Link: Something I wasn’t expecting related to my REAL job :)

BamaNation said:

Wanted to give y’all something off the normal politics and other maddening topics in this board ...

AND Just so you all know that TideFans isn’t my only vocation ...

The journal paper published earlier in the year which is based on my dissertation work has been awarded the BEST PAPER in the Journal of the Association for Information Systems for 2017 and is also nominated for the Best Paper award in all of IS. (This is one of the top journals in my field so I’m really proud to have received this news). Maybe I should retire now

The award "ceremony" in December is at our main international conference which, this year, just happens to be in Seoul, South Korea ... But I’m unable to attend.

I post it here now because the paper is now listed as the award winner on the journal’s website ( midway down) if you wanna take a peek: https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/

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BamaNation said:

Thanks!

Very simply: the focus is usually on how humans interact with technology and information processing/management. Lots of branches off that tree but that would sum it up pretty nicely. Includes things like system design, system use and usability, data analysis, system implementation, project mgmt, process innovation, etc. I.S. “[FONT="]includes software, hardware, data, people, and procedures” (see wiki def:[/FONT]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_system

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gtowntide said:

I'm proud of you! Nice job! My experience with a IT manager where I used to work was you would call him when you had any network or computer problems. His pat answer was "reboot it" and see if that helps. Oddly enough sometimes it did!

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rjtide said:

congrats! not to sound ignorant and all.....but what is 'information systems'? i'm a physician so anything related to 'IT', 'information systems' is completely foreign to me. please explain in layman terms what it is that you do. thanks. and best of luck with continued success in your profession.

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