Sandeep Purao

Sandeep Purao

  • Professor, Computer Information Systems
  • Council Member, Engineering & Computer Science Accreditation Council
  • Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Master of Business Administration Northern Illinois University
  • Chartered Accountant Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
  • Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Law (Gen) University of Bombay

Teaching Interests

My teaching strengths and interests overlap with my research. I have taught courses such as systems design, enterprise integration, enterprise integration, business process management, organizational informatics, and design science research. These courses have been delivered at the undergraduate, masters, professional masters, graduate executive, and doctoral levels.

Research Interests

My current research deals with the design of information technology artifacts to address societal problems. My work, therefore, blends methods from design science research and social sciences. The research methods I rely on include design, interpretive and positivist approaches. I also enjoy reflecting on the craft of teaching. My work has been published in several premier journals and conferences. I have chaired DESRIST, IEEE Service Computing, WITS and ER conferences; and have served/serve on on the editorial boards for several journals including Journal of the AIS, MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research and others.

Consulting/Practice Interests

I have worked with partners in several industry segments including finance, manufacturing, consulting, and government agencies. My work has dealt with designing innovative solutions for societal and organizational problems, and developing a deeper understanding of complex problem situations.

Bio

I hold a Ph.D. in Management Science (MIS) from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. At Bentley, I hold a Trustee Professor position in the CIS department. My current research deals with the design of technology artifacts for societal good, and the sciences of design.

Professional Links

Awards and Honors

  • 2022, Invited Member of the Agder Academy, Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters
  • 2014, Lifetime Achievement Award, Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technologies (DESRIST)
  • 2009, Best Paper Selection for the AMIA Yearbook, American Medical Informatics Association
  • 2005, Best Paper Award , European Conference on Information Systems

