DR. DMITRY ZHDANOV, CISSP 2100 Hillside Rd, Unit 1041 (OPIM Dept.), Storrs CT 06269 Phone: (860) 486-1578; Fax: (860) 486-4839 e-mail: dmitry.zhdanov@business.uconn.edu Last revised: August 25, 2015 Research Interests Interdisciplinary research in information security; big data and business analytics; computer fraud and abuse; information technology in healthcare; information technology for smart grid; incentives and mechanism design for information systems. Academic Employment 2007 Present: Assistant Professor; University of Connecticut School of Business, Operations and Information Management Department. Education PhD in Business Administration 2007, University of Minnesota MBA 2000, University of Texas at Dallas Bachelor of Management 1997, Voronezh State University (Russia) Research Papers - Published or Accepted A Decision Methodology for Managing Operational Efficiency and Information Disclosure Risk in Healthcare Processes, with X. Bai, R. Gopal and M. Nunez. Decision Support Systems, 2014, vol. 57, pp. 406-416. Growth and Sustainability of Managed Security Service Provider Networks: an Economic Perspective, with A. Gupta. MIS Quarterly, 2012, vol. 36(4), pp. 1109-1130 On the Prevention of Fraud and Privacy Exposure in Process Information Flow, with X. Bai, R. Gopal and M. Nunez. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 2012, vol. 24(3), pp. 416-432 Social Network Meets Sherlock Holmes: Investigating the Missing Links of Fraud, with R. Gopal, R. Patterson and E. Rolland. Computer Fraud and Security, July 2012, pp.12-18 On Managing Information Security Risks for Business Processes, with X. Bai, R. Gopal and M. Nunez. International Journal of Decision Science, 2010, vol.1(1) pp. 45-53 Designing Intelligent Software Agents for Auctions with Limited Information Feedback, with G. Adomavicius and A. Gupta. Information Systems Research, 2009, vol. 20(4), pp. 507-526 CV - Dmitry Zhdanov Page 1 of 8
Research Papers Under Review and in Preparation Improving Propagation in Adaptable Networks, with R. Gopal, H. Hidaji, R. Patterson and E. Rolland. R&R for 3 rd round review at POM Journal A Decision Support Framework for a Class of Modern Recommender Systems, with S. Bhattacharjee and M. Bragin. R&R for 2 nd round at Decision Support Systems Fairness and Reciprocity as Incentives for Insider Compliance with Information Security Policies, with A. Gupta. R&R for 2 nd round at MIS Quarterly How Much to Share with Third Parties? User s Privacy Concerns and Website s Dilemma, with R. Gopal, H. Hidaji, R. Patterson and E. Rolland. R&R for 2 nd round at MIS Quarterly Sustainable Demand Side Management for Electric Vehicles using Personalized Learning Agents, with K. Valogianni, W. Ketter and J. Collins. R&R for 2 nd round at Information Systems Research Achieving Sustainable Smart Home Energy Management: An Intelligent Agent Approach, with K. Valogianni, W. Ketter and J. Collins. Intended for MIS Quarterly Penal Code for Information Security Compliance, with A. Gupta. Intended for POM Journal Team Selection and Social Networks: Implications for Worker Productivity, with R. Gopal, R. Patterson and E. Rolland. Intended for MIS Quarterly Use of Metagraph Transformations in Evaluation of Security Tools. Dynamic Model of Information Security: a Cognitive Approach. Vaporware: Role of False Pre-Announcement in Software Markets. Conference Presentations and Proceedings (Refereed) Information Sharing in Web Services: an Exploratory Analysis, WITS-2014, Auckland, New Zealand, December 17-19, 2014 Achieving Sustainable Smart Home Energy Management: An Intelligent Agent Approach, ICIS-2014, Auckland, New Zealand, December 14-17, 2014 Improving Cascade Propagation in Adaptable Networks, CIST-2014, San Francisco, CA, November 8-9, 2014 Adaptive Learning Agents for Electric Vehicle Customer Decision Support, CIST-2014, San Francisco, CA, November 8-9, 2014 CV - Dmitry Zhdanov Page 2 of 8
Effective Management of Electric Vehicle Storage using Smart Charging, Twenty-Eighth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-14) July 27 31, 2014 Québec City, Québec, Canada. Improving Message Propagation in Social Networks, WITS-2013, Milan, Italy, December 14-15, 2013. Winner of the Best Poster Award (with R. Gopal, H. Hidaji, R. Patterson and E. Rolland). Social Networks and Team Selection: Implications for Worker Productivity, SCECR-2013, Lisbon, Portugal, June 27-28, 2013 Electric Vehicles: Policy and Research Implications, IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Technology, Economics and Policies, Nuremberg, Germany, December 3-4, 2012 Vaporware: Role of False Pre-Announcement in Software Markets, CIST-2012, Phoenix, AZ, October 12-13, 2012 Algorithmic Approaches to Fraud Prevention and Investigation, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, October 14-17, 2012 Vaporware, WISE-2010, St. Louis, MO, December 11-12, 2010 Reducing Privacy Exposure in Healthcare Workflows, 2010 Workshop on Health Information Technology and Economics, Washington, DC, October 8-9, 2010 Fairness and Insider Compliance with Information Security Policies, University of Alberta Conference on Information Security, Edmonton, AB, May 29, 2010 Accurate Recommendations of Online Movie Ratings: Large Data Sets with Low Dimensions and Span of Multiple Years, Winter Conference on Business Intelligence. Salt Lake City, UT, March 12, 2010 Challenges of Large Data Sets and Limited Dimensions, CIST-2009, San Diego, CA, October 10-11, 2009 A Million Dollar Reward: Accurate Predictions of Online Movie Ratings, SCECR-2009, Pittsburgh, PA, May 30-31, 2009 Design of Security Constrained Workflows, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 2008 The Role of Fairness in Insider Compliance with Information Security Policies, Workshop on Information Systems Economics (WISE-2007),Montreal, Canada, December 8-9, 2007 Growth and Sustainability of MSSP Networks, Workshop on Economics of Information Security (WEIS-2007), Pittsburgh, PA, June 7-8, 2007 CV - Dmitry Zhdanov Page 3 of 8
