Research Topics

The UW Foster School Department of Information Systems and Operations Management (ISOM) faculty number twenty and include full, associate, and assistant professors, senior lecturers, and qualified part-time lecturers. All are dedicated to offering the best education in all fields of ISOM study as well as keeping up on current research topics.

Faculty members conduct research in multiple disciplines. Specific areas of expertise include:

Data Analytics

Uttara Ananthakrishnan
Debabrata Dey
Ming Fan
Andrew Siegel
Yong Tan

Databases & System Development

Debabrata Dey

Data Mining

Uttara Ananthakrishnan
Debabrata Dey
Ming Fan
Hyeunjung (Elina) Hwang
Andrew Siegel

Economics of Information Systems

Debabrata Dey
Ming Fan
Hyeunjung (Elina) Hwang
Manoj Parameswaran

E-Business

Ming Fan
Apurva Jain

E-Commerce

Uttara Ananthakrishnan
Debabrata Dey
Ming Fan
Apurva Jain
Shaosong Ou
Manoj Parameswaran
Yong Tan

Healthcare Delivery

Hamed Mamani

Healthcare IT

Yong Tan

Information Security & Assurance

Debabrata Dey

Inventory Management

Apurva Jain
Kamran Moinzadeh
Yong-Pin Zhou

Knowledge Management

Shaosong Ou

Manufacturing Management

Mark Hillier
Apurva Jain
Ted Klastorin
Kamran Moinzadeh
Michael Wagner
Yong-Pin Zhou

Operations Marketing Interface

Leela Nageswaran

Operations Research

Mark Hillier
Apurva Jain
Ted Klastorin
Hamed Mamani
Kamran Moinzadeh
Masha Shunko
Michael Wagner
Yong-Pin Zhou

Project Management

Ted Klastorin
Hamed Mamani
Michael Wagner

Public Health Policy Models

Hamed Mamani

Service Management Operations

Leela Nageswaran
Masha Shunko
Yong-Pin Zhou

Social Network Analytics

Ming Fan
Hyeunjung (Elina) Hwang
Yong Tan

Statistics & Data Analysis

Andrew Siegel
Yong-Pin Zhou

Supply Chain Management

Apurva Jain
Ted Klastorin
Hamed Mamani
Masha Shunko
Michael Wagner
Yong-Pin Zhou

Systems Development

Shaosong Ou

Research Briefs

March 17, 2023

New Research: Vaccine Shopping

When vaccines are plentiful, allowing people to choose their type (go vaccine shopping) can accelerate pandemic rollout

November 1, 2022

The Weight of Hate

Social media platforms need to do more to protect kids from rampant—and viral—toxic comments

March 23, 2021

Erasing a Raise

Minimum wage increase can exact an unintended toll on workers intended to benefit

December 5, 2019

When Feedback Backfires

Instant evaluations, in some cases, can worsen performance

December 4, 2012

At the Source

Targeted global vaccine subsidies could stop the spread of flu where it starts

November 23, 2012

Shoo, flu!

Smart vaccine subsidies could curb the spread of influenza

More faculty research on the magazine

March 15, 2019

The hidden cost of just-in-time scheduling

Do you know your work schedule for tomorrow? How about today? For millions of Americans in the service industry, the…

July 30, 2018

Revenue-share crowdfunding looks promising for small businesses and investors

Crowdfunding is the trending way to raise money. This democratization of financing, enabled by sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, offers…

May 29, 2018

Telecom bundling keeps customers from switching providers

Telecommunications companies commonly bundle services at a discount to entice consumers. But if bundling attracts new customers, it serves an…

February 13, 2015

To police the Internet most efficiently, modest crowds are wisest

As life increasingly migrates online, the traditional work of experts is gradually giving way to the wisdom of crowds. We…

February 12, 2015

Yong Tan named Chang Jiang Scholar by Chinese Ministry of Education

Yong Tan, the Neal and Jan Dempsey Professor of Information Systems at the University of Washington Foster School of Business,…

More faculty research on the blog