    • Publications

    Journal Articles

  • Pappas, I., Vassilakopoulou, P., Chandra Kruse, L., Purao, S. R. (2023). Effective Stakeholder Engagement for Impactful Research. IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society. 4(3) 248-254.
  • Westin, S., Thygesen, E., Purao, S. R. (2023). Principles to Facilitate Social Inclusion for Design-oriented Research. Journal of the AIS.
  • Herwix, A., Haj-Bolouri , A., Rossi, M., Chiarini-Tremblay , M., Purao, S. R., Gregor, S. (2022). Ethics in Information Systems and Design Science Research: Five Perspectives. Communications of the AIS. 50(1) 589-616.
  • Hao, H., Garfield, M., Purao, S. (2022). The Determinants of Length of Homeless Shelter Stays: Evidence-Based Regression Analyses. International Journal of Public Health. (Link)
  • Mulgund, P., Raj, S., Purao, S. R., Suresh, S., Winklestein, P. (2021). Mapping Information Needs of Patients with Sexually Transmitted Infections Using Web-Based Data Sources: Grounded Theory Investigation. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23(11):e30125
  • Purao, S. R., Murungi, D. M., Yates, D. J. (2021). Deliberative Breakdowns in Social Representation Processes: Evidence from Reader Comments in Partisan News Sites. ACM Transactions on Social Computing.
  • Purao, S. R., Hao, H., Meng, C. (2021). The Use of Smart Home Speakers by the Elderly: Exploratory Analyses and Potential for Big Data. Big Data Research. (Link)
  • Maass, W., Parsons, J., Purao, S. R., Storey, V., Woo, C. (2018). Big Data Analytics and Domain Theory: Reconciling the Two Solitudes. Journal of the AIS. (Link) Forthcoming.
  • Purao, S. R., Bolloju, N., Tan, C. (2018). SIRE-­ML: A conceptual modeling grammar for systems integration. . 9 (2) (Link)
  • Nilsen, H., Larsen, E., Purao, S. R., Sein, M. (2016). Setting the Pace: Experiments with Keller’s PSI. Under review at IEEE Transactions on Education.
  • Liu, N., Gavino, A., Purao, S. R. (2015). Extracting Citizen Values as Inputs for Designing Citizen-Responsive Urban e-Planning Services: The VOICE Approach and a Demonstration in the Healthcare Context. International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), (4) 2 1–25.
  • Purao, S. R., Henfridsson, O., Rossi, M., Sein, M. (2013). Ensemble artifacts: From viewing to designing in action design research. Systems, Signs & Actions, (7) 1 73–81. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Wu, A. (2013). Towards values-inspired design: the case of citizen-centric services. . (Link)
  • Purao, S. R. (2013). Truth or dare: The ontology question in design science research. Journal of Database Management (JDM), (24) 3 51–66. (Link)
  • Zhang, G., Purao, S. R. (2013). Using vignettes to study conflict management practices in enterprise architecture initiatives. . (Link)
  • Umapathy, K., Purao, S. R., Bagby, J. (2012). Empirical analysis of anticipatory standardization processes: a case study. Information Systems and e-Business Management, (10) 3 325–350. (Link)
  • Rossi, M., Purao, S. R., Sein, M. K. (2012). Generalizating from Design Research. IT Artefact Design & Workplace Intervention. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Desouza, K. C., Becker, J. (2012). Investigating Failures in Large-Scale Public Sector Projects with Sentiment Analysis. e-Service Journal, (8) 2 84–105. (Link)
  • Nilsen, H., Purao, S. R. (2012). Lessons Learned from the Agder Experience. Contemporary Trends in Systems Development. 409. (Link)
  • Vakharia, A. J., Bhattacharjee, S., Browne, G., Ferratt, T., Jones, J., Kumar, A., Mehra, A., Moore, J. E., Purao, S. R., Rao, H. R., others, . (2011). Acknowledgment to Guest Editors and Reviewers (2011). Decision Sciences, (42) 4 (Link)
  • Robinson, W. N., Purao, S. R. (2011). Monitoring service systems from a language-action perspective. Services Computing, IEEE Transactions on, (4) 1 17–30. (Link)
  • Sein, M., Henfridsson, O., Purao, S. R., Rossi, M., Lindgren, R. (2011). Action design research. Management Information Systems Research Center.
  • Karunakaran, A., He, J., Purao, S. R., Cameron, B. (2010). Growth Trajectories of SMEs and the Sensemaking of IT Risks: A Comparative Case Study. Cases on Technology Innovation: Entrepreneurial Successes and Pitfalls: Entrepreneurial Successes and Pitfalls. 156. (Link)
  • Karunakaran, A., Purao, S. R., Cameron, B. (2010). Leveraging University Research to Assist SMEs in Legacy Industrial Era Regions: The Case of I-99 Corridor. Global Perspectives on Small and Medium Enterprises and Strategic Information Systems: International Approaches: International Approaches. 22. (Link)
  • Umapathy, K., Purao, S. R. (2010). Systems integration and web services. Computer, (11) 43 91–94. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Vaishnavi, V., Welke, R., Lenze, L. (2009). A framework for problem-based learning of systems development and integration. AMCIS 2009 Proceedings. 772. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Sugumaran, V., Storey, V. C. (2009). From User-contributed Tags to Domain-level Constructs: A Heuristic Approach. . (Link)
