Purao, Sandeep

Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University, University Park, PA


Sandeep Purao is a Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University, University Park, PA. Prior to joining Penn State, he was on the faculty at the Business School, Georgia State University. His research focuses on the design, evolution and management of complex techno-organizational systems. His work has been published in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Communications of the ACM, various IEEE Transactions, ACM Computing Surveys, and Information Systems Research; and conferences such as International Conference on Information Systems, IEEE Service-oriented Computing Conference, and International Conference on Conceptual Modeling. He serves or has served in Editorial capacities for Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Journal of the AIS, European Journal of Information Systems, and Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems. He has held leadership roles in conferences such as IEEE Services, ER, WITS and DESRIST. His research has been funded by National Science Foundation, Foundations and Industry Consortia. He holds a PhD in Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is a member of AIS, ACM, IEEE.