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Dr. Raj Sharman

Visiting Faculty, School of Business, Bengaluru

Qualification: MS, Ph.D

Bio

Dr. Raj Sharman currently serves as Visiting Faculty at the School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru Campus. He is a Professor of Management Science and Systems, University at Buffalo, State University of New York.

Prof. Sharman’s research is focused on extreme events from a decision-support system perspective and on health information technology-related issues. This includes factors influencing online health information search, meaningful use of ambulatory EMR, resilience in hospital information systems, health information exchanges, health care social networks as well as a simulation based study for managing the hospital’s emergency room capacity in extreme events, active shooter incidents and mass casualty event management.

His expertise also includes information systems infrastructure management as it relates to information assurance, internet performance and distributed computing. Sharman’s papers have been published in a number of national and international journals, and he is the recipient of several grants from the university as well as external agencies, including the National Science Foundation.

He serves as an associate editor for the following journals: Journal of Information Systems Security, Journal of Information Privacy and Security, and Springer Security Informatics Journal.

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2016

Factors Impacting the Intention to Use Emergency Notification Services in Campus Emergencies: An Empirical Investigation

Cite this Research Publication : Serkan Ada, Raj Sharman, Wencui Han, Joseph A. Brennan, Factors Impacting the Intention to Use Emergency Notification Services in Campus Emergencies: An Empirical Investigation, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016, https://doi.org/10.1109/tpc.2016.2527248

Publisher : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Year : 2016

The Complementarity and Substitutability Relationships Between Information Technology and Benefits and Duration of Unemployment

Cite this Research Publication : Winston T. Lin, Ta-Wei (Daniel) Kao, Chia-Ching Chou, Raj Sharman, N.C. Simpson, The complementarity and substitutability relationships between information technology and benefits and duration of unemployment, Decision Support Systems, Elsevier BV, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2016.06.015

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2015

Factors Impacting the Adoption of Social Network Sites for Emergency Notification Purposes in Universities

Cite this Research Publication : Wencui Han, Serkan Ada, Raj Sharman, Robin Hattersley Gray, Anand Simha, Factors impacting the adoption of social network sites for emergency notification purposes in universities, International Journal of Business Information Systems, Inderscience Publishers, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbis.2015.066129

Publisher : Inderscience Publishers

Year : 2015

Health Information Exchange as a Multisided Platform: Adoption, Usage, and Practice Involvement in Service Co-Production

Cite this Research Publication : Yaraghi, N., Ye, D., Sharman, R., Gopal, R., Ramesh, R., “Health Information Exchange as a Multi-sided Platform:  Adoption, Usage and Practice Involvement in Service Co-Production”,  Information Systems Research (ISR), November 18, 2014.

Year : 2015

Impact of Electronic Diabetes Registry ‘Meaningful Use’ on Quality of Care and Hospital Utilization

Cite this Research Publication : Wencui Han, Raj Sharman, Arvela Heider, Nancy Maloney, Min Yang, Ranjit Singh, Impact of electronic diabetes registry ‘Meaningful Use’ on quality of care and hospital utilization, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015, https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocv040

Publisher : Oxford University Press (OUP)

Year : 2015

Exploring Factors Impacting Sharing Health-Tracking Records

Cite this Research Publication : Anton Ivanov, Raj Sharman, H. Raghav Rao, Exploring factors impacting sharing health-tracking records, Health Policy and Technology, Elsevier BV, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2015.04.008

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2015

Drivers of Information Disclosure on Health Information Exchange Platforms: Insights from an Exploratory Empirical Study

Cite this Research Publication : Niam Yaraghi, Raj Sharman, Ram Gopal, Ranjit Singh, R Ramesh, Drivers of information disclosure on health information exchange platforms: insights from an exploratory empirical study, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015, https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocv086

Publisher : Oxford University Press (OUP)

Year : 2015

Disaster Experience and Hospital Information Systems: An Examination of Perceived Information Assurance, Risk, Resilience, and HIS Usefulness1

Cite this Research Publication : Insu Park, Raj Sharman, H. Raghav Rao, Disaster Experience and Hospital Information Systems: An Examination of Perceived Information Assurance, Risk, Resilience, and HIS Usefulness1, MIS Quarterly, MIS Quarterly, 2015, https://doi.org/10.25300/misq/2015/39.2.03

Publisher : MIS Quarterly

Year : 2015

Campus Emergency Notification Systems

Cite this Research Publication : Han, W., Sharman, R., Ada, S., Rao, H. R., “Campus Emergency Notification Systems: An Examination of Factors Affecting Compliance with Alerts “,  Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ), Volume 39, Number 4, December 2015, pp. 909-929.

