The Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT) is pleased to announce the release of The IBIT Report – Next Generation Business Application Interfaces: Lessons from Video Games authored by David Schuff, Temple University, Uchenna Oguekue, American College of Physicians, Neil Rushi, Temple University, Michael McAghon, Intuitive Company, and Paul Nuschke, Empathy Lab.
IBIT News
AstraZeneca and Transaction Network Services join as new members
The Fox School’s Institute for Business and Information Technology is pleased to welcome AstraZeneca and Transaction Network Services as new members.
Michael Bradshaw, Jeff Hamilton, and Larry Dignan join the IBIT sponsored Fox IT advisory board
Michael Bradshaw, Vice President, IT Services, Lockheed Martin, Jeff Hamilton, Senior Vice President, Pfizer, and Larry Dignan, Editor in Chief, ZDNet, Smart Planet; Editorial Director, TechRepublic join the IBIT sponsored Fox MIS advisory board.
Paul Pavlou appointed Editor, The IBIT Report
Paul Pavlou is the new editor of The IBIT Report. Dr. Pavlou is an internally recognized scholar with more than 7000 citations in Google Scholar and he was recently ranked Number 1 in the world for research productivity by the Association for Information Systems (AIS). Dr. Pavlou also has extensive experience in engaging with industry and working on industry relevant projects. As part of this new role, Dr. Pavlou will accelerate the identification of new ideas and content for future reports.
New IBIT industry experience program provides flexible student employees
The Fox School’s Institute for Business and Information Technology is pleased to announce a program for industry to engage with students. This new highly customizable and flexible program provides employers with access to student employees. The program termed “industry experience” provides students with new options to gain ‘experiential’ – on the job learning. The IBIT industry experience consists of three different types of internships:
- Traditional internships in which students are employed on site, have a fixed schedule, and a general supervisor and mentor.
- Project-based internships in which students interact with the firm on a project basis, follow a flexible schedule, work on-site and off-site, and have a project-based supervisor.
- Service learning internships in which students work on a community-service project that is of interest to employees of the firm.
Students receive academic credit and will register for a class that is graded as part of the industry experience. The instructor will provide the overall structure for the experience, the employer is responsible for supervising the student. For more information, please visit:
http://ibit.temple.edu/industryexperience/
