EllerCollegeofManagement
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-/W3C/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional/EN">Dr. Amar Gupta Thomas R. Brown Chair in Management and Technology;Professor of Entrepreneurship and MIS; andSenior Director for Research and Business Development;Eller College of ManagementMcClelland Hall 417HUniversity of ArizonaP. O. Box 210108Tucson, AZ 85721-0108Telephone: (520) 626-9842Fax: (520) 621-8105Email: guptaeller.arizona.edu Date of Birth: July 16, 1953Citizenship:USPlace of Birth: NadiadI.EDUCATION PlaceYear I.I.T., KanpurB. Tech (Electrical Engineering) 1969-1974 M.I.T., Cambridge S.M. (Management) 1979-1980 I.I.T., DelhiPh.D. (Computer Science) 1977-1980 II. TITLE OF DOCTORAL THESIS: Relevance of Decision Support System Methodologies in Developing Environments III. PRINCIPAL FIELD OF INTEREST: Information Technology; Knowledge Based Systems; Data Mining; Outsourcing IV. CURRENT APPOINTMENT: After 25-year association with MIT, moved in summer of 2004 to University of Arizona in Tucson as Thomas R. Brown Chair of Management and Technology; Professor of Entrepreneurship and MIS; and Senior Director for Research and Business Development. V. OTHER NON-M.I.T EXPERIENCE EmployerPosition Period IBM World Trade Corp., Bombay Summer Intern May 1973 - July 1973 DCM Data Products, New Delhi Assistant Electronics Engineer May 1974 -Nov. 1974 Dept. of Electronics, New DelhiJunior Scientific Officer Dec. 1974 -Aug. 1977 High Commission of India, London Systems DesignerAug. 1977 - Feb. 1978 Dept. of Electronics, New Delhi Scientific Officer & in charge, Central Evaluation and Procurement Agency for Computers (CEPAC)Feb. 1978 -May 1979VI.HISTORY OF M.I.T. APPOINTMENTS RankPeriod Research AssistantOct. 1979 - May 1980 Research FellowJune 1980 - Aug. 1981 Post Doctoral AssociateSept. 1981 - June 1985 Principal Research Associate July 1985 - May 1991 Senior Research Scientist June 1991 - July 2004 Associate Director, IFSRCJuly 1991 - June 1992 Director, Research Program on Communication PolicyAug. 1995 - July 1996 Co-Director, PROFIT Initiative Sept. 1992 - July 2004First person to hold the title of a Senior Research Scientist at the Sloan School; this is equal to Full Research Professor at other leading universities. Individuals holding this title must go through the same process at MIT as that for other senior academic appointments that are on the conventional track. VII. SCHOOL AND INSTITUTE COMMITTEES; OTHER ASSIGNED DUTIES: PositionFromTo1. Associate Director, International Financial Service Research Center July 1991 June 19922. Co-Director, Productivity from Information Technology (PROFIT) InitiativeSept. 1992 Present3.Member, Diversity and Community Committee Fall 1993Summer 19964.Member, Rich Wang promotion case (to Associate Professor)Sept. 1993Dec. 19935. Member, Sloan India Committee (Chair: Jim Orlin) Oct. 199419976.Co-chair, Leaders For Manufacturing (LFM) Research Track 2Oct. 1994 19987.Member, Advisory Committee, Sangam MIT Indian Students Association Oct. 1994 Present8.Member, Stan Finkelstein promotion case (to Senior Research Scientist) Feb. 1995May 19959.Director, Research Program on Communication Policy Aug. 1995July 199611.Member, MIT India Committee (Chair: Ken Keniston)1998July 200410. Member, Diversity and Community Committee (Chair: Gabriel Bitran/Paul Osterman)Fall 1998July 2004VIII.RESEARCH ACTIVITIES1. Principal Investigator: Research on Creation of Content Data Model; Sponsored by U.S. Air Force and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #73317 and 74133; Total Amount = $461,000. 2.Principal Investigator: Research relating to Management of Large Scale Distributed Pictorial, Textual, and Numerical Information; Sponsored by Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #73029; Total Amount = $1,019,999. 3.Principal Investigator: Research in the Use of KBIISE Approach for Management of Telecommunication Information; Sponsored by Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #72369; Total Amount = $100,000. 4.Principal Investigator: Research in Hypermedia and Expert Systems; Sponsored by Draper Labs; MIT Account #72691; Total Amount = $50,000. 5.Principal Investigator: Integration of Diverse Information Systems of TRANSCOM; Sponsored by U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #72594; Total Amount = $98,000. 6.Principal Investigator: Integration of Information from AVI Devices into Existing Database Systems; Sponsored by Burlington Northern Railroad; MIT Account #72298; Total Amount = $50,000. 7.Principal Investigator: Automated Scanning and Processing of Insurance Documents; Sponsored by American International Group; MIT Account #75057 and via IFSRC; Total Amount = $100,000. 