Sridhar Panchapakesan Nerur

[Sridhar P Nerur]

Professor, Information Systems and Operations Management

Last Updated: January 24, 2021

about me

Research Interests

Social Network Analysis, Text Analytics, Machine Learning, Agile Software Development, IT Innovation, Business Analytics

Teaching Interests

Data Science, Big Data Analytics, Project Management, Programming, Social Network Analysis and MIS

Biography

Sridhar Nerur is the Goolsby-Virginia and Paul Dorman Endowed Chair in Leadership and professor of information systems at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). He is also the chair of the Graduate Studies Committee on Business Analytics at UTA. His research has been published in premier journals/magazines such as MIS Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, Communications of the ACM, European Journal of Information Systems, Information & Management, IEEE Software, and Journal of International Business Studies. He has served on the editorial boards of the European Journal of Information Systems and the Journal of Association for Information Systems. His research and teaching interests include social networks, machine learning/AI/deep learning, text analytics, neuroeconomics, and agile software development.

Education

- 1994 PhD in Information Systems
  University of Texas at Arlington, 1994
- 1994 PhD in Business Administration
  The University of Texas at Arlington, 1994
- 1988 MBA in Management/Business
  Indian Institute Of Management, 1988
- 1988 MBA in Management/Business
  Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, Bangalore, India , 1988
- 1983 BE in Engineering - Electronics
  Bangalore University, 1983
- 1983 BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering
  BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore University, India , 1983

Licensure and Certifications

- 2020 Movie Recommendation System using Collaborative Filtering, Coursera
- 2020 Anomaly Detection in Time Series Data with Keras, Coursera
- 2020 Neural Networks and Deep Learning, Coursera
- 2018 How Google does Machine Learning, Coursera
- 2017 Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure, Coursera

Appointments

- Sept 2014 to Present Professor
  Information Systems & Operations Management, The University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX, United States)
- Sept 2008 to Aug 2014 Associate Professor
  Information Systems & Operations Management, The University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX, United States)
- Aug 2002 to Aug 2008 Assistant Professor
  Information Systems & Operations Management, The University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX, United States)
- Aug 1998 to June 2002 Assistant Professor
  Department of Computer and Office Information Systems, University of Central Missouri (formerly Central Missouri State University) (Warrensburg, MO, United States)
- Sept 1995 to July 1998 Assistant Professor
  Department of Accounting/Information Systems, Texas A&M International University (Laredo, TX, United States)
- Sept 1994 to Aug 1995 Programmer
  IT, Compucom Systems (Dallas, TX, United States)
- Nov 1988 to Aug 1990 Senior Customer Support Executive
  Wipro Information Technology Ltd. (Bangalore, India)

Awards and Honors

- May 2010 Distinguished Research Publication Award sponsored by

News Articles

- Mar 2014
  e! Science News
  
  Two UT Arlington College of Business professors have written a paper that claims the success of having software programmers work in pairs greatly depends on the ability level of those individual programmers, e! Science News, ECN and Only Software Blog reported. The paper also concluded that using design patterns can greatly improve the quality of software programs and the productivity of programmers. Radha Mahapatra and Sridhar Nerur, professor and associate professor in the Information Systems and Operations Management Department of the College of Business, published the paper on software programming aids in MIS Quarterly this month.
- Mar 2014 Phys.org
  Two UT Arlington information systems professors prove correct pairing of computer programmers can lead to much more successful programming, Phys.org, Science Codex, Science Daily and several other websites reported. Professor Radha Mahapatra and Associate Professor Sridhar Nerur, both in the UT Arlington Information Systems and Operations Management Department of the College of Business, recently published “Distributed Cognition in Software Design: An Experimental Investigation of the Role of Design Patterns and Collaboration” in the prestigious MIS Quarterly. The paper also said use of design patterns can greatly improve the success of software programming.

Support & Funding

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- Jan 2016 to Present Changes in Vernacular Perspectives on Health: Medieval to Modern Texts Highlighting Food and Health sponsored by Digital and Humanities Institute - $9500
  (Funded)
- Jan 2016 to Present What Students Consider to be Healthy: Focus Group Data Tracking the Language of Pre-Diabetic Populations sponsored by 4. College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Health and Humanities - $9625
  (Funded)
- Sept 2016 to Aug 2017 Advancing Big Data Analytics Through High-Performance Computing sponsored by State Farm - $40000
  (Funded)
- Apr 2016 to June 2017 Studying Cognitive Efforts in Decision-Making and Problem Solving with fNIR Brain Imaging sponsored by UTA College of Business/College of Engineering - $10000
  (Funded)
- Sept 2019 to Aug 2020 Understanding the Dynamic Human Brain during Economic Decision Making with Dual-mode Brain Imaging sponsored by University of Texas at Arlington - $20000
  (Funded)

Publications

2010

Book Chapter
Towards an Understanding of the Conceptual Underpinnings of Agile Development Methodologies. In Dingsøyr, T., Dybå, T, & Moe, N.B. (Eds.), Agile Software Development: Current Research and Future Directions (pp. 15-29). Heidelberg: Springer.
[Cannon, Alan, Nerur, Sridhar, Balijepally, V. , Bond, Philip].