The Role of Performance Incentives in Compliance with Information Security Policies, CIST- 2006, Pittsburgh, PA, November 4-5, 2006 Trust and Fairness as Incentives for Compliance with Information Security Policies, WITS- 2006, Milwaukee, WI, December 9-10, 2006 Invited Talks Intelligent Agents for Enabling Smart Homes Energy Management, School of Engineering and Management Program, University of California, Merced, CA, May 20, 2015 How Much to Share with Third Parties? A Website s Dilemma and Users Privacy Concerns. TEIS-2015, Banff, AB, March 13-16, 2015 Intelligent Agents for Energy Informatics, IDS Department Research Seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN January 23, 2015 Growth and Sustainability of MSSP Networks: an Economic Perspective, MIS Department Research Seminar, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, January 31, 2014. Information Security: Threats, Controls and Decision Making, MISRC Seminar Series, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, December 6, 2013 Improving Propagation in Adaptable Networks, IDS Department Research Seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN December 6, 2013 Designing Intelligent Agents for Auctions with Limited Information Feedback, Erasmus Research Institute of Management, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, November 27, 2013. Good People, Bad Decisions: an Interplay of Economics, Psychology and Risk, 4 th Annual National Initiative on Cybersecurity Education Workshop. Gaithersburg, MD, Sept. 17-19, 2013 Discussant, Theory in Economics of Information Systems Workshop, Monterey, CA, June 24-25, 2013 Data-Driven Economic Modeling of Information Security Policy Issues, Symantec Research Labs, Herndon, VA, January 15, 2013 Enforcing Compliance with Information Security Policies: Incentive Structure and a Penal Code Mechanism, TEIS-2012, Laguna Beach, CA, June 9-10, 2012 Psychological Foundations of Poor Information Security Decisions, meeting of ISSA Connecticut Chapter, Storrs CT, April 17, 2012 Discussant, Theory in Economics of Information Systems Workshop, Reno, NV, June 4-5, 2011 CV - Dmitry Zhdanov Page 4 of 8
Teaching Bridging the Gap between Software Developers and Auditors, invited address, joint meeting of OWASP and ISACA Chapters, Hartford, CT, May 18, 2010 "Economics of Information Security", MISRC Seminar Series, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, May 1, 2009 "Behavioral Games and Fairness", Voronezh State University (Russia), Department of Economics, invited lecture in the Master s program, December 25, 2008 Behavioral Game Theory: an Overview, Voronezh State University (Russia), Department of Economics, invited lecture in the Master s program, December 27, 2007 University of Connecticut Undergraduate Teaching Award - 2015 Innovation in Teaching Award - 2012 Network Design and Applications undergraduate MIS major core course (average student rating 9.2/10, max rating 10.0/10) IT Security, Governance and Audit undergraduate MIS elective (average student rating 8.9/10, max rating 9.5/10) Business Information Systems undergraduate business core course (average student rating 8.6/10, max rating 9.3/10) Enterprise Security, Governance and Audit MBA elective (average student rating 8.6/10, max rating 8.9/10) Filed Study Internship undergraduate MIS elective (not rated) University of Minnesota As an instructor: e-commerce, Information Security undergraduate MIS electives As a teaching assistant: Systems Analysis and Design, e-sourcing and e-auctions, Information Technologies and Solutions MBA electives Nominated for the Faculty of the Year award by undergraduate students (April 2005) Editorial and Peer Review Activities Guest Co-Editor, Decision Support Systems, special issue on Information Security, in progress Associate Editor, Decision Support Systems, since 2014 Coordinating Editor, IS Frontiers, since 2014 Associate Editor, Information Technology and Management, since 2013 CV - Dmitry Zhdanov Page 5 of 8
