1001 Unanswered Research Questions in GSS

Robert O. Briggs is the Research Coordinator in the Center for the Management of Information at the University of Arizona, where he conducts theoretical and empirical investigations on the use of collaborative technology to support teams working under high cognitive load.

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsRobert O. BriggsRobert O. Briggs is the Research Coordinator in the Center for the Management of Information at the University of Arizona, where he conducts theoretical and empirical investigations on the use of collaborative technology to support teams working under high cognitive load. He has focused his work on technology-supported learning and crisis planning and response. He received his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona in 1994 and his B.S. and M.B.A. from San Diego State University.Jay F. NunamakerJay F. Nunamaker, Jr., is Regents Professor and Director of the Center for the Management of Information at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He was a faculty member at Purdue University prior to founding the MIS department at the University of Arizona in 1974. Under his leadership for twenty years, the department has become known for its expertise in collaboration technology and the technical aspects of MIS.In 1996, Dr. Nunamaker received the DPMA EDSIG Distinguished IS Educator Award. The GroupSystems software resulting from his research received the Editor's Choice Award from PC Magazine, June 14, 1994. At the GroupWare 1993 Conference in San Jose, he received the GroupWare Achievement Award along with recognition of GroupSystems as best of show in the GDSS category. In 1992, he received the Arthur Anderson Consulting Professor of the Year Award. Dr. Nunamaker received his Ph.D. in systems engineering and operations research from Case Institute of Technology, an M.S. and B.S. in engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, and a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University. He was an original member of the ISDOS project (PSL/PSA) under the direction of Professor Daniel Teichroew at Case and the University of Michigan from 1965 to 1968.Ralph H. SpragueRalph H. Sprague, Jr. is Professor of Decision Science in the College of Business Administration at the University of Hawaii. He has over thirty years of experience in teaching, research, and consulting in the use of computers and information technologies in organizations. His specialties are decision support systems, strategic systems planning, the management of information systems, and electronic document management. He has served as chairman and co-chair of the "Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences" for the past twenty years.