Education
Ph.D., University
of Rhode Island
S.M., Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Areas of Expertise
Object-oriented software development,
databases,
systems architecture, systems analysis and design, quantitative
analysis
Background
Over twenty-five years of industry experience, holding positions from partner to VP MIS, in several industries, including consumer goods, manufacturing, high-tech, retail, and direct-marketing.
Courses Taught
Introduction to Computers and
Information Systems, Client/Server Programming, Project Management,
Systems Analysis and Design,
Object-Oriented Programming for Business, Object-Oriented
Information Systems, Database and Programming for Managers,Mathematical
Analysis for Managers, Managerial Decision Making, Decision
Support Systems and Groupware
Research Interests
Design theory, data mining, and data quality
Selected Publications
Blake, R. and Mangiameli, P. “Choosing the best decision tree algorithm with noisy data”, Proceedings of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, March 2008
Gutierrez, O., Novak, M. and Blake, R. “Using IT to capture and analyze student learning outcomes”, with Novak, Michael and Gutierrez, Oscar, Instructional Technology Conference, 2008
Blake, R., Mangiameli, P. and Dholakia, N. “Design theory for strategic decision systems”, Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute, November 2007
Honors
Joan Moon Undergraduate Teaching Award (twice)
MBA Association Professor of the Year
Professional Activities
Associate Editor for Informing
Sciences
Chair of the review team to evaluate the quality of the Higher Diploma in Systems Analysis, National University of Ireland, Galway (2008)
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