G. Shankar

G. Shankaranarayanan (Shankar)


Assistant Professor
Technology, Operations, and Information Management
Babson College
Babson Park    MA 02417-0310   U.S.A.
Phone: +1 781-239-4470
Email: gshankar@babson.edu


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Publications - Refereed Journals

  1. (2009 - Even, A. and Shankaranarayanan, G.) "Dual Assessment of Data Quality in Customer Databases" - (forthcoming) ACM Journal of Data and Information Quality.

  2. (2009 - Even, A. and Shankaranarayanan, G.) "Utility Cost Perspectives in Data Quality Management" - (forthcoming) Journal of Computer Information Systems.

  3. (2009 - Watts, S., Shankaranarayanan, G. and Even, A.) "Data Quality Assessment in Context: A Cognitive Perspective" - Decision Support Systems, Vol. 48, 2009, pp. 202-211.

  4. (2009 - Even, A.,Shankaranarayanan, G. and Berger, P. D.) "A Decision-Analysis Approach for Optimizing Design Alternatives in Information Systems" - Advances in Management, Vol. 2, No. 10., October 2009, pp. 31-37.

  5. (2008 - Gaynor, M. and Shankaranarayanan, G.) "Implications of Sensors and Sensory-Networks for Data Quality Management" - International Journal of Information Quality, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2008, pp. 75-93.

  6. (2007 - Cai, Y. and Shankaranarayanan, G.) "Managing Data Quality in Inter-organizational Data Networks" - International Journal of Information Quality, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2007, pp. 254-271.

  7. (2007 - Even, A. and Shankaranarayanan, G.) "Utility-Driven Configuration of Data Quality in Data Repositories" - International Journal of Information Quality,Vol.1, No.1, 2007, pp.22-40.

  8. (2007 - Even, A., Shankaranarayanan, G. and Berger, P. D.) "Economics-Based Data Management: An Application To The Design Of Tabular Datasets" - IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering,vol. 19, no.6, June 2007, pp. 818-831.

  9. (2007 - Even, A. and Shankaranarayanan, G.) "Utility-Driven Assessment of Data Quality" - DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems (ACM SIGMIS Journal), vol.38, no.2, May 2007, pp. 75-93.

  10. (2007 - Gaynor, M., Myung, D., Hashmi, N., Shankaranarayanan, G. and Moulton, S.) "An Intelligent Pre-hospital Patient Care System" - International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2007, pp. 107-122.

  11. (2006 - Iyer, B., Shankaranarayanan, G. and Wyner, G.) "Process Coordination Requirements: Implications For The Design Of Knowledge Management Systems" - Journal of Computer Information Systems, Vol. XLVI, No. 5, 2006, pp. 1-13.

  12. (2006 - Shankaranarayanan, G., Watts, S. and Even, A.) "The Role of Process Metadata and Data Quality Perceptions in Decision-Making - An Empirical Framework and Investigation" - Journal of Information Technology Management, Vol. XVII, No. 1, 2006, pp. 50-67.

  13. (2006 - Shankaranarayanan, G. and Cai, Y.) "Supporting Data Quality Management in Decision Making" - Decision Support Systems Journal, Vol. 42, No. 1, October 2006, pp. 302-317.

  14. (2005 - Shankaranarayanan, G.) "Towards Implementing Total Data Quality Management in Data Warehouses" - Journal of Information Technology Management, Vol. XVI, No. 1, 2005, pp. 21-30.

  15. (2004 - Shankaranarayanan, G. and Even, A.) "Managing Metadata in Data Warehouses: Pitfalls and Possibilities" - Communications of the Association of Information Systems (CAIS), Vol. 14, No. 13, September 2004.

  16. (2004 - Shankaranarayanan, G. and Even, A.) "Metadata: A Great Promise or a Sisyphean Torture" - Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery (CACM), Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2006 pp. 88-94.

  17. (2004 - Iyer, B., Shankaranarayanan, G. and Lenard, M.) "Model Management Decision Environment: A Web Service Prototype For Spreadsheet Models" - Decision Support Systems Journal, Vol. 40, No. 2, August 2005, pp. 283-304.