8.Principal Investigator: Automated Scanning and Processing of Documents; Sponsored by a consortium of leading financial institutions through International Financial Services Research Center; MIT Account #25099; Total Amount = $459,500. 9.Principal Investigator: Research in Information Technologies to Support Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM); Sponsored by U.S. Air Force and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #70577; Total Amount = $50,000. 10.Principal Investigator: Assessment of Database Technology for Modernizing Logistics Systems Analysis (LSA) Applications, Sponsored by U.S. Air Force and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #99938; Total Amount = $85,000. 11.Principal Investigator: Implementation of Intelligent Updates; Sponsored by Transportation Systems Center of U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #99200 and 99763; Total Amount = $192,000. 12.Principal Investigator: Research in Pictorial Image Systems and Knowledge Representation for Use in Developing Environments; Sponsored by Government of India; MIT Account #28880; Total Amount = $45,400. 13.Principal Investigator: Organization of Two Symposia on Knowledge Based Integrated Information Systems Engineering, Sponsored by U.S. Air Force and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #22111; Total Amount = $78,500. 14.Principal Co-Investigator: (with S. E. Madnick): Integration of Heterogeneous Databases; Sponsored by U.S. Air Force and U.S. Department of Transportation; MIT Account #98474; Total Amount = $400,000. 15.Principal Investigator: Design and Implementation of Expert Systems; Sponsored by IBM; MIT Account #96613; Total Amount = $160,000. 16.Principal Investigator (with Stuart E. Madnick): Productivity from Information Technology; Sponsored by a group of international corporations; MIT Account # 77740; Total Amount = $380,000.17. Principal Investigator (with Stuart E. Madnick): Context Interchange: Using knowledge about Data to Integrate Disparate Sources; Sponsored by Advanced Research Projects Agency and Rome Labs; MIT Account #60468; Total Amount = $2,096,853.79. 18. Principal Investigator: TIMS Advanced Design and Development; Sponsored by Federal Aviation Administration and Volpe National Transportation Systems Center; MIT Account # 77880; Total Amount = $550,000.19.Principal Investigator (with Ichiro Masaki): Smart Vision Sensors National Science Foundation; MIT Account #60955; Total Amount = $125,00020. Principal Investigator (with Ichiro Masaki): Image Information Technology; Sponsored by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co; MIT Account #61516. 21. Principal Investigator: Networked Multimedia Information Services (NMIS); Sponsored by Advanced Research Projects Agency and the National Science Foundation; MIT Account # 61903; Total Amount = $650,000.22.Principal Investigator: Interface Technology for Networked Computing; Sponsored by Advanced Research Projects Agency; MIT Account #78075; Total Amount = $3,928,524.23.Principal Investigator: DUET Server Deployment Additions; Sponsored by National Science Foundation; MIT Account #63823; Total Amount = $800,000.24.Principal Investigator: Progressive Scan Camera; Sponsored by NASA; MIT Account #62530; Total Amount = $268,989.25.Principal Investigator: Progressive Scan Camera; Sponsored by NASA; MIT Account #64198; Total Amount = $1,189,250.26.Principal Investigator (with Stuart E. Madnick): Using Emerging Information Technologies to Facilitate Material Procurement in Department of Defense; MIT Account #64913; Total Amount = $321,766. 27.Principal Investigator: Multiplying Information Technology in Brazil; Sponsored by Instituto UNIEMP; MIT Account #65791; Total Amount = $100,000. 28.Principal Investigator: Research on Knowledge Acquisition "Knowledge Management and Knowledge Applications in Advance Systems" Sponsored by US Department of Transportation; MIT Account #66577; Total Amount = $120,000.29.Principal Investigator: Data Library at the Federal Aviation Administration; Sponsored via the University of California at Berkeley; MIT Account #66648; Total Amount = $30,000.30.Principal Investigator: Intelligent Character Recognition; Sponsored by Integris S.A., Sao Paulo, Brazil; MIT Account #67303; Total Amount = $100,000.31.Principal Investigator: A Multi-Faceted Information Technology Based Approach to Handle Very Large Systems and Applications; Sponsored by MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA; MIT Account #67616; Total Amount = $99,933. 