  • Karunakaran, A., Purao, S. R., Cameron, B. (2009). From" Method Fragments" to" Knowledge Units": Towards a Fine-Granular Approach. ICIS 2009 Proceedings. 108. (Link)
  • Haynes, S. R., Purao, S. R., Skattebo, A. L. (2009). Scenario-based methods for evaluating collaborative systems. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), (18) 4 331–356. (Link)
  • Robinson, W. N., Purao, S. R. (2009). Specifying and monitoring interactions and commitments in open business processes. IEEE software. 2 72–79. (Link)
  • Yi, F., Purao, S. R., Clark, S., Raghuram, S. (2009). Surfacing Automation Criteria: A Process Architecture Approach. AMCIS 2009 Proceedings. 107. (Link)
  • Srivatsan, V. R., Purao, S. R., Jansen, J., He, J. (2009). Systems Developers Define their Own Information Needs. AMCIS 2009 Proceedings. 579. (Link)
  • Storey, V. C., Burton-Jones, A., Sugumaran, V., Purao, S. R. (2008). CONQUER: A methodology for context-aware query processing on the World Wide Web. Information Systems Research, (19) 1 3–25. (Link)
  • Umapathy, K., Purao, S. R., Barton, R. R. (2008). Designing enterprise integration solutions: effectively. European Journal of Information Systems, (17) 5 518–527. (Link)
  • Reddy, M. C., Purao, S. R., Kelly, M. (2008). Developing IT infrastructure for rural Hospitals: A case study of benefits and challenges of hospital-to-hospital partnerships. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, (15) 4 554–558. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Storey, V. C. (2008). Evaluating the adoption potential of design science efforts: The case of APSARA. Decision Support Systems, (44) 2 369–381. (Link)
  • Han, T., Purao, S. R., Storey, V. C. (2008). Generating large-scale repositories of reusable artifacts for conceptual design of information systems. Decision Support Systems, (45) 4 665–680. (Link)
  • Zhao, J. L., Goul, M., Purao, S. R., Vitharana, P., Wang, H. J. (2008). Impact of service-centric computing on business and education. Communications of the association for information systems, (22) 1 16. (Link)
  • Smolander, K., Rossi, M., Purao, S. R. (2008). Software architectures: Blueprint, literature, language or decision&quest. European Journal of Information Systems, (17) 6 575–588. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Baldwin, C. Y., Hevner, A., Storey, V. C., Pries-Heje, J., Smith, B., Zhu, Y. (2008). The sciences of design: observations on an emerging field. Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper. 09-056 (Link)
  • Umapathy, K., Purao, S. R. (2007). A theoretical investigation of the emerging standards for web services. Information Systems Frontiers, (9) 1 119–134. (Link)
  • Umapathy, K., Paul, S., Purao, S. R., Bagby, J. W., Mitra, P. (2007). Avatars of participants in anticipatory standardization processes. The Standards Edge. Bolin Group. Forthcoming. (Link)
  • Sein, M. K., Rossi, M., Purao, S. R. (2007). Exploring the Limits of the Possible. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, (19) 2 8. (Link)
  • Vaishnavi, V. K., Purao, S. R., Liegle, J. (2007). Object-oriented product metrics: A generic framework. Information Sciences, (177) 2 587–606. (Link)
  • Chua, C. E., Purao, S. R., Storey, V. C. (2006). Developing maintainable software: The Readable approach. Decision support systems, (42) 1 469–491. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Storey, V. C. (2005). A multi-layered ontology for comparing relationship semantics in conceptual models of databases.. Applied Ontology, (1) 1 117–139. (Link)
  • Mitra, P., Purao, S. R., Bagby, J. W., Umapathy, K., Paul, S. (2005). An Empirical Analysis of Development Processes for Anticipatory Standards. Available at SSRN 850524. (Link)
  • Nilsen, H., Purao, S. R. (2005). Balancing objectivist and constructivist pedagogies for teaching emerging technologies: Evidence from a Scandinavian case study. Journal of Information Systems Education, (16) 3 281. (Link)
  • Beath, C. M., Gallivan, M., Pavlou, P., Thatcher, M., Purao, S. R. (2005). Becoming a Great Reviewer for IS Journals. AMCIS 2005 Proceedings. 406. (Link)
  • Cole, R., Purao, S. R., Rossi, M., Sein, M. (2005). Being proactive: where action research meets design research. ICIS 2005 Proceedings. 27. (Link)
  • Smolander, K., Rossi, M., Purao, S. R. (2005). Going Beyond the Blueprint: Unravelling the Compex Reality of Software Architectures. ECIS 2005 Proceedings. 95. (Link)
  • Mitra, P., Purao, S. R., Bagby, J. W., Umapathy, K., Paul, S. (2005). NET Institute. . (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Sengupta, A., Storey, V. C. (2004). ADAM: An Approach to Heuristically Inducing Domain Models. . (Link)
  • Reddy, M. C., Purao, S. R., Kelly, M. (2004). Developing IT Infrastructure for Rural Hospitals: a case study of benefits and challenges. Information Management, (24) 131–145. (Link)
  • McNeese, M., Purao, S. R., Thomas, J., Yen, J. (2004). Where No One Has Gone Before.... Decision Line. 15. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Storey, V. C., Han, T. (2003). Improving analysis pattern reuse in conceptual design: Augmenting automated processes with supervised learning. Information Systems Research, (14) 3 269–290. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Truex, D., Cao, L. (2003). Now the twain shall meet: combining social sciences and software engineering to support development of emergent systems. AMCIS 2003 Proceedings. 359. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Vaishnavi, V. (2003). Product metrics for object-oriented systems. ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), (35) 2 191–221. (Link)
  • Chua, C., Purao, S. R., Storey, V. (2003). READABLE: An Approach and an Environment for Developing Maintainable Web Software. AMCIS 2003 Proceedings. 246. (Link)
  • Joosten, S., Purao, S. R. (2002). A rigorous approach for mapping workflows to object-oriented is models. Journal of Database Management, (13) 4 1. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Jain, H. K., Nazareth, D. L. (2002). An approach to distribution of object-oriented applications in loosely coupled networks. Journal of Management Information Systems, (18) 3 195–234. (Link)
  • Burton-Jones, A., Purao, S. R., Storey, V. (2002). Context-aware query processing on the semantic web. ICIS 2002 Proceedings. 18. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R. (2002). Design research in the technology of information systems: Truth or dare. GSU Department of CIS Working Paper. (Link)
  • Mathiassen, L., Purao, S. R. (2002). Educating reflective systems developers. Information Systems Journal, (12) 2 81–102. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Jain, H. K., Nazareth, D. L. (2002). Exploiting design information to derive object distribution models. Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, IEEE Transactions on, (32) 3 320–334. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Jain, H. K., Nazareth, D. L. (2002). ODE: a tool for distributing object-oriented applications. Information & management, (39) 8 689–703. (Link)
  • Munkvold, B. E., Purao, S. R. (2002). Special issue on: E-commerce systems development practices. ACM SIGMIS Database, (33) 4 6–7. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Rossi, M., Bush, A. (2002). Towards an understanding of the use of problem and design spaces during object-oriented system development. Information and Organization, (12) 4 249–281. (Link)
  • Olsen, D. H., Purao, S. R. (2001). Introduction to Special Series on Information Exchange in Electronic Markets: New Business Models. Informing Science: the International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline, (4) 115. (Link)
  • Sengupta, A., Purao, S. R. (2000). Transitioning Existing Content: inferring organisation-specific documents. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, (8) 1 (Link)
  • Sengupta, A., Purao, S. R. (2000). Transitioning existing content: Inferring organization-spezific document structures. Tagungsband der, (1) 130–135. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Jain, H. K., Nazareth, D. L. (1999). Supporting decision making in combinatorially explosive multicriteria situations. Decision Support Systems, (26) 3 225–247. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R. (1998). APSARA: a tool to automate system design via intelligent pattern retrieval and synthesis. ACM SIGMIS Database, (29) 4 45–57. (Link)
  • Bush, A., Purao, S. R. (1998). Characterizing Process Variables in a Study of Design Behaviors. AMCIS 1998 Proceedings. 227. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Campbell, B. (1998). Critical concerns for small business electronic commerce: some reflections based on interviews of small business owners. AMCIS 1998 Proceedings. 111. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Jain, H., Narareth, D. (1998). Effective distribution of object-oriented applications. Communications of the ACM, (41) 8 100–108. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R. (1998). Hyper-Link Teaching and Intelligent Slides: Complementary Strategies To Foster Active Learning.. Journal of Education for MIS, (5) 1 63–78. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Storey, V. C. (1998). Supporting Reuse during Conceptual Design of Information Systems: Is it possible? Will they Use it?. . (Link)
  • Purao, S. R. (1997). Hyper-Link Teaching To Foster Active Learning. Journal of Education for MIS. 5 63-78. (Link)
  • Jain, H. K., Purao, S. R. (1991). Distributed application development: SDLC revisited. Information & management, (20) 4 247–255. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R. (1980). A Multi-Perspective Modeling Technique for Concurrent Designing of Business Processes and Information Systems. . (Link)
  • Indulska, M., Purao, S. R. (1980). Advances in Conceptual Modeling. . (Link)
  • Purao, S. R. (1980). Enterprise Integration: An Experiential Learning Model Brian Cameron bcameron@ ist. psu. edu. . (Link)
  • Haynes, S. R., Purao, S. R., Winter, J. R. (1980). Evaluating Components in the Context of Use. . (Link)
  • Olsen, D. H., Purao, S. R. (1980). Overview to the Special Issue. Self, (139) 148. (Link)
  • Chandra, L., Purao, S. R., Seidel, S. (). How Designers Use Design Principles: Design Behaviors and Application Modes. Journal of the AIS . 23(5) 1235-1270.