  18. (2003 - Shankaranarayanan, G., Ziad, M. and Wang, R. Y.) "Managing Data Quality in Dynamic Decision Environments: An Information Product Approach" - Journal of Database Management, Vol. 14, No. 4, October-December 2003, pp. 14-32.

  19. (1998 - Chen, H., Shankaranarayanan, G.,, She, L., and Iyer, A.) "A Machine Learning Approach To Inductive Query By Example: An Experiment Using Relevance Feedback, ID3, Genetic Algorithms, and Simulated Annealing" - Journal of the American Society For Information Science, Vol. 49, No. 8, June 1998, pp. 693-705.

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Publications - Refereed Book Chapters

  1. (2009 - Shankaranarayanan, G., and Even, A.) "Measuring Data Quality in Context" - in the book "Handbook of Research on Innovations in Database Technologies and Applications: Current and Future Trends", (Ferraggine, V. E ., Doorn, J. H. and Rivero, L. C. - Editors), IGI - Global, Hershey, Pennsylvania

  2. (2008 - Even, A., Shankaranarayanan, G., and Berger, P. D.) "Utility-Cost Tradeoffs in the Design of Data Resources" - in the book "Handbook of Research on Modern Design Technologies and Applications", Chapter XVIII,(Syed, M. R. and Syed, S. N. - Editors), IGI - Global, Hershey, Pennsylvania, July 2008

  3. (2006 - Shankaranarayanan, G., and Even, A.) "Managing Metadata for Complex Decision Support" - in the book "Processing and Managing Complex Data for Decision Support", pp. 153-184, 2006,(Jerome Darmont and Omar Boussaid - Editors), Idea Group Publishing

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Publications - Refereed Conferences (Selected List)

  1. (2009 - Shankaranarayanan, G., Zhu, B., and Cai, Y.) "Role of Data Quality Metadata in Decision Support" - (forthcoming) in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Information for Cooperation (COINFO 2009)" Beijing, Chine, November 2009

  2. (2009 - Shankaranarayanan, G., Zhu, B., and Cai, Y.) "Visualizing Data Quality Metadata for Decision Support: Prototype and Evaluation" - in the Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2009)" San Francisco, California, August 2009

  3. (2009 - Even, A., Shankaranarayanan, G., and Berger, P. D.) "Tradeoffs in Managing the Quality of Marketing Data" - in the Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2009)" San Francisco, California, August 2009

  4. (2008 - Shankaranarayanan, G., Zhu, B., and Cai, Y.) "Decision Support With Data Quality Metadata" - in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ) Boston, Massachusetts, November 2008

  5. (2008 - Even, A., Shankaranarayanan, G., and Berger, P. D.) "Managing Data Quality and Time Span Coverage for CRM" - in the Proceedings of the Direct-Interactive Marketing Research Summit" Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2008

  6. (2008 - Even, A. and Shankaranarayanan, G.,) "Comparative Analysis of Data Quality and Utility Inequality Assessments" - in the Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2008), Galway, Ireland, June 2008 - Nominated for the ECIS Best Paper Award

  7. (2008 - Even, A. and Shankaranarayanan, G.,) "Impartial versus Utility-Driven Assessments of Data Quality: Methodology, Insights, and Implications for CRM" - in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Logistics (ICIL 2008), Tel Aviv, Israel, March 2008

  8. (2007 - Even, A., Shankaranarayanan, G., and Berger, P. D.) "Inequality in the Utility of Data and its Implications for Data Management" - in the Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS 2007), Montreal, Canada, December 2007 - Winner of the WITS Best Paper Award

  9. (2007 - Even, A. and Shankaranarayanan, G.,) "Understanding Impartial versus Utility-Driven Quality Assessments in Large Datasets" - in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ 2007), Boston, MA, November 2007 - Winner of the Stuart Madnick Best Paper Award

  10. (2007 - Zhu, B., Shankaranarayanan, G., and Cai, Y.) "Integrating Data Quality Data into Decision Making Process: An Information Visualization Approach" - in the Proceedings of the HCI International, Beijing, China, July 2007

