PADMAL VITHARANA
Associate Professor
Management
Information Systems
Room 506
Phone:
(315) 443-3132
Fax:
(315) 443-2185
padmal(at)syr(dot)edu
EDUCATION
Doctor
of Philosophy (
Major: Management Information Systems Minor:
Computer Science
Master of
Business Administration (
Major: Management Science
Bachelor of
Science (
Majors: Computer Science and Mathematics
TEACHING
Whitman School of Management, Syracuse
University
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Ø MIS
325: Introduction to Information Systems for Managers. Ø MIS
435: Principles of Database Management. Ø MIS
445: Implementing a Web-Enabled Enterprise. Ø MIS
625: Systems Analysis and Design. Ø MIS
635: Principles of Database Management. Ø MIS
645: Implementing a Web-Enabled Enterprise. Ø MIS
930: Doctoral Seminar in Management Information Systems. |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Primary:
Component- and service-based development and application assembly.
Secondary:
Software quality assurance, computer-facilitated group work,
open source, outsourcing, and electronic commerce.
PUBLICATIONS
Ø Vitharana, P.
and H. Jain, Research Issues in Testing Business Components, Information
and Management, vol. 37, no. 6, September 2000, pp. 297-309. Abstract
Ø Vitharana, P.
and K. Ramamurthy, Computer-Mediated Group Support, Anonymity and the Software
Inspection Process: An Empirical Investigation, IEEE Transactions on
Software Engineering, vol. 29, no. 2, February 2003, pp. 167-180. Abstract
Ø Vitharana, P.,
F. M. Zahedi and H. Jain, Knowledge‑based Repository Scheme for Storing
and Retrieving Business Components: A Theoretical Design and an Empirical
Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 29, no.
7, July 2003, pp. 649-664. Abstract
Ø Vitharana, P., Risks and Challenges of Component-based
Software Development, Communications of the ACM, vol. 46, no. 8,
August 2003, pp. 67-72. Abstract
Ø Jain,
H., P. Vitharana and F.M. Zahedi, An
Assessment Model for Requirements Identification in Component-based Software
Development, Database for Advances in Information Systems, vol.
34, no. 4, Fall 2003, pp. 48-63. Abstract
Ø Vitharana, P.,
F.M. Zahedi and H. Jain, Design, Retrieval, and Assembly in Component-based
Software Development, Communications of the ACM, vol. 46, no. 11,
November 2003, pp. 97-102. Abstract
Ø Vitharana, P.,
H. Jain and F. M. Zahedi,
Strategy-based Design of Reusable Business
Components,
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, vol. 34, no. 4, November 2004, pp. 460-474. Abstract
Ø Vitharana,
P. and R.
Dharwadkar, Information Systems Outsourcing: Linking Transaction Cost and
Institutional Theories, Communications of AIS, vol. 20,
September 2007, pp. 346-370. Abstract
Ø Vitharana,
P. and M.
Mone, Measuring Critical Factors of Software Quality
Management: Development and Validation of an Instrument, Information Resource Management
Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, April 2008, pp. 18-37. Abstract
Ø Zhao, J. L., M. Gaul,
Ø Basu, A. and P. Vitharana, Impact of Customer Knowledge Heterogeneity on
Bundling Strategy, Marketing Science Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, July-August 2009,
pp. 792-801. Abstract
Ø Vitharana,
P. and M.
Mone, Software Quality Management: Measurement and
Research Directions, Advances in Information Resource Management,
2010, Book Series Titled “Global, Social, and Organizational Implications of
Emerging Information Resources Management: Concepts and Applications” Edited by
Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, Information Resources Management
Association (invited paper, modified and updated from Vitharana, P. and M.
Mone, Measuring Critical Factors of Software Quality Management: Development
and Validation of an Instrument, Information Resource Management Journal, vol.
21, no. 2, April 2008, pp. 18-37).
Ø Vitharana,
P., J.
King, and H. Chapman, Impact of Internal Open Source Development on Reuse:
Participatory Reuse in Action, Journal of MIS, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall 2010, pp. 277–304. Abstract
Ø Vitharana,
P., H.
Jain, and F. M. Zahedi, A Knowledge Based Component/Service Repository to
Enhance Analysts’ Domain Knowledge for Requirements Analysis, Information
and Management, vol. 49, 2012, pp. 24-35. Abstract
EDITORSHIPS
Ø Jain, H. and P. Vitharana (editors),
Special Issue on Architecture & Design for Application Agility, Information
Technology and Management, vol. 9, no. 1, March 2008 (for more details,
see Guest Editorial).
Ø Jain, H., A. Sinha,
and P. Vitharana (editors), Service-Oriented Perspectives in Design Science
Research, Springer, 2011.
EDITORIAL ASSIGNMENTS
Ø Associate Editor, Communications of AIS.
Ø Mini-track chair, Analysis and Design for
Service-Oriented Enterprises track co-chair, Americas Conference on Information
Systems (AMCIS).
RESEARCH PANELS
Ø Impact of Service-Oriented Computing on
Business & Education, The Americas Conference on Information Systems
(AMCIS), August 9-12, 2007, Keystone, Colorado, USA (for more details, see http://www.u.arizona.edu/~jlzhao/amcis07-panel)