Instructor: Spyridon (Spyros) Mastorakis, PKI 174E (available online for Fall 2022)

Lectures: Zoom

Instructor's Office Hours: Tuesday 1PM-2PM or by appointment (over Zoom)

Course Schedule

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to provide a forum for interaction among Ph.D. students and faculty on topics of relevance to Information Technology (IT) research and make them familiar with current and future research directions in IT. Students will examine what constitutes a research contribution, gain hands-on experience with directed research, and explore the breadth of sub-disciplines within IT research.

Grading Scheme

• Class participation (15%)

• Preparation assignments (20%)

• Paper presentations (10%)

• Mini projects (45%)

• Final presentation (10%)

Please see here for further details and a course syllabus.

Textbook

No textbook is required. The course material consists of lecture slides, research papers, and other online resources.

Acknowledgments

The course structure and material is based on prior offerings of CIST 9080 by Dr. Brian Dorn. The instructor would like to thank Dr. Dorn for sharing his course material and for the fruitful discussions during the preparation of this CIST 9080 offering.