    Books

  • Indulska, M., Purao, S. R. (2014). Advances in Conceptual Modeling: ER 2014 Workshops, ENMO, MoBiD, MReBA, QMMQ, SeCoGIS, WISM, and ER Demos, Atlanta, GA, USA, October 27-29, 2014. Proceedings, (8823) Springer
  • Yu, E., Dobbie, G., Jarke, M., Purao, S. R. (2014). Conceptual Modeling: 33rd International Conference, ER 2014, Atlanta, GA, USA, October 27-29, 2014. Proceedings, (8824) Springer
  • Bush, A. A., Purao, S. R. (2001). Mapping UML Techniques to Design Activities.. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Strange, C. (). Business Process Management: A Dramatized Journey. 140. Prospect Press Forthcoming.

    • Book Chapters

  • Maass, W., Parsons, J., Purao, S. R., Storey, V., Woo, C., Rosales, A. (2017). Big Data and Theory In , (Eds.) . Springer Encyclopedia of Big Data
  • Zhang, G., Purao, S. R. (2014). CM2: A Case-Based Conflict Management System In , (Eds.) Advancing the Impact of Design Science: Moving from Theory to Practice. 257–272. Springer (Link)
  • Purao, S. R. (2014). IT Platforms In , (Eds.) . Wiley Encyclopedia of Management (Link)
  • Purao, S. R. (2014). Towards an Egalitarian Pedagogy for the Millennial Generation: A Reflection In , (Eds.) Innovative Practices in Teaching Information Sciences and Technology. 43–51. Springer (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Seng, T. C., Wu, A. (2013). Modeling citizen-centric services in smart cities In , (Eds.) Conceptual Modeling. 438–445. Springer (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Karunakaran, A., Cameron, B. (2012). A Platform for Recombining Process Knowledge Chunks In , (Eds.) Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling. 31–45. Springer (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Maass, W., Storey, V. C., Jansen, B. J., Reddy, M. (2012). An integrated conceptual model to incorporate information tasks in workflow models In , (Eds.) Conceptual Modeling. 487–500. Springer (Link)
  • Bolloju, N., Purao, S. R., Tan, C. (2012). Conceptual modeling for systems integration In , (Eds.) Conceptual Modeling. 321–330. Springer (Link)
  • Karunakaran, A., Purao, S. R. (2012). Designing for recombination: process design through template combination In , (Eds.) Design Science Research in Information Systems. Advances in Theory and Practice. 36–51. Springer (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Bolloju, N., Tan, C. H. (2012). Designing-in-the-Large: combining local perspectives to generate enterprise-wide integration solutions In , (Eds.) Design Science Research in Information Systems. Advances in Theory and Practice. 122–138. Springer (Link)
  • Umapathy, K., Purao, S. R., Bagby, J. W. (2011). Analyzing Processes behind Web Service Standards Development In , (Eds.) Exploring the Grand Challenges for Next Generation E-Business. 137–146. Springer (Link)
  • He, J., Purao, S. R., Becker, J., Strobhar, D. (2011). Service extraction from operator procedures in process industries In , (Eds.) Service-Oriented Perspectives in Design Science Research. 335–349. Springer (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Desouza, K. (2010). An enterprise-wide intervention at IRS: A longitudinal analysis of stakeholder sentiments In , (Eds.) Trends in Enterprise Architecture Research. 30–43. Springer (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Rossi, M., Sein, M. K. (2010). On integrating action research and design research In , (Eds.) Design research in information systems. 179–194. Springer (Link)
  • Sugumaran, V., Purao, S. R., Storey, V. C., Conesa, J. (2010). On-demand extraction of domain concepts and relationships from social tagging websites In , (Eds.) Natural Language Processing and Information Systems. 224–232. Springer (Link)
  • Umapathy, K., Purao, S. R. (2007). Exploring alternatives for representing and accessing design knowledge about enterprise integration In , (Eds.) Conceptual Modeling-ER 2007. 470–484. Springer (Link)
  • Ocker, R., Huang, H., Trauth, E., Purao, S. R. (2007). The Tension Between Expectations of Availability and the Reality of Availability in Hybrid Teams In , (Eds.) Virtuality and Virtualization. 119–131. Springer (Link)
  • Umapathy, K., Purao, S. R. (2006). Designing under the influence of speech acts: a strategy for composing enterprise integration solutions In , (Eds.) Conceptual Modeling-ER 2006. 586–586. Springer (Link)
  • Fan, X., Umapathy, K., Yen, J., Purao, S. R. (2004). An agent-based approach for interleaved composition and execution of web services In , (Eds.) Conceptual Modeling–ER 2004. 582–595. Springer (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Truex, III, D. P. (2004). Supporting Engineering of Information Systems in Emergent Organizations In , (Eds.) Information Systems Research. 175–192. Springer (Link)
  • Storey, V. C., Purao, S. R. (2004). Understanding relationships: Classifying verb phrase semantics In , (Eds.) Conceptual Modeling–ER 2004. 336–347. Springer (Link)
  • Burton-Jones, A., Storey, V. C., Sugumaran, V., Purao, S. R. (2003). A heuristic-based methodology for semantic augmentation of user queries on the web In , (Eds.) Conceptual Modeling-ER 2003. 476–489. Springer (Link)
  • Ullrich, H., Purao, S. R., Storey, V. C. (2001). An ontology for classifying the semantics of relationships in database design In , (Eds.) Natural Language Processing and Information Systems. 91–102. Springer (Link)
  • Nilsen, H., Purao, S. R. (2001). Teaching XML in a Business School In , (Eds.) Contemporary Trends in Systems Development. 409–418. Springer (Link)
  • Han, T., Purao, S. R., Storey, V. C. (1999). A methodology for building a repository of object-oriented design fragments In , (Eds.) Conceptual Modeling—ER’99. 203–217. Springer (Link)

