Professor Farris is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. He was cited “for seminal contributions to the understanding of organizations and personnel practices in the furtherance of technological innovation and the management of technology.” His scholarly publications have appeared in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and his work has been cited several times in the Wall Street Journal.

Previously Professor Farris was Acting Dean of the Graduate School of Management at Rutgers, Professor of Administrative Studies at York University in Canada, Ford Foundation Professor of Management at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management in Belgium, and Associate Professor of Organ¬izational Psychology and Management at M. I. T. He has held part-time visiting appointments at Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China and the National University of Singapore, and he has presented invited lectures at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea. He received his Ph. D. at the University of Michigan and his Bachelor's at Yale University.

Scott W. Cunningham, Delft University of Technology

Scott Cunningham joined the faculty in 2004. Prior to joining TU Delft, he worked in the computer and software industry, creating analytical models for commercial clients. His work on national innovation indicators helps inform policy for the governments of the U.S., the U.K. and Malaysia.

Scott Cunningham is interested in operations research and decision sciences approaches for policy making. In particular he is interested in probabilistic models of social exchange. Other interests include building multi-actor systems theory through the economic sociology and innovation policy literatures. A recent publication is Tech Mining (with Alan Porter), a book on assessing new technology developments.

Guest lectures will provide a starting point for workshop discussions. Workshops will tackle topics the participants are most interested in. They provide a unique opportunity to meet colleagues, share experiences and ideas, and network with students and faculty from different countries and university systems.

We encourage students in all stages of the Ph.D. process, as well as recent graduates, to join us.

Please direct questions related to the colloquium to:

Antonie Jetter, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Engineering and Technology Management Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science Portland State University Post Office Box 751 Portland, Oregon 97207-0751, USA

Phone: 503-725-4663
Fax: 503-725-4667
Email: jettera@cecs.pdx.edu
Web: www.etm.pdx.edu