Guest Editors’ Introduction: On the Contributions of Applied Science/Engineering Research to Information Systems

JAY F. NUNAMAKER, JR. is Regents and Soldwedel Professor of MIS, Computer Science, and Communication, and director of the Center for the Management of Information and the National Center for Border Security at the University of Arizona. He received his Ph.D. in operations research and systems engineering 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 received his professional engineer’s license in 1965. He was inducted into the Design Science Hall of Fame in May 2008. He received the LEO Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and was elected a Fellow of the AIS. He was featured in the July 1997 issue of Forbes magazine on technology as one of the eight key innovators in information technology. He is widely published, with an h-index of 60. He specializes is in system analysis and design, collaboration technology, and deception detection. The commercial product, GroupSystems’ ThinkTank, based on his research, is often referred to as the gold standard for structured collaboration systems. He founded the MIS Department at the University of Arizona in 1974 and served as department head for eighteen years.