2020

Journal Article
Capturing heterogeneities in orchestrating resources for accurately forecasting high (separately low) project management performance
[Awe, OlajumokeA., Woodside, ArchG., Nerur, Sridhar, Prater, Edmund]. International Journal of Production Economics. 224, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.107556

Journal Article
Performance outcomes of Test Driven Development - An experimental investigation
[Bhadauria, Vikram, Mahapatra, RadhaKanta, Nerur, Sridhar, ]. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 21(4),
https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais

Journal Article
Exploratory Analysis of Internet of Things (IoT) in Healthcare: A Topic Modelling & Co-citation Approaches
[Dantu, Ramakrishna, Dissanayake, Indika, Nerur, Sridhar]. Information Systems Management. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10580530.2020.1746982

In Process

Journal Article
Impact of Helping Others in a Coopetitive Crowdsourcing Community
[Dissanayake, Indika, Nerur, Sridhar, Wang, Jingguo, Yasar, Mahmut, Zhang, Jennifer]. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. Accepted.

2019

Journal Article
Medical Crowdsourcing: Harnessing the “Wisdom of the Crowd” to Solve Medical Mysteries
[Dissanayake, Indika, Nerur, Sridhar, Singh, Rahul, Lee, Yang]. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 20(11), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00579
https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol20/iss11/4

Journal Article
Social Capital and Knowledge Networks of Software Developers: A Case Study
[Balijepally, VenuGopal, Nerur, Sridhar]. Journal of Database Management. 30(4), 41-80. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/JDM.2019100103

2018

Journal Article
Advances in Social Media Research: Past, Present and Future
[Kapoor, KawaljeetKaur, Tamilmani, Kuttimani, Rana, NripendraP., Patil, Pushp, Dwivedi, YogeshK., Nerur, Sridhar]. Information Systems Frontiers. 20(3), 531-558. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10796-017-9810-y

2017

Journal Article
Agility in Software Development and Project Value: An Empirical Investigation
[Nerur, SridharP]. Journal of Database Management. 28(4), "IGI Global". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/JDM.2017100103

Journal Article
Strategic effort allocation in online innovation tournaments
[Zhang, Jie, Yasar, Mahmut, Nerur, SridharP]. Information & Management. 55(3), 396-406. "Elsevier".
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2017.09.006

2016

Journal Article
An Empirical Investigation of the Perceived Benefits of Agile Methodologies Using an Innovation-Theoretical model
[Nerur, SridharP]. Journal of Database Management. 27(3), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/JDM.2016070103

Journal Article
Citation footprints on the sands of time: An analysis of idea migrations in strategic management
[Nerur, Sridhar, Rasheed, AbdulA., Pandey, Alankrita]. Strategic Management Journal. 37(6), 1065-1084. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smj.2377

Journal Article
Patient Mortality Effects on Surgeon’s Subsequent Performance.
[Hamman, Baron, Chen, Kay-Yut, Nerur, Sridhar, Prater, Edmund, Morley, Herbert, Hoggj, LaraLee, Prince, Syma, Edgerton, James].

2015

Journal Article
Task Mental Model and Software Developers' Performance: An Experimental Investigation
[Balijepally, VenuGopal, Nerur, Sridhar, Mahapatra, RadhaKanta]. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. 36, 53-76.

2014

Journal Article
Distributed Cognition in Software Design – An Experimental Investigation of the Role of Design Patterns and Collaboration
[Mahapatra, Radha, Nerur, Sridhar, Price, K. , Mangalaraj, G.]. MIS Quarterly. 38(1),
http://aisel.aisnet.org/misq/vol38/iss1/14/

2012

Journal Article
A decade of agile methodologies: Towards explaining agile software development
[Nerur, SridharP]. Journal of Systems and Software. 85(6), 1213-1221. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2012.02.033

2011

Journal Article
Source or storer? IB's performance in a knowledge network
[Nerur, SridharP]. Journal of International Business Studies. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2010.56

2010

Journal Article
The Intellectual Structure of Health and Medical Informatics
[Nerur, SridharP, Raghupathi, W]. International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics. 5(4), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jhisi.2010100102

2008

Journal Article
Understanding the Influence of Network Positions and Knowledge Processing Styles
[SONG, SEOKWOO, Nerur, Sridhar, Teng, James]. 51(10), 123-126. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1400181.1400208

2005

Journal Article
Assessing the Relative Influence of Journals in a Citation Network
[Nerur, Sridhar, Sikora, Riyaz, Mangalaraj, George, Balijepally, VenuGopal]. 48(11), 71-74. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1096000.1096007

Journal Article
Challenges of migrating to agile methodologies
[Nerur, S, Mahapatra, R, Mangalaraj, G]. 48(5), 72-78.