Area Editor, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, since 2008 Associate Editor, International Conference on Information Systems, 2012-2013 Associate Editor, European Conference on Information Systems, 2014 Program Committee Member, Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems, since 2007 Program Committee Member, Erasmus Energy Forum, since 2013 Program Committee Member, Conference on Information Technologies and Systems, since 2013 Session Chair, INFORMS Annual Meeting (2008, 2009), WITS (2008), CIST (2013, 2014). Ad-hoc reviewer for journals: Management Science, MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Production and Operations Management Journal, Decision Support Systems, Journal of Association of Information Systems, Decision Sciences Journal, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Information Technology and Management, European Journal of Information Systems. Ad-hoc reviewer for conferences: International Conference on Information Systems, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, International Conference on Electronic Commerce Select Service Activities Program and Curriculum Development Led the development of the Advanced Business Certificate Program in IT Audit. This is a graduate-level program created in alignment with ISACA Model Curriculum for IS Audit and Control. ABC in IT Audit is offered at UConn s Hartford location since 2009. Collaborated with the colleagues in the School of Engineering to create a University-wide undergraduate Minor in Information Assurance. Founding member of UConn s Center for Information Assurance and Computer Systems Security a designated NSA Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Research since 2010. Service to the University and School of Business Coach, Undergraduate Business IT Case Competition team, since 2012. Led our teams to the 1 st place finish at CoMIS-2012 and 2 nd place finish at CoMIS-2014. IT Projects and Operations Committee, University of Connecticut, 2012/13 CV - Dmitry Zhdanov Page 6 of 8
Undergraduate Students and Programs Committee, School of Business, 2013/14. Technology Development and Utilization Committee, School of Business, 2008/09. Hiring Committee, IT support position search, School of Business, 2013/14. Faculty Advisor, PiCAPTCHA recipient of 3 rd place award at 2015 University of Connecticut Innovation Quest Service to the Department Honors Advisor, Management Information Systems major, since 2013 Qualifying Paper Committee, PhD Program, 2014/15. Working with 2 nd year PhD students to get them started on independent research. Research Seminar Coordinator, since 2014. Identification of external presenters, coordination on scheduling and content of the invited talks. Undergraduate Programs Committee, since 2008. Textbook selection, website support, allocation of scholarships to the undergraduate students, coordination of student internships, outreach activities. Faculty Advisor, Information Management Association an undergraduate student club, since 2008 Technology Committee, 2011-2013. Management of SAS and MSDN licenses, development of VM infrastructure, management of Gladstein Research Lab. Publicity Committee, 2009/10. Redesign of departmental website, communication with former students regarding publicity contributions. Non-University / Outreach Scholarship Committee, Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Education Foundation, since 2012. Academic Advocate, Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), since 2008. Honors and Awards Undergraduate Teaching Award, School of Business, University of Connecticut, March 2015. Best Poster Paper Award, WITS-2013, Milan, Italy, December 2013. Coach of the 2 nd -place winning team at 2014 CoMIS Case Competition, Minneapolis, MN Coach of the 1 st -pl ace winning team at 2012 CoMIS Case Competition, Minneapolis, MN. Innovation in Teaching Award, School of Business, University of Connecticut. March 2012. Honorable Mention for Best Research Paper, School of Business, University of Connecticut, March 2009. Carlson School Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2005-2006. CV - Dmitry Zhdanov Page 7 of 8
Carlson School Summer Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2006. Finalist, Juran Fellowship for Leadership in Quality, 2005 and 2006. Linda and Mitch Hart ecenter Fellowship, Southern Methodist University, 2001-2002. Cohort MBA Scholarship, University of Texas at Dallas, 1999-2000. Accounting Honor Society, University of Texas at Dallas, 2000. Graduation with Honors, Voronezh State University, 1997. Freedom Support Act Fellowship, USA-Russia, 1995-1996. Academic Excellence Scholarship, Voronezh State University, 1993-1999. Grants Received Summer Research Grant, OPIM Department Fund, 2015. $15,000 Summer Research Grant, Connecticut Information Technology Institute, 2014. $11,000 Summer Research Grant, Connecticut Information Technology Institute, 2013. $10,000 Summer Research Grant, Dean s Fund, University of Connecticut, 2012. $6,520. Summer Research Grant, Connecticut Information Technology Institute, 2011. $10,000 CIBER Grant for Faculty Development in International Business (FDIB), School of Business, University of Connecticut, 2011. $5,000 Certifications Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) - since 2007. Non-Academic Employment 5+ years of experience in marketing, finance and IT roles, with 1 year of handling CIO/CFO responsibilities. Industries include manufacturing, banking, software and venture capital. Job activities covered financial planning, analysis and control; information security and disaster recovery; systems development and process improvement activities; development of promotional materials. Professional Memberships AIS, INFORMS, IEEE, ACM, ISACA, ISSA, (ISC) 2. CV - Dmitry Zhdanov Page 8 of 8