Jay F. Nunamaker Jr. (born August 27, 1937) is

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and Soldwedel Professor at the

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. Regents Professor is the highest faculty rank bestowed at the university, an honor reserved for the top 3% of scholars. He founded both the

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department (ranked top 5 in the country by '' U.S. News & World Report'' for the past 20 years) in 1974, and the Center for the Management of Information in 1985 at the

Biography

Nunamaker has served as major professor to over 80 doctoral students from 1968–present. Students that currently hold, or have held, positions at Harvard,

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, Carnegie Mellon University,

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, and other top

institutions. Jay Nunamaker has been featured in the July 1997 ''

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'' magazine issue on technology as one of eight key innovators in information technology. In 2002, he was the recipient of the LEO (lifetime achievement) Award from the Association of Information Systems, at ICIS in

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, Spain. In a 2005 article in Communications of the Association for Information Systems, he was recognized as one of the most productive information systems researchers, ranking no. 4 to 6 for the period from 1991-2003 based on the number of papers in top IS journals.

Work

His multidisciplinary research is built on a foundation of computer supported collaboration,

decision support A decision support system (DSS) is an Information systems, information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities. DSSs serve the management, operations and planning levels of an organization (usually mid and hig ...

, deception detection and determination of intent. Nunamaker's research has led to major breakthroughs in collaboration,

decision support systems A decision support system (DSS) is an information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities. DSSs serve the management, operations and planning levels of an organization (usually mid and higher management) and ...

, and automated

systems analysis Systems analysis is "the process of studying a procedure or business to identify its goal and purposes and create systems and procedures that will efficiently achieve them". Another view sees system analysis as a problem-solving technique that ...

and

design A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design' ...

, and he is known for testing his theories and systems in the “real world.” He built the first operational decision support center in 1985; there are over 2,500 decision centers in industry, government and universities using the GroupSystems software developed at the University of Arizona. His research on

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addresses behavioral as well as engineering issues and focuses on theory as well as implementation.

Publications

His publications span more than 250 papers and seven books, and editorial positions on major journals, in

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

and

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

, information management,

communication Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inqui ...

, security informatics.

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at arizona.edu. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nunamaker, Jay F. Jr. 1937 births Living people Information systems researchers University of Pittsburgh alumni Carnegie Mellon University alumni Case Western Reserve University alumni Purdue University faculty University of Arizona faculty

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