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THOMAS I. M.

HO 1
June 2010
PERSONAL

Born: October 17, 1948, Honolulu, Hawaii (native-born US citizen)


Excellent health, 5'7", 145 lbs.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Purdue University Computer Sciences 1974

M.S. Purdue University Computer Sciences 1971

B.S. Purdue University Computer Sciences 1970


(Graduated with highest distinction)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PERMANENT APPOINTMENTS

WYCLIFFE BIBLE TRANSLATORS USA

2010- Director of Internet Strategy


Present

INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS

2007- Professor of Computer and Information Technology


2010

1995- Chairman & Professor, Department of Computer & Information Technology


2007

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

1990- Director, Information Networking Institute


1992

PURDUE UNIVERSITY, recipient of the Data Processing Management Association


1985 Four-Year Institution Award

1988- Professor of Computer Technology


1990

1984- Professor and Head of Computer Technology


1988

1978- Associate Professor and Head of Computer Technology


1984 during the creation of academic department

1. Responsible for administration of academic department of 17 faculty and staff and


over 500 students in 3 locations
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2. Established all initial departmental activities: curriculum, industrial relations,
placement, staffing, and facilities
3. Resigned as department head in May 1988

1974- Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences and Management


1978

1. Teaching courses in information systems at undergraduate and graduate levels.

CONSULTING AND TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

1993- Senior Fellow - Information Systems and Computer Science


1995

NATIONAL COMPUTER BOARD, Singapore

1993- Consultant - IT2000 Education Sector Programme


1995

INTELENET COMMISSION (on loan from Purdue University)


INdiana TELEcommunications NETWORK

1986- Executive Director (appointed by the Governor)


1988 during the creation of INTELENET

1. Responsible for representing Commission during implementation and acceptance


testing of state-wide video, voice, and data network for government and education
2. Established all initial Commission activities: marketing, public relations, staffing, and
administration

PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER, Pittsburgh

1993 External Liaison, Common Knowledge: Pittsburgh

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Management Information Systems Quarterly Discovery


(http://www.cox.smu.edu///mis/misq/applied/home.html)
Founding member of editorial board, 1995

Association for Computing Machinery

Member, Curriculum Committee on Information Systems,


1985-1988

Data Processing Management Association Education Foundation

Member, Board of Regents, 1985-1989


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Member, Education Foundation Standards and Quality


Control Working Group, 1984-1985

Model Curriculum Tracking Committee


Member, 1982-1984

Member, Executive Committee on Model Curriculum


Development for Computer Information Systems, 1981-1982

Member, Pacific Telecommunications Council

Member, The Internet Society

Charter member, Society for Information Management, Indianapolis chapter

TEXTBOOKS

Structured Programming in BASIC-PLUS and BASIC-PLUS-2, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
1984, (with C. J. Hwang).

Systems Analysis and Design Methods, Times Mirror/Mosby College Publishing, 1986,
(with J. L. Whitten & L. D. Bentley).

TECHNICAL PAPERS

INTELENET Serves Indiana as a Role Model for the Nation. Proc. National
Communications Forum (September 1987), pp. 23-26.

Public Infrastructure Networks: the INdiana TELEcommunications NETwork case


study. Proc. 1988 CAUSE National Conference (November-December 1988), (with
Edward J. Tully).

The contribution of public infrastructure networks to economic development and


technology transfer. Proc. 14th Annual Meeting and International Symposium of the
Technology Transfer Society (June 1989), pp. 1-6 (with Edward J. Tully).

Lessons learned in systems integration of large-scale telecommunications networks.


Proc. Pacific Telecommunications Council 12th Annual Conference, pp.491-494.

Role of infrastructure networks in supporting social values to sustain economic success


in newly-industrialized nations. Intl. Journal of Psychology 25 (1990), pp. 887-900,
(with Kai Sung).

A critique of American infrastructure network projects to guide efforts to support social


values through networking. Proc. Pacific Telecommunications Council 14th Annual
Conference, pp. 390-394, (with Kai Sung).
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Lessons learned in building a successful undergraduate information systems academic
program. In Studies in Computer Science: In Honor of Samuel D. Conte (edited by
John Rice & Richard A. DeMillo), New York: Plenum Press, 1994, pp. 77-84.

Singapore's IT2000: Applying a National Information Infrastructure to Education to


Develop its Economy. Proc. CommunicAsia94 International Conference, pp. E1-E7.

Singapore’s IT2000: On the New Frontier of National Information Infrastructure. Proc.


