About Me
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I am an Assistant Professor in School of Information Sciences at University of Tennessee Knoxville since Fall 2008. I am also the Coordinator for the undergraduate Information Technology Minor at UTK.
I graduated with a PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in May 2008. My dissertation research is on Online Communities to Support the Users of Open Source Software. For more details about my research please click here . I hold two masters degrees, one in Computer Science from University of Chicago and the other one in Knowledge Management Systems from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. I did my undergraduate studies from Pantnagar University, in the foothills of Himalayas in India. Please browse through the links above to know more details about me.
My research interests are in Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Human Computer Interaction, Online Communities, Open Source Software, Knowledge Management Systems and Information Systems.
Education
- PhD University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 2008 Information Science
- M.S. University of Chicago 2006 Computer Science
- M.Sc. Wageningen University 2001 Knowledge Management Systems
- B.Sc. Pantnagar University 1998 Major Economics
Current Funded Research Projects
- IMLS Early Career Grant
- IMLS Program Development Grant for masters students
- IMLS Program Development Grant for doctoral students
Research Interests
- Human Computer Interaction
- Computer Supported Cooerative Work
- Open Source Software
- Technical Customer Support
- Online Communities
- Knowledge Management Systems
- Information Systems
Doctoral Dissertation
I finished my doctoral dissertation in May 2008. My dissertation research focussed on technical support for the users of Open Source Software. I conducted research on establishing an understanding of the community of users of open source software actively engaged in collaborative problem solving over the internet. The pilot study for this work was published in HICSS 2006 and was awarded best research paper of the mini-track award. (PDF Full Text). The first results of my dissertation are being published in CSCW 2008 Notes and received "Best Notes Award".
Dissertation Committee:
Dr Michael Twidale (UIUC)
Dr Linda Smith (UIUC)
Dr Bertram C. Bruce (UIUC)
Dr David Nichols Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand
