Robert W. Blanning
Professor of Information Technology
Subject Area(s):
Information Technology
Biography:
Robert Blanning's global experience combines the worlds of both academia and business. He came to the Owen School in 1988 from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was an assistant professor of Decision Sciences. Previously he was Assistant Professor of Management at the College of Business and Public Administration and Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. Professor Blanning was also a visiting professor to the Department of Information and Systems Management of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a Fulbright Scholar at the National University of Singapore. Blanning's research focuses on decision support systems, information systems research, and artificial intelligence. His articles have been featured in such prominent publications as Management Science, Information Systems Research, the Columbia Journal of World Business, The International Journal of Management, Futures and Long Range Planning. He currently serves on the Board of Editors of the Journal of Management Information Systems. Before his academic roles, Professor Blanning served as an operations research analyst for the Mobil Oil Corporation and as a nuclear engineer at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory of the General Electric Company. He also served on the Board of Advisors for the Instituto Nacional de Estudios de Informatica, A.C., a non-profit corporation sponsored by Mexican industry and government to improve the quality of information systems in Mexico. In addition, he was on the Senior Technical Advisory Committee for Data Systems Research and Development for Martin Marietta Energy Systems Design in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Education:
B.S., Physics, Pennsylvania State University, 1958
M.S., Operations Research, Case Institute of Technology, 1964
Ph.D., Operations Research, University of Pennsylvania, 1971
Course(s) Taught:
- MGT 491: Decision Support Systems
- MGT 497: Internet Technology and Applications
- MGT 599c: Online Exploration for Business Information
- MGT 599d: Outsourcing Business Processes
- MGT 490: Enterprise Resource Planning
Research Interest(s):
Decision support systems, information systems research, and artificial intelligence.
Area(s) of Expertise:
Neural networks, fuzzy logic, group support, and workflow systems.
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