Kung-E's Curriculum Vitae

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Kung-E Cheng

Research Interests

• Group Support Systems
• Decision Making Processes
• Human Computer Interactions
• On-line Education/E-Learning

Teaching Interests

• Information Systems
• Database Management Systems
• Programming/Data Structure
• Web Development

Education

• Ph.D. Candidate (Expected graduation date: 2007 Summer)
  Information Systems Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology. Newark, New Jersey.
• M.S. in Information Management 1992
  Institute of Information Management, National Chiao-Tung University. Hsinchu, Taiwan.
• Bachelor of Engineering 1988
  Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tamkang University. Tamsui, Taiwan.

Work Experience

Sep. 1995 - Jul. 1999

• Designed and maintianed Graduate School of Newark Website.
• Assisted faculty and students in the computer lab.
• Graded students' assignments for MIS370 Management Information Systems.
• Taught a section of MIS370 Management Information Systems.

Aug. 1993 - Jul. 1994

• Taught Introduction to Computer Science, Database, and COBOL Programming.
• Guided students on their programming project.
• Coordinated the operations in setting up department library.

Aug. 1992 - Jul. 1993

• Taught Introduction to Computer Science, System Analysis, and Data Structure.
• Served on School Development Committee and Personnel Committee.
• Developed curriculum and infrastructure plan for the newly established department.

Oct. 1990 - Jun. 1992

• Conducted research on group coordination funded by National Science Council.
• Maintained computer facilities in laboratory.
• Taught training courses for a community outreach program.

Jul. 1988 - Jun. 1990

• Assisted in translating manual drawn blue prints into CAD drawing.
• Translated English military documents into Chinese.
• Maintained office computer facilities.

Honors and Awards

• Apr. 2007 The 3rd Annual Provost's Student Research Showcase, New Jersey Institute of Technology.
• Apr. 2007 Student Achievement Award, Graduate Student Association, New Jersey Institute of Technology.
• Jan. 2007 Best Paper Nomination, The 40th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences.
• 2006 Research Assistantship, College of Computing Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology.
• Aug. 2004 Best Paper Nomination, The 10th Americas Conference on Information Systems.
• 1995-1999 Teaching Assistantship, Graduate School-Newark, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
• Jun. 1992 Award for Outstanding Service for the Department, Institute of Information Management, National Chiao-Tung University.
  
• Dec. 1988 Yu-Ai Scholarship, Tamkang University.
  The Yu-Ai Scholarship is given to the top student of each class.
• 1987 Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's Theory Scholarship, Tamkang University.
• 1985-1988 Da-Yu Awards (three times), School of Engineering, Tamkang University.
  The Da-Yu Award is given to the top 10% of the class in the School of Engineering.
• Dec. 1984 Award of Excellence, National Programming Contest conducted by the Ministry of Education.

Courses Taught

• Management Information Systems
• Introduction to Computer Science
• System Analysis
• Data Structure and Algorithm
• Database Management Systems
• COBOL Programming
• Computer Architecture

Student Projects Advised

Aug. 1993 - May 1994

• Multi-Media Introduction of the MIS Department
• Class Registration System

Organization Membership

• Association for Information Systems (AIS)

Activities

Conferences-Reviewer

• Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 1997, 2001, 2006
• Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS) 1998, 2007, 2008

Conference-Volunteer

• The 3rd International Conference on Information Management (ICIM), Hsinchu, Taiwan. 1992

School

• Judge, New Jersey Web Design Competition, New Jersey Institute of Technology. 2007
• Class President, Institute of Information Management, National Chiao-Tung University. 1991
• Class President, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tamkang University. 1986
• President of the Taoism Studying Society, Tamkang University. 1985-1986
• Vice President of the Youth Society, Tainan First Senior High School. 1983
• Vice President of the Photographer's Society, Tainan First Senior High School. 1982-1983

Publications

Refereed Journal Paper

• Cheng, K-E & Deek, F. P., Voting Tools in Group Decision Support Systems: Theory and Implementation, International Journal of Information Technology and Management. (forthcoming)

Refereed Journal Paper-Under Review

• Cheng, K-E & Deek, F. P., Building Voting Tools to Support Group Collaboration, submitted to Journal of Association for Information Systems

Refereed Conference Papers

• Cheng, K-E & Deek, F. P. (2007) A Framework for Studying Voting in Group Support Systems, in Proceedings of the 40th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Waikoloa, HI. (Best Paper Nomination)
• Cheng, K-E & Deek, F. P. (2006) Voting Methods and Information Exchange in Group Support Systems, in Proceedings of the 12th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Acapulco, Mexico.
• Shen, J., Cheng, K-E, Beiber, M. & Hiltz, S. R. (2004) Traditional In-class Examination vs. Collaborative Online Examination in Asynchronous Learning Networks: Field Evaluation Results, in Proceedings of the 10th Americas Conference on Information Systems, New York, NY. (Best Paper Nomination)
• Cheng, K-E, Li, Z., & Van de Walle, B. (2001) Voting in Group Support Systems Research: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities, in Proceedings of the 7th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Boston, MA.
  
• Li, Z., Cheng, K-E, Wang, Y., Hiltz, S. R., & Turoff, M. (2001) Thurstone's Law of Comparative Judgment for Group Support, in Proceedings of the 7th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Boston, MA.
  
• Shen, J., Hiltz, S. R., Cheng, K-E, Cho, Y., & Beiber, M. (2001) Collaborative Examinations for Asynchronous Learning Networks: Evaluation Results, in Proceedings of the 34th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Maui, Hawaii.
• Shen, J., Cheng, K-E, Cho, Y., Hiltz, S. R., & Bieber, M. (2000) Evaluation of an On-line Collaborative Examination Process, Proceedings of the 6th Americas Conference on Information Systems, Long Beach, California.
• Cheng, K-E & Rana, A. (1997) Group Support Systems and the Speech Act Theory, in Proceedings of the 3rd Americas Conference on Information Systems, Indianapolis, Indiana.
• Cheng, K-E & Yu, K-C (1993) Studies of Office Information System Models, in Proceedings of the 8th Technology and Vocational Education Conference of R.O.C. Ping-Tung, Taiwan.

Non-Refereed Conference Presentation

• Cheng, K-E & Deek, F. P. (2007) Building Voting tools to Support Group Decision Making, Symposium of Case and Field Studies in Collaboration in the 40th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, Waikoloa, HI.

Thesis and Dissertation

• Cheng, K-E (1992) An Office Information System Model Based on Constraints Negotiation, Master's Thesis, Institute of Information Management, National Chiao-Tung University.