College of Business and Economics Annual Report 2017 52 Dr Barnabas Gatsheni Prof Guy Van Den Broeck Prof Ian Nabney Prof Yvan Petit Prof Beverly Pasian KNOWLEDGE CREATION In 2017, the SCiiS contributed the equivalent of 56 subsidised credits, representing 21% of College output at a rate of 1,44 credits per Senior Lecturer Unit, performing well ahead of the College average of 0,90. The School, in collaboration with the University of Botswana, successfully hosted the 2nd International Conference of the Internet, Cyber Security and Information Systems (ICICIS, 2017) which was chaired by Dr Abejide Ade-Ibijola of the Department of Applied Information Systems. The conference, held from 14 to 16 August at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg, attracted scholars and industry practitioners from different African countries and overseas, offering them an excellent platform for knowledge sharing in the area of information security. Many of our academics collaborate with other researchers across the globe. For example: • Dr Barnabas Gatsheni, the head of the Department of Applied Information Systems, is engaged in collaborative research with Prof Guy Van Den Broeck and his research group at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Their research focus on the area of Machine Learning. Gatsheni is also involved with research with Prof Ian Nabney of the University of Aston, UK in the area of Machine Learning and Prof Tay Wee Hwa Rick at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in the area of Technopreneurship. • Prof Carl Marnewick of the Department of Applied Information Systems is engaged in collaborative research with: Prof Yvan Petit of University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada on Agile Portfolio Management; Prof Gilbert Silvius and Prof Beverly Pasian of Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands on Sustainability in Project Management. Prof Beverly Pasian is the editor of Project Management Research and Practice. • Prof Kennedy Njenga of the Department of Applied Information Systems is collaborating with an international team headed by Prof Prashant Palvia of the University of California on a World IT Project. • Dr Daniel Maduku, Prof Mornay Roberts-Lombard and Prof Mercy Malhotra are collaborating with Prof Naresh Malhora on an e-marketing project. • Prof Mornay Roberts-Lombard and Prof Mercy Mpinganjira are also working on a Relationship Marketing collaborative research project with Prof Göran Svensson of Kristiania University College, Norway. • The SCiiS is also home to the DHET accredited South African Journal of Information Management. AOSIS Publishing manages the Journal. Prof Chris Rensleigh, the Head of the Department of Information and Knowledge Management is the journals’ Editor-in-Chief. Prof Prashant Palvia Dr Daniel Maduku Prof Mercy Mpinganjira Prof Mornay RobertsLombard Prof Chris Rensleigh Prof Göran Svensson Prof Naresh Malhora
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