32.Principal Investigator: Knowledge Discovery and Knowledge Dissemination in Advanced Systems; Sponsored by US Department of Transportation; MIT Account #67771; Total Amount = $129,852.73.33.34.35.36.37.38.A Multi-Faceted Information Technology Based Approach to Handle Very Large Systems and Applications; Sponsored by MITRE Corporation; MIT Account #6828700; Total Amount = $1,406,864.Principal Investigator: Enhancing Productivity Using Neural Networks (Principal Investigator); Sponsored by Tata Iron & Steel Company, Limited (TISCO), Jamshedpur, India; MIT Account #67870; Total Amount = $100,000.Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration via VOLPE National Transportations Center; MIT Account #6892248; Total Amount = $316,000.Principal Investigator: Knowledge Discovery and Knowledge Management Tasks related to Design and Development of Spacecrafts; Sponsored by National Reconnaissance Office via MIT Aero Department; MIT Account #6890963; Approximately $125,000 per year for 2 years.Principal Investigator: Virtual Markets in Wireless Grids; Sponsored by the National Science Foundation (via Tufts University); MIT account #6894341; Total Amount = $111,250.Knowledge Based Approach to Next Generation; Sponsored by MITRE Corporation; MIT account #6895753; Total Amount = $70,000.Previous Research Projects at M.I.T. Dates Topic of Research Project and Name of SponsorOct.1979 - Aug.1980Evaluation of Microprocessor Architecture IBM, KingstonSep.1980 -Aug.1982Design of Interconnection Bus IBM, KingstonSep.1981 - Aug.1982Increasing Computational Bandwidth of IBM, Kingston Multimicroprocessor Configurations Nov.1982 - Aug.1983Executive Workstations and Common General MotorsEnd-User InterfacesMay 1983 - Feb.1987 Architectures for High Speed U.S. NavyLarge-Capacity Database SystemsIX.GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES, SERVICE, ETC. CommitteeDates1.Life Member, Indian Institute of Public Administration1976- present2.Technical Expert, First International Conference on Health Informatics, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandDecember, 19853.Session Chairman, Symposium on Artificial Intelligence Applications for Military Logistics Organized by Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Department of Defense, Williamsburg, VirginiaMarch 19884.Member of the Board, Telecom City, a joint effort by the cities of Malden, Everett, and Medford2000- presentX. CONSULTING ACTIVITIES (Partial List) Organization Years Chevron 1980 Digital Systems Associates 1980 - 1984 U.S. Federal Aviation Administration 1981 IBM 1981 - 1984 Visual Communications Network 1983 - 1990 World Health Organization (United Nations) 1985 - 1986 SRI International and NSF1985 - 1986 TDS Healthcare Systems Corporation 1988 Dynatrand Inc.1988 Citibank 1989 Burlington Northern Railroad 1989 American International Group 1990 Mitre Corporation 1990 and 1994 U.S. Department of Transportation 1991 - 1992 United Nations Development Programme 1992 - 1995 U.S. Air Force 1993 World Bank 1996XI.OTHER ACTIVITIES ActivityDates1.Founder-Member, International Financial Services Research CenterSummer 1988-19942.Organized two meetings of Technical Advisory Panel of Knowledge Based Integrated Information Systems Engineering Project at MIT. More than 25 top experts participated in these meetings. Participation was by invitation onlyFeb. and May, 19873.Organized a one-day symposium on Critical Needs, and Approaches to Integration of Heterogeneous Information Systems in Logistics at MIT.Nov. 10, 19884.IFSRC/ILP Seminar on Imaging Technologies, New York.April 6, 19905.Organized a one-day seminar on Emerging Information Technologies for Productivity.December 13, 19916.Co-organized Enterprise '93 "Profit through Information Access" at World Trade Center in Boston. Over 5,000 persons participated in this international event.June 16-18, 19937.Organized a workshop on "IT Issues in Supply Chain Management" for member-companies of the MIT Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) Program.December 5, 19948.Presentation on "Transportation Information Infrastructure," at Workshop on Logistics Anchordesk organized by Advanced Research Projects Agency, Tucson, Arizona.February 19949."IT Issues in Supply Chain Management" as part of the MIT Center for Transportation Studies Conference.March 15, 199510.Organized Workshop on "IT Issues in Supply Chain Management" as co-chair of LFM Research Track #2, MIT Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) Program Research Assault.October 18-19, 199511.Co-organized First Internet Telephony Initiative Workshop, MIT, and delivered a presentation on "Motivations for Consortium on Internet Telephony".May 199612.Presented "Using Context Interchange Technology to Deal with Diversity Across Data Sources for Material Procurement," DARPA Advanced Logistics Workshop, Dulles Airport Complex, Virginia.May 30, 199613.Presented "Using Knowledge About Data to Integrate Disparate Sources," DPSC Virtual Corporation Workshop, Cambridge, Mass.,July 31, 199614.Presented "Information Practices in the Medical Drug Industry: A Case Study," DPSC Virtual Corporation Workshop, Philadelphia, PA.October 9, 199615.Presented "Using Emerging Information Technologies to Facilitate Material Procurement in DoD," DARPA-DLA Joint Logistics Workshop, Philadelphia, PA.November 12-13, 199616.Presented "Using Emerging Information Technologies to Facilitate Procurement of Medical Supplies for DoD," DARPA Advanced Logistics Workshop, San Diego, CA.December 199617.Presented "High Payoff Information Technologies: A Knowledge-Based Approach", Epoch Foundation Workshop organized by MIT ILP, Cambridge, MA, October 30, 199818.Panel Member for "What is Different with Information Technology Implementation in Less-Developed Countries and Why Should We Care?" International Conference on Information Systems, Atlanta, Georgia.December 16, 199719.Keynote Speaker, "Impact of Internet and Internet2," Symposium for Science & Technology Attachés from a number of Embassies in Washington, D.C, at MIT (organized by MIT Industrial Liason Program). October 28, 199720.Invited Panelist at "Workshop on Opportunities in Federal Information Systems", organized by the National Science Foundation. Arlington, Virginia. May 13-15, 199821.Invited Keynote Speech “High Payoff Emerging Information Technologies,” presented to 50 officials of U.S. Department of Defense, organized by TRW.June 1999.22.Invited Speech: “Integrated Command and Control: A Collaborative Effort Involving Industry, Government, and Academia,” U.S. Department of Defense, Washington. June 1999.23.Invited Panel Member: “New Design Paradigms,” National Reconnaissance Office.August 199924.Co-organized ACM knowledge and Data Discovery Conference, World Trade Center, Boston, (920 persons attended this conference).August 200025.Co-organized IEEE 10th International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE), MIT, Cambridge, MA. 2001.26.Presented “Knowledge Based Paradigms for SSPARC,” Caltech.August 200127.Presented “Knowledge Based Paradigms for SSPARC,” Stanford University.January 2002. XII.AWARDS, PRIZES, AND OUTSIDE PUBLICITY1.Rotary Award for International Understanding, 1979 - 1980.2.Brooks Prize - Honorable Mention - 1980.3.U.S. Department of Transportation Achievement Award for outstanding work on the "Telecommunications Information Management Systems" initiative, -19924.U.S. Patent on "System and Method for Character Recognition with Normalization", (Patent #5633954, dated May 1997).5.Sole person from MIT to be featured in November 1996 issue of "Boston" magazine in article entitled, "The New Brahmins."6.Selected as one of three key professors at Sloan School by Business 2.0 in their December 2001 survey of Tech Savvy MBA Schools and prominent persons at each school. XIII.PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP Rank and OrganizationDates1.Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers1985 - present2.Chairman, IEEE Technical Committee on Microprocessor Applications 1984 -19923.Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 1984 - 19924.Assistant Chairman, Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON '85), San Francisco, CA 19855.National Publicity Chairman, Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON '86), Milwaukee, WI 19866.Executive Member, Organizing Committee, Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON '87), Boston, MA19877.Assistant Chairman, Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON '88), Singapore19888.Reviewer for ACM Computing Reviews, Performance Evaluation Journal, IEEE Spectrum, various transactions of IEEE, and for International Conference on Parallel Processing (IEEE) and IECON (IEEE) and other prestigious journals1983 present9.Registration Chair and Executive Member of the Program Committee, ACM International Knowledge and Data Discovery Conference (KDD)200010.Chair, IEEE 10th International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE) 2001.11.Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, Association for Computing Machinery, (ACM)2000-present12.Associate Editor, Journal of Information Resources and Management Association (IRMA)1999 -present XIV. RESEARCH AND THESIS SUPERVISION The following list consists of students whose research and/or thesis
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