Contemporary Issues in Database Design and Information Systems Development

Database management, design and information systems development are becoming an integral part of many business applications. Contemporary Issues in Database Design and Information gathers the latest development in the area to make this the most up-to-date reference source for educators and practioners alike. Information systems development activities enable many organizations to effectively compete and innovate, as new database and information systems applications are constantly being developed. Contemporary Issues in Database Design and Information Systems Development presents the latest research ideas and topics on databases and software development. The chapters in this innovative publication provide a representation of top notch research in all areas of the database and information systems development.

Keng Siau is a Professor of Management Information Systems (MIS) at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL). He is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Database Management and as the Book Series Editor for Advanced Topics in Database Research. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC), where he majored in Management Information Systems and minored in Cognitive Psychology. His master and bachelor degrees are in Computer and Information Sciences from the National University of Singapore. Dr. Siau has over 200 academic publications. He has published more than 70 refereed journal articles, and these articles have appeared (or are forthcoming) in journals such as Management Information Systems Quarterly, Communications of the ACM, IEEE Computer, Information Systems, ACM s Data Base, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cynbernetics, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on Education, IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, Data and Knowledge Engineering, Decision Support Systems, Journal on Information Technology, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Behaviour and Information Technology, Quarterly Journal of Electronic Commerce, and others. In addition, he has published more than 90 refereed conference papers (including 9 ICIS papers), edited/co-edited more than 10 scholarly and research-oriented books, edited/co-edited 9 proceedings, and has written more than 15 scholarly book chapters. He served as the Organizing and Program Chairs of the International Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD) (1996 2005). For more information, please visit his website at http://www.ait.unl.edu/siau/.