Information and Decision Sciences Department
Welcome to the Department of Information and Decision Sciences homepage. The IDS Department offers graduate and undergraduate courses
in Computer Information Systems (CIS), Production/Operations Management (POM), and Quantitative Methods in Business (QMB).
The Department of Information and Decision Sciences Mission is to provide the highest quality of education to the citizens of El Paso and
the West Texas region and is in line with the mission of the College of Business Administration. In support of The University of Texas
efforts, The Department provides a wide access to quality higher education which allows our graduates to be competitive in the job market
in the fields of Production and Operations Management and Computer Information Systems.
Recent Highlights
2013 COBA Teaching and Research Awards
Information and Decision Science Department Outstanding Research Award
Dr. Godwin J. Udo
Exploring the Role of Espoused Values on E-service Adoption: A Comparative Analysis of the US and Nigerian Users
Computers in Human Behavior
Information and Decision Science Department Outstanding Research Award
Dr. Kallol K. Bagchi
Exploring the Role of Espoused Values on E-service Adoption: A Comparative Analysis of the US and Nigerian Users
Computers in Human Behavior
Information and Decision Science Department Outstanding Research Award
Dr. Peeter J. Kirs
Exploring the Role of Espoused Values on E-service Adoption: A Comparative Analysis of the US and Nigerian Users
Computers in Human Behavior
Excellence In Undergraduate Instruction by Faculty - Information and Decision Sciences
Dr. Laura Hall
Excellence In Undergraduate Instruction by Doctoral Students - Information and Decision Science
Fernando Parra
Excellence In Graduate Instruction - Information and Decision Science
Dr. Kallol Bagchi
Operations Research Department Outstanding Research Award
Dr. Wenming Chung
The Role of Schedule Mismatch in Ending Inventory Decisions in the Presence of Price Cuts
Journal of Business Logistics
December 2012
CIS Graduate Featured in El Paso Times
September 2012
CIS Students Earn Top Awards at Phi Beta Lambda Competition
Dr. Laura Hall Honored with UT System Board of Regents Outstanding Teaching Award
2012 COBA Teaching and Research Awards
Excellence In Graduate Instruction
Dr. Somnath Mukhopadhyay
Excellence In Undergraduate Instruction by a Ph.D Student
Aurelia Donald
Excellence In Undergraduate Instruction
Rajesh Tahiliani
Wenming Chung
Operations and Supply Chain Management Research Award
"Price Markdown Scheme in a Multi-Echelon Supply Chain in a High-Tech Industry"
European Journal of Operational Research
Kallol K. Bagchi, Peeter J. Kirs and Godwin J. Udo
Information and Decision Sciences Department Research Award
"Using SERVQUAL to Assess the Quality of E-learning Experience"
Computers in Human Behavior
October 2011
Fernando Parra awarded Best Student Paper at the International Academy of Management and Business (IAMB) Conference San Francisco 2011 for his paper
On A Firm's Core Competency through Information Systems: A Meta-Analysis.
August 2011
Dr. Himanshu Shee from Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia) visited COBA and the IDS department to share his research and define collaborative research projects.
June 2011
Dr. Jose Ablanedo visited Yiwu City (China) known as the “world supermarket”. He joined researchers from Zhejiang Normal University and investigated the new business model that arose in Yiwu. This research will appear in the International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management.
Summer 2011
Dr. Jose Ablanedo is invited to present his research at Zhejiang Gongshang University and Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics located in Hangzhou, the capitol city of Zhejiang Province, China