  11. (2007 - Even, A., Shankaranarayanan, G., and Berger, P. D.) "Economics Driven Design of a Data Warehouse" - in the Proceedings of the Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST), Claremont, CA, May 2007

  12. (2006 - Even, A., Shankaranarayanan, G., and Berger, P. D.) "Data Warehouse As A Dynamic Capability: Utility-Cost Foundations And Implications for Economics-Driven Design" - in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Milwaukee, WI, December 2006

  13. (2006 - Even, A. and Shankaranarayanan, G.,) "Not All Data Are Created Equal: Inequality in Utility and Its Implications For Data Management" - in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Quality (IQ), Boston, MA, November 2006

  14. (2006 - Even, A. and Shankaranarayanan, G.,) "A Value-Driven Model for Data Manufacturing: An Application For Optimal Error Correction Policies" - in the Proceedings of the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) Conference, Washington DC, May 2006

  15. (2006 - Even, A., Shankaranarayanan, G., and Berger, P. D.) "Economics-Based Design for Data Management" - in the Proceedings of Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST), Claremont, CA, February 2006

  16. (2005 - Even, A., Shankaranarayanan, G., and Berger, P. D.) "Profit Maximization With Data Management Systems" - in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Las Vegas, NV, December 2005

  17. (2004 - Shankaranarayanan, G., and Gaynor, M.) "Sensor Data and Managing Data Quality in Sensory Network Applications" - in the Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Informations Systems (AMCIS), New York, NY, August 2004

  18. (2003 - Shankaranarayanan, G., and Watts, S.) "A Relevant Believable Approach For Data Quality Assessment" - in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Quality (IQ), Boston, MA, November 2003

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Non-Refereed Articles

  1. (2008 - with Iyer, B.) "Managing Knowledge for Decision Support in the Digital Enterprise" Effective Executive (The Journal of the Institute of Chartered Financial Accountants of India - ICFAI), vol. XI, no. 6, June 2008, pp. 30-36

  2. (2006 - with Even, A.) "El Enigma de los MetaDatos" translation of the CACM article by Luis Antonio Alvarez Oval (Universidao Autonoma de Chiapas, Mexico), for instructional use

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Invited Presentations

  1. (2008 - with Even, A.) "Dual Assessment of Data Quality - Understanding Synergistic Benefits" presented at COINFO 2008 - Beijing, China, November 2008

  2. (2008) "Implementing Data Quality for CRM - Trends and Directions" presented at the Second Conference on Data Quality and Relationship Marketing - Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 2008

  3. (2007 - with Wang, R.) "IPMAP - Current State and Perspectives" presented at the International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ) - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A, November 2007

  4. (2007) "Foundations of Data Quality Management and its application for CRM" presented at the First Conference on Data Quality and Relationship Marketing - Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 2007

  5. (2007 - with Even, A.) "Total Data Quality Management" presented at Universidade Methodistia de Piracicaba (UNIMEP), Brazil, April 2007

  6. (2007 - with Even, A.) "Managing Data Quality for CRM - From Concepts to Economics" presented at Fundacao Getulio Vargas - Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 2007

  7. (2007 - with Even, A.) "Designing Data-Driven Information Products and Systems" to be presented at The Combined Conference of Data Management Association and Wilshire Metadata in Boston, MA, March 2007

  8. (2006 - with Even, A.) "Metadata Research: Syntactic, Semantic, and Pragmatic Perspectives" presented at The Combined Conference of Data Management Association and Wilshire Metadata in Denver, CO, April 2006

  9. (2006) "What Can Metadata Do For You?" presented at The Life Science Informatics Session on "Data Integration Across The Pharma Environment: Why Are We Still Talking About This Problem?" at Committee Day of the Boston Biotechnology Council, Boston, MA, January 2006

  10. (2005 - with Even, A.) "Getting Value and Profitability From Organizational Data" presented at VRMS User Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2005

  11. (2004) "Classifying Metadata" presented at the Oracle Designers Working Group, Waltham, MA, 2004

  12. (2003) "Data Quality Management: Research Issues and Directions" presented at Panel on Data Quality Management at AMCIS 2003, Tampa, FL, August 2003

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