MIT MIT TDQM Program

 

IQ 1998 Conference Program
OCTOBER 23, FRIDAY
5:00 - 7:00 Registration and Reception at MIT Faculty Club E52 (6th Floor)
  Informal Discussions
OCTOBER 24, SATURDAY
8:00 - 9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast E51-345
9:00 - 9:30 Chairs’ Welcome and Opening Remarks E51-345
  Richard Wang, Conference Co-Chair, MIT TDQM Program
Stuart E. Madnick, Conference Co-Chair, MIT Sloan School of Management
Leo Pipino, Program Co-Chair, UMASS Lowell
InduShobha Chengalur-Smith, Program Co-Chair, SUNY Albany
9:30 - 10:20 Keynote Speech E51-345
  Paul Gillin
Editor, Computer World
10:20 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:15 Paper Session 1: Data Quality Management
Session Chair: Giri Tayi, SUNY Albany
  Institutionalizing Data Quality Practice:
The S.C. Johnson Wax Case

James Funk, S.C. Johnson
Yang Lee, Northeastern University
Richard Wang, MIT TDQM Program
  Establishing the Environment for Implementation
of a Data Quality Management Culture in the Military Health System

Captain Thomas Burzynski, US Army
  Incorporating Stakeholder Values and Needs in National Highways
Decision Support System Improvement Planning

Adjo Amekudzi, Carnegie Mellon University
Sue McNeil, Carnegie Mellon University
Busby Attoh-Okini, Florida International University
12:15 - 1:45 Luncheon at MIT Faculty Club
2:00 - 3:30 Parallel Paper Session 2A:Field Studies in Data Quality
Session Chair: Diane Strong, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  Modeling Quality Requirements in Conceptual Database Design
Veda Storey, Georgia State University
Richard Wang, MIT TDQM Program
  Decision Complacency, Consensus and Consistency in the Presence of Data Quality Information
InduShobha Chengalur-Smith, SUNY Albany
Harold Pazer, SUNY Albany
  Product and Service Performance Model for Information Quality: An Update
Beverly Kahn, Suffolk University
David Wessels, University of Arkansas
Diane Strong, Worchester Polytechnic Institute
  Information System Quality Process in Theory and Practice:
Results from a Preliminary Case Study
2:00 - 3:30 Parallel Paper Session 2B:Analytical Approaches to Data Quality
Session Chair: H. L. Thacker, SRI
E51-335
  Quality Driven Source Selection Using Data Envelope Analysis
Felix Naumann, Humboldt University, Berlin
Johann Freytag, Humboldt University, Berlin
Myra Spiliopoulou, Humboldt University, Berlin
  Enumerating Data Errors: A Survey of the Counting Literature
Elizabeth Pierce, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
  A Preliminary Analysis of Data Quality in Linear Regression Models
Barbara Klein, University of Michigan - Dearborn
Don Rossin, University of Michigan - Dearborn
3:30 - 4:00 Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:30 Parallel Paper Session 3A: Data Quality Measurement
Session Chair: Beverly Kahn, Suffolk University
  Flow Parameters and Quality in Accounting Information Systems
Akilesh Chandra, North Carolina A&T State University
Ravi Krovi, North Carolina A&T State University
Balaji Rajagopalan, Illinois State University
  Measuring the Impact of Data Quality on an EDI Enabled
Inter-organizational Business Process

Bas Vermeer, University of Eindhoven, Netherlands
  Data Metrics
Ion Ivan, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
Otilia Parlog, Romanian Defence Ministry
Petrisor Oprea, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
Gheroghe Nosca, Romanian Defence Ministry
Anca-Andreea Ivan,University "POLITEHNICA" of Bucharest
4:00 - 5:30 Parallel Paper Session 3B: Data Quality Improvement
Session Chair: Barbara Klein, University at Michigan-Dearborn
  Information Integrity Technology Product Structure
Vijay Mandke, Indira Gandhi National Open University
Madhavan Nayar, Unitech Systems
  From Data Source Quality to Information Quality:
The Relative Dimension

Laure Bertie, University of Toulon et du Var
  A Framework for Addressing Data Quality in Distributed Computing Systems
Finbar Fletcher, Stevens Institute of Tech, NJ
5:45 - 7:00Reception at the MIT Faculty Club
OCTOBER 25, SUNDAY
8:00 - 9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast at Bowen Hall
9:00 - 10:30 Paper Session 4: Data Quality in Data Warehouses
Session Chair: Yang Lee, Northeastern University
  DataBryte: A Proposed Data Warehouse Cleansing Framework
Steve Mohan, University of Phoenix
Mary Jane Willshire, SEMA
Charles Schroeder, Colorado Technical University
  Understanding Data Quality and Data Warehousing:
A Semiotic Approach

Graeme Shanks, Monash University, Australia
Peta Darke, Monash University, Australia
  Data Quality Tools for Data Warehousing: A Sample Survey
Pamela Neely, SUNY - Albany
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 Panel Discussion on Data Quality: The View from Practice
Session Chair: Stuart Madnick, MIT
  Panelists:
James Funk, S C Johnson
Rita Kovac, International Resources Inc.
Bruce Davidson, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Donna Fletcher, American Health Information Management Association
Martin J. Eppler, University of St. Gallen
12:30 Informal Discussions
End of IQ 1998 Conference