Publisher : JSTOR

Year : 2014

Professional and Geographical Network Effects on Healthcare Information Exchange Growth: Does Proximity Really Matter?

Cite this Research Publication : N. Yaraghi, A. Y. Du, R. Sharman, R. D. Gopal, R. Ramesh, R. Singh, G. Singh, Professional and geographical network effects on healthcare information exchange growth: does proximity really matter?, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014, https://doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001293

Publisher : Oxford University Press (OUP)

Year : 2014

Factors Influencing Online Health Information Search: An Empirical Analysis of a National Cancer-Related Survey

Cite this Research Publication : Nan Xiao, Raj Sharman, H.R. Rao, Shambhu Upadhyaya, Factors influencing online health information search: An empirical analysis of a national cancer-related survey, Decision Support Systems, Elsevier BV, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2012.10.047

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2013

Data Model Development for Fire Related Extreme Events: An Activity Theory Approach

Cite this Research Publication : Chen, R.,  Sharman, R., Rao, H. R., “Data Model Development for Fire Related Extreme Events”,  Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ), March 2013,pp. 125-147.

Year : 2013

Network Effects in Health Information Exchange Growth

Cite this Research Publication : Niam Yaraghi, Anna Ye Du, Raj Sharman, Ram D. Gopal, R. Ramesh, Network Effects in Health Information Exchange Growth, ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2013, https://doi.org/10.1145/2445560.2445561

Publisher : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Year : 2012

Assessing Roles of People, Technology and Structure in emergency Management Systems: a Public Sector Perspective

Cite this Research Publication : Minkyun Kim, Raj Sharman, Catherine P. Cook-Cottone, H. Raghav Rao, Shambhu J. Upadhyaya, Assessing roles of people, technology and structure in emergency management systems: a public sector perspective, Behaviour & Information Technology, Informa UK Limited, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929x.2010.510209

Publisher : Informa UK Limited

Year : 2012

Determinants of Data Breaches: A Categorization-Based Empirical Investigation

Cite this Research Publication : Manish Gupta, Raj Sharman, Determinants of Data Breaches: A Categorization-Based Empirical Investigation, Journal of Applied Security Research, Informa UK Limited, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1080/19361610.2012.686098

Publisher : Informa UK Limited

Year : 2012

The Role of Scholar Status in the Academic Publication Process

Cite this Research Publication : Laura Casey Amo, Serkan Ada, Raj Sharman, The Role of Scholar Status in the Academic Publication Process, International Journal of Doctoral Studies, Informing Science Institute, 2012, https://doi.org/10.28945/1564

Publisher : Informing Science Institute

Year : 2012

Impact of meta-analytic decisions on the conclusions drawn on the business value of information technology

Cite this Research Publication : Serkan Ada, Raj Sharman, Prasad Balkundi, Impact of meta-analytic decisions on the conclusions drawn on the business value of information technology, Decision Support Systems, Elsevier BV, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2012.07.001

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2012

“Meaningful Use” of ambulatory EMR: Does it improve the quality and efficiency of health care?

Cite this Research Publication : Nan Xiao, Raj Sharman, Ranjit Singh, Gurdev Singh, Andrew Danzo, H.R. Rao, “Meaningful Use” of ambulatory EMR: Does it improve the quality and efficiency of health care?, Health Policy and Technology, Elsevier BV, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2012.01.009

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2012

A simulation-based study for managing hospital emergency department’s capacity in extreme events

Cite this Research Publication : Xiao, N, Sharman, R., Rao, H. R., and Dutta, S., “A Simulation-based Study for Managing Hospital Emergency Department’s Capacity in Extreme Events”, International Journal of Business Excellence  (IJBEX), Vol. 5(1/2), December 2012, pp. 140-154

Year : 2011

Incorporating Social-cultural Contexts in Role Engineering: an Activity Theoretic Approach

Cite this Research Publication : Manish Gupta, Raj Sharman, Incorporating social-cultural contexts in role engineering: an activity theoretic approach, International Journal of Business Information Systems, Inderscience Publishers, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbis.2011.037297

Publisher : Inderscience Publishers

Year : 2010

Information security investment decisions: evaluating the Balanced Scorecard method

Cite this Research Publication : Linda J. Tallau, Manish Gupta, Raj Sharman, Information security investment decisions: evaluating the Balanced Scorecard method, International Journal of Business Information Systems, Inderscience Publishers, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbis.2010.029479

Publisher : Inderscience Publishers

Year : 2010

Security protection design for deception and real system regimes: A model and analysis

