knowledge Engineering,55 (2005) 301–326.
  • Nevo, D. and Y. Wand, “Organizational Memory Information Systems: A Transactive Memory Approach”, Decision Support Systems, 39 (2005) 549-562.
  • J. Evermann and Y. Wand, “Towards Formalizing Domain Modeling Semantics in Language Syntax”, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. 31, No. 1, January 2005, pp 21-37.
  • Gemino and Y. wand, “Dimensions in Experimental Evaluation of Conceptual Modeling Techniques”, Requirements Engineering Journal, Vol. 9, No. 4, November 2004, pp. 248 – 260.
  • J. Parsons and Y. Wand, “Attribute-Based Semantic Reconciliation of Multiple Data Sources”, Journal on Data Semantics, Vol. 1.1, October 2003.
  • Gemino and Y. Wand, “Evaluation of Modeling Techniques Based on Models of Learning”, Communication of the ACM, October 2003.
  • Y. Wand and R. Weber, “Research Commentary: Information Systems and Conceptual Modelling – A Research Agenda, Information Systems Research, December 2002, Vol. 13 No. 4, 363-376.
  • P. Soffer, B. Golany, D. Dori  and Y. Wand, “Modeling Off-the-Shelf Information Systems Requirements: An Ontological Approach”,  Requirements Engineering Journal, 2001, 6:183-199.
III. Teaching
  • Modelling Methods in Research and Practice of MIS
  • Advanced Topics in MIS
  • Survey of Information Systems Applications in Business
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Information Systems Technology and Development
  • Introduction to Management Information Systems
  • Database Design and Administration
IV. Membership on Editorial Boards
  • Associate Editor, Information Quality Research
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Ontology
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal on Data Semantics
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Database Management
  • Associate Editor, Requirements Engineering Journal
V. Conference Program Committees
  • Conference Co-Chair, 29th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER) 2010
  • Program Committee, Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE)
VI. Honors and Grants
  • UBC Killam Research Prize (UBC, January 2009)
  • Senior Research Excellence Award (Sauder School, UBC, 2007)
  • The Arne Olsen Master Teacher Award (Faculty of Commerce, UBC, 1992/3)
  • Research grants from The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
  • Research grants from The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
  • Research grants from the Science Council of British Columbia
 

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