2001

Journal Article
Revolution or evolution? A comparison of object-oriented and structured systems development methods
[Sircar, S, Nerur, SP, Mahapatra, R]. MIS Quarterly. 25(4), 457-471.

2019

Conference Proceeding
Team Formation and Performance in Online Crowdsourcing Competitions: The Role of Homophily and Diversity in Solver Characteristics
[Dissanayake, Indika, Nerur, Sridhar, Zhang, Jennifer, ]. ICIS 2019. "AIS".

2017

Conference Proceeding
Exploring the Structure of Software Development Research: A Preliminary Text Analysis
[Nerur, SridharP]. "Americas Conference on Information Systems".

Conference Proceeding
Intellectual Structure of Business Analytics in Information Systems
[Dwivedi, Rahul, Nerur, SridharP]. "Americas Conference on Information Systems".

Conference Proceeding
Mob Programming – A Promising Innovation in the Agile Toolkit
[Nerur, SridharP]. "Americas Conference on Information Systems".

2002

Conference Proceeding
Framework for selecting corporate network security
[Kesh, S, Nerur, S]. 1004-1005.

2018

Magazine/Trade Publication
User Engagement in the Era of Hybrid Agile Methodology
[Schmitz, Kurt W , Nerur, RadhaKanta, Nerur, SridharP]. IEEE Software was not listed. Arlington: "IEEE Computer Society". DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MS.2018.290100623
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8409910

2007

Magazine/Trade Publication
Theoretical reflections on agile development methodologies
[Nerur, Sridhar, Balijepally, VenuGopal]. Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery. 50(3),
https://doi.org/10.1145/1226736.1226739

Presentations

- December 2015
  Nerur, Sridhar (Author), Mahapatra, Radha (Author), "Locus of Fluctuations: an Examination of Project Disruptions", Fort Worth, TX. (December 12, 2015).
- November 2015
  Cannon, Alan, Nerur, Sridhar, "Organizational Power Across the Disciplines: A Text-Analytic Exploration", Seattle. (November 22, 2015).
- November 2015
  Eakin, Mark (Author), Nerur, Sridhar (Author), Whiteside, Mary (Author), "“The Age of Data Analytics: Twenty-first Century Relationships between Statistics and Business Journals,” ", Decisions Science Institute, Seattle, WA. (November 13, 2015).
- August 2015
  Whiteside, Mary (Author & Presenter), Eakin, Mark (Author), Nerur, Sridhar (Author), "The Citation Pattern for Business and Statistics Journals: Changes in the 21st Century". (August 10, 2015).
- June 2015
  Nerur, Sridhar (Author & Presenter), "Understanding the Structure of Agile Software Development Using Text Analytics: A Preliminary Analysis", Puerto Rico. (June 26, 2015).
- August 2014
  Nerur, SridharP, "Value Proposition of Agility in Sofwtare Development – An Empirical Investigation", Savannah: GA. (August , 2014).
- August 2013
  Nerur, SridharP, Dantu, Ramakrishna, Disanayake, Indika, "Knowledge Management in Software Development", Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Chicago, IL. (August , 2013).
- January 2012
  Mahapatra, Radha, Nerur, Sridhar, Balijepally, V., "Effect of Task Mental Models on Software Developer’s Performance – An Experimental Investigation", 45th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Maui, HI. (January , 2012).
- 2011
  Rogers, Bob, Nerur, Sridhar, "Citation footprints on the sands of time: An analysis of idea migration in Strategic Management", 2011 annual meeting of the Academy of Management, San Antonio. ( , 2011).
- 2011
  Cannon, Alan, Nerur, Sridhar, "The Next Big Idea in Service Operations? What Does the Literature Say?". ( , 2011).
- 2010
  Teng, James, Nerur, Sridhar, Nancy, A, "Perceived Advantage of Agile Development Methodologies By Software Professionals: Testing an Innovation-Theoretic Model", Lima, Peru. ( , 2010).
- November 2010
  Mahapatra, Radha, Nerur, Sridhar, Balijepally, V., "Are Two Heads Better than One in Software Development – Experiments in Paired Development", INFORMS , Austin, TX. (November , 2010).