Cite this Research Publication : C. Ryu, R. Sharman, H.R. Rao, S. Upadhyaya, Security protection design for deception and real system regimes: A model and analysis, European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier BV, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2009.03.022

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2010

Functionality defense through diversity: a design framework to multitier systems

Cite this Research Publication : Jingguo Wang, Raj Sharman, Stanley Zionts, Functionality defense through diversity: a design framework to multitier systems, Annals of Operations Research, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2010, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-010-0729-7

Publisher : Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Year : 2010

Impact of Web Portal Announcements on Market Valuations

Cite this Research Publication : Manish Gupta, Raj Sharman, Impact of Web Portal Announcements on Market Valuations, International Journal of Web Portals, IGI Global, 2010, https://doi.org/10.4018/jwp.2010100101

Publisher : IGI Global

Year : 2010

Activity Governance for Managing Risks in Role Design for SSO Systems

Cite this Research Publication : Gupta, M., and Sharman, R., “Activity Governance for Managing Risks in Role Design for SSO Systems”,  Journal of Information Assurance and Security, Volume 5, Issue 6, November 2010, Dynamic Publishers.

Year : 2010

An Empirical Examination of IT-Enabled Emergency Response: The Cases of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita

Cite this Research Publication : Rui Chen, H. Raghav Rao, Raj Sharman, Shambhu J. Upadhyaya, Jinki Kim, An Empirical Examination of IT-Enabled Emergency Response: The Cases of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Association for Information Systems, 2010, https://doi.org/10.17705/1cais.02608

Publisher : Association for Information Systems

Year : 2009

Enabling Business and Security Through Technology Implementation: A Financial Services Case Study

Cite this Research Publication : Manish Gupta, Raj Sharman, Daniel Bryan, Enabling Business and Security Through Technology Implementation: A Financial Services Case Study, Journal of Applied Security Research, Informa UK Limited, 2009, https://doi.org/10.1080/19361610902930170

Publisher : Informa UK Limited

Year : 2008

Security in grid computing: A review and synthesis

Cite this Research Publication : Erin Cody, Raj Sharman, Raghav H. Rao, Shambhu Upadhyaya, Security in grid computing: A review and synthesis, Decision Support Systems, Elsevier BV, 2008, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2007.09.007

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2008

Coordination in emergency response management

Cite this Research Publication : Rui Chen, Raj Sharman, H. Raghav Rao, Shambhu J. Upadhyaya, Coordination in emergency response management, Communications of the ACM, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2008, https://doi.org/10.1145/1342327.1342340

Publisher : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Year : 2008

Shared Content Management in Replicated Web Systems: A Design Framework Using Problem Decomposition, Controlled Simulation, and Feedback Learning

Cite this Research Publication : Jingguo Wang, R. Sharman, R. Ramesh, Shared Content Management in Replicated Web Systems: A Design Framework Using Problem Decomposition, Controlled Simulation, and Feedback Learning, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C (Applications and Reviews), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2008, https://doi.org/10.1109/tsmcc.2007.906049

Publisher : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Year : 2008

Lessons Learned from Katrina and Rita Hurricane Disasters: Results of a Delphi Study

Cite this Research Publication : Sharman, R., Kim, J. K., Rao, H. R., and Upadhyaya, S., “Lessons Learned from Katrina and Rita Hurricane Disasters: Results of a Delphi Study”,  Journal of Information Science and Technology, Volume 5, No. 1, 2008.

Year : 2008

Dimensions of Identity Federation: A Case Study in Financial Services

Cite this Research Publication : Gupta, M., and Sharman, R., “Dimensions of Identity Federation: A Case Study in Financial Services”,  Journal of Information Assurance and Security, Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2008, pp. 244-256.

Year : 2008

Emergency Response Information System Interoperability: Development of Chemical Incident Response Data Model

Cite this Research Publication : , Rui Chen, Raj Sharman, , Nirupama Chakravarti, , H. Raghav Rao, , Shambhu Upadhyaya, , Emergency Response Information System Interoperability: Development of Chemical Incident Response Data Model, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Association for Information Systems, 2008, https://doi.org/10.17705/1jais.00153

Publisher : Association for Information Systems

Year : 2007

The Effect of Spam and Privacy Concerns on Email Users’ Behavior

Cite this Research Publication : Park, I., Sharman, R., Rao, H. R., and Upadhyaya, S., “The Effect of Spam and Privacy Concerns on Email Users’ Behavior”,  Journal of Information System Security, Volume 3, No. 1,2007, pp. 3963.

