Pai-chun Ma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Computer
Information Systems
CIS Internship Coordinator & CUNY Doctoral Faculty of Computer Science
Baruch College, Zicklin School of
Business
City University of New York
17 Lexington Avenue, Box B11-220New York, NY 10010
Phone: (646)312-3369; Fax: (646)312-3351
Email: pai-chun_ma@baruch.cuny.edu
Office: Room 11-243, Vertical Campus (E. 24th Street & Lexington Avenue)
[Short Biography][Education] [Teaching] [Research] [Honors and Grants] [Professional Activities] [Business][Personal]
Short Biography
Dr. Ma was an assistant professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Delaware, Delaware, U.S.A (1987-1994), and a visiting scholar/assistant professor of Information and Systems Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (1994-1997), before he joined the Baruch College, the City University of New York in 1997. Prior to his graduate study at SUNY Buffalo (MBA, 1982) and New York University (Ph.D. in I.S., 1988) in U.S., he headed the sales department in Far Eastern Department Store, Inc. (1979-1980) and Lai-Lai Department Store, Inc., Taipei, Taiwan (1978-1979).
Dr. Ma's research interest includes data warehouse and OLAP, workflow management systems, information retrieval, negotiation support systems, scenario management for mathematical programming systems, semantic data modeling support systems, and metagraph applications.
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Education
- B.S. - Management Science / National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
- M.B.A. - Management Science / State University of New York at Buffalo
- M. Phil. - Information Systems / New York University, Stern School of Business
- Ph.D. - Information Systems / New York University, Stern School of Business
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Research Interests
- Digital Library
- Electronic Commerce
- LPFORM - Linear Programming Formulation using Graphical User Interface
- Data Warehouse
- Great China Business Cases Resource Center
Journal Articles (Refereed)
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Yen, J., Y. Yan, P. Ma and F. Wu, "Multi-agent Approach to the
Coalition Formation in the Power Industry" Decision Support Systems, Vol.
28, No. 3, 2000, pp. 279-290.
- Hu, Paul J. H., P.
Ma and Patrick Y. K. Chau, "Evaluation of User Interface
Designs for Information Retrieval Systems: A Computer-based Experiment," Decision Support Systems,
Vol 27, 1999, pp 125-143.
- Sheng, O., P. Hu,
C. Wei and P. Ma, "Organizational Management of Telemedicine
Technology: Conquering Time and Space Boundaries in Healthcare
Services," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol.46, No.3,
August 1999, pp.265-278.
- Bui, T., F. Bodart and P. Ma, "ARBAS: A Formal Language to Support Argumentation in Network-based Organization," Journal of MIS, vol. 14, no. 3, winter, 1997-1998, 223-238.
- Binbasioglu, M., T. Bui, and P. Ma, "An Action-Resource Language for Negotiation Support," Journal of Computer Information Systems, summer, 1997.
- Ma, P., F. H. Murphy and E. A. Stohr, "An Implementation of LPFORM," INFORMS Journal on Computing, Fall, 1996. Press here to download LPFORM for Windows 3.1
- Murphy, F. H., E. A. Stohr and P. Ma, "Composition Rules for Building Linear Programming Models from Component Models," Management Science, vol. 38, number 7, 948-963, July, 1992.
- Ma, P., F. H. Murphy and E. A. Stohr, "A Graphics Interface for Linear Programming," Communications of the ACM, vol. 32, no. 8, 996-1012, August, 1989.
- Ma, P., F. H. Murphy and E. A. Stohr, "Representing Knowledge about Linear Programming Formulation," Annals of Operations Research, vol. 21, 149-172, 1989.
- Ma, P., F. H. Murphy and E. A. Stohr, "Computer-Assisted Formulation of Linear Programs," IMA Journal of Mathematics in Management, vol. 1, 147-161, 1987.
Conference Proceedings (Refereed)
- Hu, Paul J. H., P.
Ma and Patrick Y. K. Chau, "Evaluation of User Interface designed
for Interactive Information Systems," Proceedings of the 4th INFORMS
Conference on Information Systems and Technology, May 1-2, 1999,
Cincinnati, pp.338-354.
- Hu, Paul J. H., P.
Ma and Patrick Y. K. Chau, "Evaluating Effectiveness of User Interface
Designs in Supporting Concept Communication: An Experimental Study,"
Proceedings of the WITS'98, 207-216, Helsinki.
- Bui, T., P. Ma and C. Stricker, "Supporting Argumentation in Software Development," Proceedings of the 30th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, January 7-10, 1997.
- Chen, H, M. Ramsey, C. Yang, P. Ma, and J. Yen., "Intelligent Spider for Internet Search," Proceedings of the 30th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, January 7-10, 1997.
- Yen, J., P. Ma, V. Sivakumar, "Software Agents for Issues Identification: An Experiment on Financial Documents," Proceedings of the First Asia Pacific DSI Conference, vol. 2, 805-814, Hong Kong, June 21-22, 1996.
- Bui, T., G. Kersten, and P. Ma, "Supporting Negotiation with Scenario Management," Proceedings of the 29th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, January 3-6, 1996, Best Paper Award.
- Higa, K., P. Ma and M. A. Smith, "Defining Business Constraints in Relational Databases Using a Semantic Data Model," Proceedings of the Third International Conference of ISDSS, vol. II, 347-359, Hong Kong, June 22-23, 1995.