IDATE16th International Conference, pp. 431-437.

Real-time Streaming on the World Wide Web: a Reality Check for Distance Learning.
Proc. 1998 International Conference on Technology and Education.

Application of real-time streaming audio to Web-based courses. Proc. 1998 American


Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, session 3620, (with Brian Ho).

Application of real-time streaming audio and video to Web-based courses. Indiana


Partnership for Statewide Education 1998 All Partners Conference.

Experiences with Real-time Streaming Audio/video in Delivering Web-based Courses.


Proc. WebNet 1999 Conference.

Early experiences in enabling mobility in the learning environment. Proc. ED-MEDIA


2003 Conference.

Curricular and Marketing Responses to Offshoring of Information Technology Services,


(poster) Association for Computing Machinery SIGITE Conference, October 28-30,
2004. Salt Lake City, UT.

What can social media aggregation contribute to teaching and learning? Accepted for
2010 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference but withdrawn
because unable to attend conference due to permanent relocation in progress.
Retrieved June 4, 2010, from http://www.slideshare.net/drthomasho/what-can-social-
media-aggregation-contribute-to-teaching-learning

BLOGS

Personal blog (latest posting data above topmost post). Scratch where it itches.
Retrieved June 4, 2010, from http://blog.drthomasho.com/

CIT 49900 blog (latest posting data available to left of topmost post). CIT@IUPUI.edu.
Retrieved June 4, 2010, from http://blog.learnstream.info/
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PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS CONDUCTED

Public and Private Infrastructure Networks: the INdiana TELEcommunications


NETwork case study. Institute for Information Industry, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of
China, May 24, 1988.

Indiana's Telecommunication Network: How We Got One and Why You Might Want
One, Too. Association for Educational Communications and Technology Professional
Development Seminar, Bloomington, Indiana, July 30, 1989.

World Wide Web: Implications for Research, Teaching, and Commerce. 1995 Pan
Pacific Conference on Information Systems, Singapore, Republic of Singapore, June
29, 1995. (with Dennis Viehland)

So much Web 2.0...it's about time! City and County of Indianapolis and Marion County,
Mayor’s management team. Indianapolis, Indiana, July 2009. (invited by Sarah M.
Taylor, Director of Constituent Services, Office of the Mayor)

What Can Social Media Aggregation Contribute to Teaching? BlogIndiana 2009,


Indianapolis, Indiana, August 2009. (archived presentation: http://bit.ly/bi09th)

What Can Social Media Aggregation Contribute To Teaching And Learning?


UITS Statewide IT Conference 2009. Indianapolis, Indiana, October 1, 2009. (archived
presentation: http://statewideit.iu.edu/video/index.php?id=social1)

Why Should I Care About Mobility? Center for Teaching and Learning Power Up Your
Pedagogy 2009. Indianapolis, Indiana, November 6, 2009. (archived audio:
https://oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/group/FA09-IN-CIT-11200-18443/Podcasts/Why
%20Should%20I%20Care%20about%20Mobility.mp3)

So much Web 2.0...it's about time! (healthcare edition). Hendricks Regional Health
senior management, Danville, Indiana, Spring 2010.

Government 2.0. 2010 Indiana Digital Government Summit, Indianapolis, Indiana, June
2, 2010. Retrieved June 25, 2010, from
http://www.slideshare.net/drthomasho/government-20.

RECENT SCHOLARLY AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES (summarized at


http:/www.netvibes.com/drthomasho)

Experiments to apply “Web 2.0” tools to improve teaching and learning through
information technology. Most recent example is CIT 49900
(http://cit49900.learnstream.info) which delivers course content withOUT a course
management system and provides “mobile-friendly” version (http://m.learnstream.info)
which requires a Netvibes account to use

Experiments to harness social media to help non-profit organizations. Most recent


example is “Indianapolis Social Media” to brand Indianapolis as social media
“Crossroads of America”
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Mobilindy (Google Fiber for Communities initiative for City of Indianapolis) (with Tyler
Knight, Alex Conner, and John Fox)

BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE

Who's Who in America (since 1982)


Who's Who in American Education (since Third Edition)
Who's Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology (since 1984)
Who's Who in the East
Who's Who in Society
Who's Who in Technology (since 5th Edition)
Who's Who Registry, Sterling Edition
American Men and Women of Science (since 18th Edition)
Official Registry of the Who's Who of American Business Leaders (since 1991)
Outstanding Young Men of America, 1979

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