Year : 2007

Design Principles for Emergency Response Management Systems

Cite this Research Publication : Chen, R., Sharman, R., Rao, H. R., and Upadhyaya, S., “Design Principles for Emergency Response Systems”,  Information Systems and e-Business Management, Volume 5, No. 3, 2007, pp. 201227.

Year : 2007

Short Term and Total Life Impact analysis of email worms in computer systems

Cite this Research Publication : Insu Park, R. Sharman, H.R. Rao, S. Upadhyaya, Short Term and Total Life Impact analysis of email worms in computer systems, Decision Support Systems, Elsevier BV, 2007, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2006.12.014

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2007

Agile Integration Modeling Language (AIML): A conceptual modeling grammar for agile integrative business information systems

Cite this Research Publication : Hong Zhang, Rajiv Kishore, Raj Sharman, Ram Ramesh, Agile Integration Modeling Language (AIML): A conceptual modeling grammar for agile integrative business information systems, Decision Support Systems, Elsevier BV, 2007, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2007.04.009

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2007

Cache architecture for on-demand streaming on the Web

Cite this Research Publication : Raj Sharman, Shiva Shankar Ramanna, Ram Ramesh, Ram Gopal, Cache architecture for on-demand streaming on the Web, ACM Transactions on the Web, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2007, https://doi.org/10.1145/1281480.1281483

Publisher : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Year : 2007

An Investigation of SelfHealing Systems

Cite this Research Publication : Ghosh, D., Sharman, R., Rao, H. R., and Upadhyaya, S., “An Investigation of SelfHealing Systems” , Decision Support Systems, Volume 42, No. 4, 2007, pp. 21642185.

Year : 2007

Efficiency of critical incident management systems: Instrument development and validation

Cite this Research Publication : Kim, J. K., Sharman, R., Rao, H. R., and Upadhyaya, S., “Efficiency of Critical Incident Management Systems: Instrument Development and Validation,” Decision Support Systems, Volume 44, No. 1, 2007,pp. 235250.

Year : 2005

Secure knowledge management and the semantic web

Cite this Research Publication : JinKyu Lee, Shambhu J. Upadhyaya, H. Raghav Rao, Raj Sharman, Secure knowledge management and the semantic web, Communications of the ACM, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2005, https://doi.org/10.1145/1101779.1101808

Publisher : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Year : 2004

Computational Ontologies and Information Systems II: Formal Specification

Cite this Research Publication : Raj Sharman, Rajiv Kishore, Ram Ramesh, Computational Ontologies and Information Systems II: Formal Specification, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Association for Information Systems, 2004, https://doi.org/10.17705/1cais.01409

Publisher : Association for Information Systems

Year : 2004

Computational Ontologies and Information Systems I: Foundations

Cite this Research Publication : Rajiv Kishore, Raj Sharman, Computational Ontologies and Information Systems I: Foundations, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Association for Information Systems, 2004, https://doi.org/10.17705/1cais.01408

Publisher : Association for Information Systems

Year : 2000

A fast and accurate method to register medical images using Wavelet Modulus Maxima

Cite this Research Publication : Raj Sharman, John M. Tyler, Oleg S. Pianykh, A fast and accurate method to register medical images using Wavelet Modulus Maxima, Pattern Recognition Letters, Elsevier BV, 2000, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-8655(00)00002-7

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 1999

Nearly-lossless autoregressive image compression

Cite this Research Publication : O.S. Pianykh, J.M. Tyler, R. Sharman, Nearly-lossless autoregressive image compression, Pattern Recognition Letters, Elsevier BV, 1999, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-8655(98)00141-x

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 1983

Job Characteristics in relation to organizational effectiveness in two organizations

Cite this Research Publication : Sharman R, and Sayed, O., “Job Characteristics in relation to organizational effectiveness in two organizations”, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, v19, #1, 1983.

Book Chapter

Year : 2012

Innovative Web-Based Tool for Safer Transitions of Patients through Healthcare Systems

Cite this Research Publication : Ranjit Singh, Raj Sharman, Ashok Singh, Ron Brooks, Don McLean, Gurdev Singh, Innovative Web-Based Tool for Safer Transitions of Patients through Healthcare Systems, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25789-6_28

Publisher : Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Education
  • Ph. D. (Management Science and Systems Department), Louisiana State University
  • M. S. Louisiana State University
  • M. S. Indian Institute of Technology
  • B. S. Indian Institute of Technology
Expertise
  • Information Assurance
  • Disaster Preparedness and Response Management
  • Health Information Systems
  • Internet Performance
  • Database/Imaging Systems and Analytics
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