    • Conference Proceedings

  • Purao, S. R.Meng, C. (2019). Data Capture and Analyses from Conversational Devices in the Homes of the Elderly , (International Conference on Conceptual Modeling) 157-166.
  • Purao, S. R.Garfield, M. J.Gu, X.Bhetwal, P. (2019). Predicting the Slide to Long-term Homelessness , (21st IEEE Conference on Business Informatics)
  • Murungi, D. M.Yates, D. J.Purao, S. R.Yu, J.Zhan, R. (2019). Factual or Believable? Negotiating the Boundaries of Confirmation Bias in Online News Stories , (52 - Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences)
  • Murungi, D. M.Purao, S. R.Yates, D. J. (2018). Beyond Facts: A New Spin on Fake News in the Age of Social Media 24th Americas Conference on Information Systems, New Orleans, LA. (Link)
  • Zhang, G.Purao, S. R. (2015). Extending Knowledge Management to ‘Knowing’: A Design of Experience Management System iConference 2015 Proceedings (Annual Information Schools Conference).
  • Purao, S. R.Umapathy, K.Bagby, J. (2015). Activity patterns in design processes of IT standards 10th International Conference, DESRIST 2015.
  • Liu, N.Gavino, A.Purao, S. R. (2014). A method for designing value-infused citizen services in smart cities ACM. 34–43. (Link)
  • Dwivedi, N.Purao, S. R.Straub, D. W. (2014). Knowledge Contributions in Design Science Research: A Meta-Analysis. . 115–131.
  • Johnson, N.Murphy, A.McNeese, N.Reddy, M.Purao, S. R. (2013). A Survey of Rural Hospitals’ Perspectives on Health Information Technology Outsourcing American Medical Informatics Association, (2013) 732. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R.Desouza, K. (2011). Looking for clues to failures in large-scale, public sector projects: A case study IEEE. 1–10. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R.Storey, V. C.Sugumaran, V.Conesa, J.Minguillón, J.Casas, J. (2011). Repurposing Social Tagging Data for Extraction of Domain-Level Concepts. Springer. 185–192. (Link)
  • Karunakaran, A.Purao, S. R. (2011). Templating in practice ACM. 694–696. (Link)
  • Suo, S.Techatassanasoontorn, A. A.Purao, S. R. (2011). The Interplay between Cloud-based SOA and IT Departments: Research Directions. . (Link)
  • Purao, S. R.Martin, R.Robertson, E. (2011). Transforming enterprise architecture models: an artificial ontology view Springer. 383–390. (Link)
  • Becker, J.Dai, R. W.Purao, S. R. (2011). Understanding IT project risks as disturbances to digital ecosystems ACM. 137–142. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R.Suen, H. (2010). Designing a multi-faceted metric to evaluate soft skills ACM. 88–91. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R.Desouza, K. (2010). Large IT projects as interventions in digital ecosystems ACM. 9–16. (Link)
  • Martin, R.Purao, S. R.Robertson, E. (2009). Evolving enterprise architecture . (Link)
  • Robinson, W. N.Purao, S. R. (2008). Development Support for Specifying and Monitoring Goals of Open Business Processes IEEE. 53–64. (Link)
  • Umapathy, K.Purao, S. R. (2008). Representing and accessing design knowledge for service integration IEEE, (1) 67–74. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R.Bagby, J.Umapathy, K. (2008). Standardizing Web Services: Overcoming’Design by Committee’ IEEE. 223–230. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R.Vaishnavi, V.Bagby, J.Borthick, F.Cameron, B.Lenze, L.Sawyer, S.Suen, H.Welke, R. (2008). Using Problems to Learn Service-oriented Computing IEEE. 33–36. (Link)
  • Zhao, D.Rosson, M. B.Purao, S. R. (2007). The Future of Work: What Does Online Community Have to Do with It? IEEE. 180a–180a. (Link)
  • Umapathy, K.Purao, S. R. (2007). Towards A Theoretical Foundation for Web Services-The Language-Action Perspective (LAP) Approach IEEE. 252–255. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R.Paul, S.Smith, S. (2007). Understanding enterprise integration project risks: A focus group study IEEE. 850–854. (Link)
  • Umapathy, K.Purao, S. R. (2006). Designing enterprise solutions with web services and integration patterns IEEE. 111–118. (Link)
  • Bagby, J. W.Mitra, P.Purao, S. R. (2006). Standards Development, Disruptive Innovation and the Nature of Participation: Lock-In, Lock-Out, Holdup TPRC. (Link)
  • Han, T.Purao, S. R.Storey, V. C. (2005). Automated Generation of Large-Scale Repositories of Reusable Artifacts , (15th Annual Workshop on Information Technolgies & Systems (WITS) ) (Link)
  • Tuunainen, V. K.Rossi, M.Purao, S. R.Siau, K. (2005). Minitrack: M-and E-Commerce Systems Development. . (Link)
  • Rossi, M.Tuunainen, V. K.Siau, K.Purao, S. R. (2004). E-Commerce Systems Development Methodologies IEEE. 70173. (Link)
  • Umapathy, K.Purao, S. R. (2004). Service-Oriented Computing: An Opportunity for the Language-Action Perspective Citeseer. 59–76. (Link)
  • Haynes, S. R.Purao, S. R.Skattebo, A. L. (2004). Situating evaluation in scenarios of use ACM. 92–101. (Link)
  • Fan, X.Umapathy, K.Yen, J.Purao, S. R. (2004). Team-based agents for proactive failure handling in dynamic composition of web services IEEE. 782–785. (Link)
  • Kvasny, L.Sawyer, S.Purao, S. R. (2004). The Digital Divide and Information Systems Research: Stepping Up or Stepping Away? . (Link)
  • Umapathy, K.Purao, S. R.Sugumaran, V. (2003). Facilitating conversations among web services as speech-act based discourses . 85–90. (Link)
  • Giles, C. L.Purao, S. R. (2003). The Role of Search in Ubiquitous Computing . (Link)
  • Smolander, K.Rossi, M.Purao, S. R. (2002). Software architecture: Metaphors across contexts . (Link)
  • Siau, K.Rossi, M.Purao, S. R. (2001). E-Commerce Systems Development Methodologies IEEE Computer Society. 7029. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R.Bush, A.Rossi, M. (2001). Problem and design spaces during object-oriented design: an exploratory study IEEE. 10–pp. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R.Storey, V.Sengupta, A.Moore, M. (2000). Reconciling and cleansing: an approach to inducing domain models . 61–66. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R.Jain, H. K.Nazareth, D. L. (1996). Derivation of traffic volumes for effective distribution of object-oriented applications IEEE, (4) 119–128. (Link)