Students Supervised

- Present
  Dissertation Committee Chair
  Amal Alshamrani,
- Present
  Dissertation Committee Chair
  Tzu-Wen Lin,
- Present
  Dissertation Committee Member
  Mohammad Murad,
- Present
  Dissertation Committee Member
  Michael Kimmel, (Management)
- 2020
  Dissertation Committee Co-Chair
  Ajith Venugopal, (Management)
- 2020
  Dissertation Committee Member
  Hashini Wanniarachchi,
- 2020
  Dissertation Committee Member
  Lyudmyla Starostyuk,
- 2020
  Dissertation Committee Member
  Qiang Ruan,
- 2020
  Dissertation Committee Member
  Tushar Shah,
- 2020
  Dissertation Committee Member
  Yuan Zhang,
- 2020
  Dissertation Committee Chair
  Rahul Dwivedi, (Information Systems and Operations Management)
  INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURE OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS AND DATA DRIVEN INSIGHTS FOR INFORMATION SECURITY BREACHES
- 2020
  Dissertation Committee Chair
  Bouabre Koffi, (Information Systems and Operations Management)
- 2019
  Dissertation Committee Member
  Jian-Ren Hou,
- 2019
  Dissertation Committee Member
  Sina Zare,
- 2018
  Dissertation Committee Member
  Fereshteh Ghahramani,
- May 2017
  Dissertation Committee Chair
  Kriti Chauhan, (Information Systems and Operations Management)
  Social Media Use at Work
- 2016
  Dissertation Committee Co-Chair
  Olajumoke Awe,
- May 2016
  Undergraduate Honors Thesis
  Shradha Chaulagain, (Information Systems and Operations Management)
- Dec 2015
  Directed Individual/Independent Study
  Kathy Harris, (Economics)
  Data Science
- 2015
  Dissertation Committee Chair
  Ola Al Laymoun,
- Dec 2015
  Dissertation Committee Chair
  Bond Philip, (Information Systems and Operations Management)
  AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFICACY OF MIND MAPS IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND PAIRS

Courses

Service to the University

- 2020 to Present Committee Chair
  
  ISOM Curriculum Committee
- 2020 to Present Committee Member
  
  Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
- Sept 2017 to Present Committee Member
  
  Faculty Search - Business Analytics
- Apr 2017 to Present Committee Member
  
  High Performance Computing Task Force
- Dec 2016 to Present Committee Member
  
  Promotion and Tenure
- Oct 2016 to Present Committee Member
  
  Research Advisory Committee for IT Governance
- Sept 2014 to Present Chairperson
  
  Graduate Studies Committee on Business Analytics
- Sept 2014 to Present Committee Member
  
  MS Analytics Task Force
- Sept 2013 to Present Committee Member
  
  Research Centers Committee/Task Force
- Sept 2013 to Present Committee Member
  
  Research colloquia expansion committee
- Sept 2012 to Present Committee Member
  
  College teaching awards committee
- Sept 2007 to Present Committee Member
  
  Committee on Student Organizations
- Sept 2018 to 2019 External committee member
  
  CSE Faculty Search
- Sept 2018 to Feb 2019 Chairperson
  
  Faculty Search
  Responsible for hiring two tenure-track faculty in business analytics.
- Dec 2016 to Feb 2019 Committee Member
  
  University Tenure & Promotion Committee
  Represented the College of Business. The key responsibility was to ensure that other committee members had a good understanding of the T & P protocols followed by departments within the College of Business. Furthermore, I had to point out the key differences between scholarship and journal requirements in the social sciences and business vis-a-vis other disciplines across campus.
- Aug 2017 to Nov 2017 Committee Member
  
  Faculty Search
- Mar 2013 to Aug 2013 Committee Member
  
  College strategic planning committee

Service to the Profession

- Sept 2015 to Present
  Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer
  MIS Quarterly
- Aug 2015 to Present
  Program Committee Member
  XP, the International Conference on Agile Software Development
- 2011 to Present
  Editorial Review Board Member
  Great Lakes Herald
- Aug 2007 to Present
  Mini-Track Co-Chair
  Americas Conference on Information Systems
- Jan 2015 to Dec 2016
  Editorial Review Board Member
  Journal of the Association of Information Systems
- May 2015 to Dec 2015
  Program Committee Member
  International Conference on Information Systems
- Feb 2006 to Dec 2008
  Editor, Associate Editor
  European Journal of Information Systems

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