- Yen, J., H. Chen, P. Ma and T.X. Bui, "An Issues Identifier for On-line Financial Databases", Proceedings of the Third International Conference of ISDSS, vol. I, 121-134, Hong Kong, June 22-23, 1995.
- Binbasioglu, M., T. Bui, and P. Ma, "An Action-Resource Language for Argumentation - The Case of Softwood Lumber Negotiation," Proceedings of the 28th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, vol. IV, 262-269, Hawaii, January, 1995.
- Ma, P., "Scenario Management in a Linear Programming Modeling Environment," Proceedings of the 1993 Decision Sciences Institute's annual meeting, vol. II 627-628, Washington, D.C. November 21-23, 1993.
- Ma, P., F. H. Murphy and E. A. Stohr, "Semantic Structures in Linear Programs," In Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Decision Support and Knowledge Based Systems Track, vol. III, 459-466, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, January 3-6, 1989.
Working Papers
- Yen, J. P. Ma, V. Sivakumar and H. Chen, "A Software Agent for Analyzing Textual Documents, " Decision Support Systems, conditonally accepted.
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Teaching
- CIS9410 Object-Oriented Programming II (OOP II), Spring 2002.
- CIS5900 CIS Internship,
Spring 2002.
- BUS9800/9801/9802/9803
Graduate Internship, Spring 2002.
- ISMT101 Introduction to Information System, Spring, 1995-7. Course Coordinator.
- ISMT300E Internet Applications Development, Fall, 1996. Course Coordinator.
- Course Project: Hong Kong Public Companies Annual Reports Repository (Netra Version)
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Honors
and Grants
- Co-Principal Investigator, Hong Kong Research Grants Committee Competitive Earmarked Grant on "Effective Visual Representations of Concepts in Interactive Multimedia Information Systems: An Empirical Study of Displaying Semantic Relevance," 1997-1999. HKD$200,000 (USD$25,850) was awarded.
- Principal Project Supervisor, Hong Kong University Grants Committee Competitive Teaching Development Grant on "Design and Implementation of an Internet-based Local Business Case Resource Center," 1997-1999. HKD$4,188,000 (USD$541,295) was awarded.
- Principal Investigator, Hong Kong Research Grants Committee Direct Allocation Grant on "Design of A Unified Model Management System," 1995-1996. HKD$12,000 (USD$1,552) was awarded.
- Principal Investigator, Hong Kong RGC (Research Grants Council) Earmarked Grant on "An Integrated Issue-Based Decision Support System - A Case Study of Sino-British Negotiation," 1996-1998. HKD$380,000 (USD$49,159) was awarded.
- Principal Investigator, Hong Kong RGC Direct Allocation Grant on "Design of A Unified Model Management System," 1995-1996. HKD$12,000 (USD$1,552) was awarded.
- Principal Investigator, Hong Kong RGC Direct Allocation Grant on "A system design of Action-Resource Based Argumentation Support System (ARBASS)," 1994-1995. HKD$58,000 (USD$7,503) was awarded.
- Principal Investigator, IMPS Consortium Supplement Grant on "Advanced Techniques for LP Model Building," 1989-1991. It was awarded jointly with Frederic H. Murphy, Temple University and Edward A. Stohr, New York University. USD$90,000 in total was awarded jointly by Amoco and Shell Oil companies.
- Principal Investigator, University of Delaware Center for Information Systems Management Education and Research Summer Research Grant on "A User Interface Framework for Model Management," Summer, 1990. USD$5,000 was awarded.
- Principal Investigator, Electric Power Partners Program Grant on "Operational Analysis for Real-Time Price Rate Design," 1990-1991. USD$13,000 was awarded.
- Beta Gamma Sigma Business School Honor Society - Induced in 1985.
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Professional Activities
- Reviewer for: Management Science, Information Systems Research, IEEE Computer, Annals of Operations Research, Decision Sciences, and Decision Support Systems.
- Co-chair, Mini-track on Workflow Technologies: Organizational and Interorganizational dimensions, The 30th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, January 7-10, 1997.
- Member, Organizing Committee, the First Asia Pacific DSI Conference, Hong Kong, June 21-22, 1996.
- Ma, P., "Design a Scenario Manager for LPFORM," was presented at the 14th International Federation of Operational Research Society Triennial Conference, Vancouver, B.C. Canada, July 8-12, 1996.
- Ma, P., "An Integrated Issue-Based Decision Support System, Invited talk. National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, November 1995.
- Ma, P., "Rapid Prototyping Techniques for Developing GDSS/NSS: The Case of ARBAS," Talk for Workshop on Group Support Systems and Negotiation Support Systems. Tianjin University, Northern Jiaotong University, and Fudan University, China, May, 1995
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Business Experiences
- Consultant to Morgan Stanley about Information Technology Training in Asia. December 1994 - February 1995.
- "Scenario Management for a mathematical programming model in marketing using LPFORM" Health Products Research, Inc. North Branch, New Jersey. April 1994 - July 1994.
- Principal Consultant for the "English-Chinese Business Dictionary." project sponsored by the Shanghai People's Publishing House, Shanghai, P.R.C.
- Contract Consultant for the Marketing Department, Wagner, McGraw-Edison Company, Parsippany, N.J. June 1985 - August 1985.
- Assistant Sales Manager, Far Eastern Department Store, Inc., Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. September 1979 - August 1988.
- Senior Sales Officer, Lai-Lai Department Store, Inc., Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. September 1978 - August 1979.