    • Conference Papers

  • Purao, S. R., Caroline, S. (2023). Dramaturgy to Teach Critical Thinking: An Implementation and Evaluation for BPM, Northeast AIS Conference.
  • Sofie, W., Purao, S. R. (2023). Making Sense of Digital Technologies within the Capability Approach, Pre-ECIS workshop on Social Justice and Inclusion to Co-create Sustainable Digital Futures.
  • Purao, S. R., Garfield, M. J. (2020). Process Modeling in Humanitarian Settings: A Case Study and Lessons Learned. European Conference of Information Systems.
  • Zhang, G., Zhou, Y., Purao, S. R., Xu, H. (2018). Extracting Conflict Models from Interaction Traces in Virtual Collaborative Work.MoBiD, Seventh International Workshop on Modeling and Management of Big Data. (Part of International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER Conference) .
  • Khoury, Y., Purao, S. R., Duffy, . (2018). The Influence of Values on the Use of Citizen Services: The Elderly Perspective.Americas Conference on Information Systems.
  • Haj-Boulori, A., Purao, S. R., Rossi, M., Bernhardsson, L. (2018). Action Design Research in Practice: Lessons and ConcernsEuropean Conference on Information Systems.
  • Gaudioso, C., Jain, H., Purao, S. R. (2016). PACT: A Patient-centered CDSS for Cancer Treatment DecisionsAIS, Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS).
  • Zhang, G., Zhou, Y., Purao, S. R., Xu, H. (2016). Surfacing Conflicts in Online Collaboration: An Analytical Tool for Behavioral StudieAIS, Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS).
  • Zhang, G., Zhou, Y., Purao, S. R., Xu, H. (2016). Argument Detection in Online Discussions: A Theory-based ApproachAIS, Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS).
  • Chandra, L., Purao, S. R., Seidel, S. (2016). Making Use of Design PrinciplesSpringer Verlag, Proceedings of the Conference on Design Science in Information Systems and Technologies.
  • Liu, N., Purao, S. R., Tan, H. (2016). Value-inspired Elderly Care Service Design for Aging-In-Place, Pacific-Asia Conference on Information Systems.
  • Liu, N., Purao, S. R., Tan, H. (2016). Value-Inspired Service Design in Elderly Home-Monitoring SystemsIEEE, IEEE 2016 Workshop on PervAsive Technologies and care systems for sustainable Aging-in-place.
  • Purao, S. R., Karunakaran, A. (2012). Designing to Support Complex Organizationl Work: A Pragmatic Approach, European Conference on Information Sytems Workshop. (Link)
  • Storey, V. C., Burton–Jones, A., Sugumaran, V., Purao, S. R. (2009). Extracting Semantics with Lexical and Ontological Knowledge Sources: A Methodology for Context-Aware Information Retrieval from the World Wide Web. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Karunakaran, A., Cameron, B. (2009). ReKon: Recombinable Knowledge Units for Systems Integration Projects, Workshop on Information Technolgies & Systems (WITS). (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Haynes, S. R. (2004). Modeling to Facilitate Evaluation and Evolution of Information Systems, SIGSAND. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Storey, V. C. (1997). Intelligent support for retrieval and synthesis of patterns for object-oriented designSpringer, International Conference on Conceptual Modeling—ER’97. 30–42. (Link)
  • Purao, S. R., Jain, H., Nazareth, D. (1995). Distributing Object-Oriented Systems, Americas Conference on Information Systems. (Link)

    • Other(s)

  • Kumara, S., Gautam, N., Hall, D., Purao, S. R., Garga, A., Grimes, B. (2004). Integration of Diagnostics into Ground Equipment (IDGE) StudyDTIC Document. (Link)
  • Storey, V. C., Burton-Jones, A., Sugumaran, V., Purao, S. R. (2004). Making the Web More Semantic: A Methodology for Context-Aware Query ProcessingWorking Paper, 2004. 332 Veda C. Storey, Vijayan Sugumaran, and Yi Ding. (Link)

