Keng L. Siau



Welcome to my web site. I am the E. J. Faulkner Professor of Management Information Systems (MIS) and Director of the UNL-IBM Global Innovation Hub. I am also serving as the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Database Management (a top ranked and an award winning journal) and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Advances in Database Research book series.

I moved to Lincoln in 1996 after completing my Ph.D. People are always curious about my feeling towards Lincoln, especially when they know that I am from Singapore and had stayed for four years in Vancouver, Canada.

Well, Lincoln is a nice and safe city. The people here are really friendly and warm. The weather, however, could be better. More entertainment areas and more nightlife would not be bad ideas -- from a person who has spent most of his life in big cities.

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Education and University Positions

My Ph.D. degree is in Business Administration. I received my Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. (GPA = 4.0)

For the Ph.D. degree, my major field of study is Management Information Systems. My minor field is Cognitive Psychology.

My M.S. and B.S. degrees are in Information and Computer Sciences from the National University of Singapore.


2006 - Present, Chair Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2005 - Present, Full Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2000 - 2005, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

1996 - 2000, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln


Advisory and Editorial Boards

I am currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Database Management. The Journal of Database Management (JDM) has an impact factor of 1.525 and immediacy index of 0.850 in 2006.

JDM is ranked first in immediacy index in both journal categories it is listed in ISI -- (i) Computer Science and Information Systems; and (ii) Computer Science and Software Engineering.

I am also serving as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Advances in Database Research book series



I am serving on the following steering committees/advisory boards:

  • Chair of Advisory Board, AIS Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (SIGSAND) Europe Initiative
  • Senior Advisory Board Member, AIS Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (SIGSAND)
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Computer Information Systems
  • Advisory Board Member, InfoSci-Online.com
  • Advisory Panel Member, SAGE Design Science volume
  • Advisory Committee Member, Workshop on Conceptual Modeling of Service-Oriented Software Systems (CoSS2006)
  • Steering Committee Member, AIS Special Interest Group on IS in Asia Pacific (SIG-ISAP)
  • Steering Committee Member, International Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD)
  • Steering Committee Member, International Workshop on Quality of Information Systems (QoIS)
  • Steering Committee Member, EuroSIGSAND
  • Executive Council Member, Information Resource Management Association



I am also serving on the editorial boards of the following journals:


Research Interests

  • Design Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Open Source Software Development and Open Community Solutions
  • Electronic Commerce, Mobile Commerce and Ubiquitous Commerce



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    Research Awards and Publications

    I have published over 200 academic papers, book chapters, and books. I received the College Research Award in 2005.


    I was ranked as one of the Top Electronic Commerce Researchers (Arithmetic Rank of 7, Geometric Rank of 3) in the study by Kim, S., Aiken, M., and Vanjani, M. “Profiles in Electronic Commerce,” Business Research Yearbook, Adams, M. and Alkhafaji, A. eds. (2006). Vol. 13, 464-469


    The citation count for my paper "Building Trust in Mobile Commerce" is in the top 1% within its field according to Essential Science Indicators (2005).


    I received the 2005 CBA Faculty Research Award.


    I have more than 90 refereed papers (some forthcoming) in journals such as




    I have published more than 100 refereed conference proceedings papers in international conferences/workshops such as




    One of my conference papers, "Development of a Framework for Trust in Mobile Commerce", received the Best Paper Award at the 2nd Annual Workshop on HCI Research in MIS."



    In addition to 20+ book chapters, I have edited/co-edited the following books:



    Teaching Awards and Interests

    Interacting with students is the most rewarding part of this profession. I teach at both the graduate (Ph.D. and MBA) and undergraduate levels. I am also teaching classes for the Division of Continuing Studies.

    I was delighted and honored to be the recipient of two teaching awards. I received (i) the 2000/2001 College of Business Administration Distinguished Teaching Award, and (ii) the 2000/2001 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Distinguished Teaching Award.

    I was nominated for the 1999 Excellence in Graduate Education Award. I was also nominated for the 2002/2003 Distinguished Teaching Award but I was ineligible to compete since I won the award in 2000/2001.

    In terms of teaching related responsibilities, I currently serve as the Management Information Systems (MIS) area coordinator. I am also serving as the faculty advisor for the Management Information Systems (MIS) Club in the university. This is a club for students interested in information technology and its impact on business.


    My current teaching interests are:



    I had the opportunity to write a few teaching cases for my MBA classes and these cases have been published in various journals:



    Editor of Journal Special Issues, Conference Proceedings

    I have also served as the editor for the following conference proceedings and journal special issues:




    Conference Organizing and Program Chairs

    I co-founded the International Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD) in 1996.

    Also, I served/am serving in the following international conferences and workshops as organizing chair, program chair, or organizing committee member:


    Service Awards, Honors, and Scholarships


    I also received a number of service awards.


    • Organizational Leadership Award, 2001
        • -- awarded by Information Resource Management Association

    • Certificate of Appreciation, 2001
        • -- International Affairs, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    • Outstanding Leader Award, 2004
        • -- awarded by Information Resource Management Association

    • IFIP Outstanding Service Award, 2006
        • -- awarded by International Federation for Information Processing

    I received the titles of Graduate Faculty Associate, Graduate Faculty Member, and Graduate Faculty Fellow of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln within the first year of my completion of Ph.D. and was promoted to Associate Professor after my third year.


    Some of the awards I received during my graduate studies are:




    Research and Curriculum Development Funding

    I have received over three million dollars in funding. Some of the funding awards I received are:








    Mailing Address:

    Dr. Keng Siau
    E. J. Faulkner Professor of Management Information Systems
    209 College of Business Administration
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Lincoln, NE 68588-0491, USA
    Office: CBA 255
    Phone: (402) 472-3078
    Fax: (402) 472-5855
    E-mail:     ksiau[at]unlnotes.unl.edu