    • Presentations

  • Purao, S. R. (2023). “Doing Impactful Research” Presented at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - Lucknow Annual International Research Conference (AIRC) 2023 Lucknow, India
  • Purao, S. R. (2023). “Dramaturgy to Teach Critical Thinking: An Implementation and Evaluation for BPM” Presented at theNE AIS Conference New Hampshire
  • Ogunseye, S., Murungi, D. M., Purao, S. R. (2023). “Combating Cyber-radicalization: Have we paid attention to attention?” Presented at the Association for Information Systems New England Association for Information Systems University of New Hamphshire, Durham, NH
  • Purao, S. R. (2023). “Crafting Papers for Practitioners” Presented at theAmericas Conference on Information Systems Panama City, Panama
  • Purao, S. R. (2023). “Designing the Metaverse” Presented at theDesign Science Research in Information Systems & Technologies (DESRIST) Conference Pretoria, South Africa
  • Purao, S. R., Mulgund, P. (2022). “Designing for Self-Management of Multiple Chronic Conditions by the Aging-at-home” Presented at theInternational Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Mulgund, P., Purao, S. R., Agrawal, L. (2022). “Fathers with postpartum depression: A problem-space exploration” Presented at theDesign Science Research in Information Systems and Technologies (DESRIST) St Petersburg, Florida
  • Purao, S. R. (2021). “Design Science Research Problems … Where do they come from?” Presented at theDesign Science Research in Information Systems and Technologies (DESRIST) Kristiansand, Norway
  • Purao, S. R., Chandra, L., Mädche, A. (2020). “Design Principles: Where do… they all come from?” Presented at the Association for Information Systems Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technologies (DESRIST) Kristiansand, Norway
  • Hao, H., Garfield, M. J., Purao, S. R. (2020). “Regression Models of Length of Homeless Shelter Stays In Boston: An Application of Data Analytics” Presented at thePresented at the Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA) Virtual
  • He, J., Murungi, D. M., Purao, S. R., Karunakaran, A. (2020). “How Front-Line Professionals Use Knowledge: The Case of Petrochemical Operators” Presented at the Association for Information Systems European Conference on Information Systems Marrakech, Morocco
  • Purao, S. R., Garfield, M. J. (2020). “Process Modeling in Humanitarian Settings: A Case Study and Lessons Learned” Presented at the Association for Information Systems European Conference on Information Systems Marrakech, Morocco
  • Hartigan, D. B., Murungi, D. M., Purao, S. R. (2020). “PATIENT AND PROVIDER PERCEPTIONS OF THE PATIENT-CENTERED CARE EXPERIENCE IN URGENT CARE SETTINGS” Presented at theAnnals of Behavioral Medicine
  • Hartigan, D. B., Murungi, D. M., Purao, S. R. (2020). “RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND CARE COORDINATION IN URGENT CARE: PATIENT AND PROVIDER PERSPECTIVES” Presented at theAnnals of Behavioral Medicine
  • Purao, S. R., Garfield, M. J., Gu, X., Bhetwal, P. (2019). “Predicting the Slide to Long-term Homelessness” Presented at the IEEE 21st IEEE Conference on Business Informatics Moscow, Russia
  • Purao, S. R., Yates, D. J., Murungi, D. M. (2019). “Uncovering the Processes of Hyper-Partisan Polarization” Presented at the Harvard University Dataverse Community Meeting Cambridge, MA
  • Murungi, D. M., Yates, D. J., Purao, S. R., Yu, J., Zhan, R. (2019). “Factual or Believable? Negotiating the Boundaries of Confirmation Bias in Online News Stories” Presented at the2019 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Maui, Hawaii
  • Murungi, D. M., Purao, S. R., Yates, D. J. (2018). “How can we reduce the threat of Fake News?” Presented at theBright Internet Global Summit 2018 San Francisco
  • Purao, S. R., Steinfield, L., Wixom, B., Boeri, M. W. (2018). Presented at the Bentley's Research Council Research Reaching out: Translating Impact of Scholarship to the Public Bentley University
  • Murungi, D. M., Purao, S. R., Yates, D. J. (2018). “Beyond Facts: A New Spin on Fake News in the Age of Social Media” Presented at the Association for Information Systems 2018 Americas Conference on Information Systems New Orleans, LA
  • Murungi, D. M., Purao, S. R., Yates, D. J. (2018). “Collective Intelligence, Cognitive Bias and Crowd Spin Doctoring – Fake News in the Age of Social Media” Presented at theBoston Area Information Systems Workshop Lowell, MA

    • Service

    Department Service

  • Committee Member for Slade Chair Recruiting Committee 2023 - Present
  • Mentor (Faculty) for Faculty Mentor 2020 - Present
  • Committee Member for Part of the Tenured Faculty 2020 - Present
  • Principal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for Mentoring of Junior Faculty - 2023
  • Committee Member for Recruiting Committee 2019 - 2019
  • Other for Participant - GB 310 Redesign Effort 2015 - 2018
  • Other for Coordinator - Research Brown Bag - CIS, IDCC and IPM 2015 - 2017

    • University Service

  • Director / Coordinator of Bentley E-hub (Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Initiative) for Bentley E-hub (Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Initiative) 2022 - Present
  • Department Chair for Department of IPM 2022 - 2022
  • Task Force Chair for Research Impact Assessment 2018 - 2022
  • Committee Chair for Curriculum Policy Committee 2019 - 2022
  • Committee Member for Research Council 2015 - 2022
  • Designing a Soft Skills Assessment Platform for Soft Skills Assessment Platform 2017 - 2021
  • Developing Resources and IT Platform for IRB Function at Bentley for Work with the Institutional Review Board at Bentley 2017 - 2019
  • Other for Lead for Sub-group to Investigate IP Policy at Bentley 2015 - 2019
  • Bentley University Representative at Brandeis for Representing the City of Waltham Event to represent Bentley 2018 - 2018
  • Conference/Workshop Organizer for Spring Symposium on "Research Reaching Out" 2018 - 2018

    • Professional Service

  • Editorial Review Board Member for Information Systems Research 2023 - Present
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper for Multiple Conferences 2020 - Present
  • Reviewer, Journal Article for Multiple Journals 2020 - Present
  • Member / Chair of Accreditation Panel for Education Evaluation Commission-Higher Education Sector (EEC-HES) Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2016 - 2021
  • Co-Chair at Doctoral Consortium at the Design Science Conference 2020 - 2020
  • Editor (Associate), Journal for Information Systems Research - Special Issue 2018 - 2019
  • Mentor at Doctoral Consortium at the Design Science Conference 2018 - 2018
  • Senior Editor for Journal of the Association for Information Systems 2015 - 2018
  • Editor (Associate), Journal for Information Systems Research - Special Issue 2016 - 2017
  • Editorial Review Board Member for Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS) 2016 2016 - 2016
  • Editorial Review Board Member for Design Science Conference (DESRIST) 2016 2016 - 2016
  • Track Co-Chair for European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) 2016 2015 - 2016
  • Editor (Associate), Journal for European Journal of Information Systems - Special Issue 2015 - 2016