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IU's Kelley School of Business receives curriculum grant from Microsoft Research
Sept. 19, 2001
EDITORS: M.A. Venkataramanan, chairperson and professor of operations and decision technologies in IU's Kelley School of Business, is available to discuss this award at 812-855-3491.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University Kelley School of Business today (Sept. 19) announced that its Operations and Decision Technologies Department has received an award for a .NET curriculum development from Microsoft Research University Relations. This two-year award consists of $100,000 for faculty development and $75,000 in software, hardware and training.
This award will enable the Kelley School to incorporate cutting-edge technologies into its Business Process Management (BPM) undergraduate curriculum. The new curriculum will also be used in the required technology foundations courses in the undergraduate program.
For this curriculum to be viable, it must incorporate state-of-the-art technological changes. We are very grateful to Microsoft Research for this gift that will ensure that our faculty and students have access to the most advanced educational resources," said Dan Dalton, dean of the Kelley School of Business.
The .NET framework is a platform for allowing applications to communicate and share data over the Internet, regardless of operating system or programming language. The Microsoft .NET platform includes a comprehensive family of products, build on XML and Internet industry standards, that provide for each aspect of developing, managing, using and experiencing XML Web services.
Professors and students require a powerful platform on which to base their research, instruction and classwork. Microsoft Research University Relations is delighted to provide funding to help facilitate the delivery of cutting-edge technology curriculum at the Kelley School of Business," said Rob Reed, program manager for the Microsoft Research University Relations group at Microsoft Corp.
The BPM curriculum is unique to the Kelley School, said M.A. Venkataramanan, chairperson and professor of operations and decision technologies.
It is a hybrid major between Operations Management and Decision Technologies. Only a handful of other schools have a similar curriculum, Venkataramanan said. As businesses have evolved over the past few years, the focus of the BPM major has also evolved to include integration of enterprise applications across the entire value chain. We are now at a point where the curriculum is being revised substantially to match this industry trend, and the Microsoft grant will go a long way in helping us do that.
About Microsoft Research University Relations
Microsoft Research University Relations, a division of Microsoft Research, is dedicated to building world-class relationships with colleges and universities that enhance teaching and learning experiences, inspire technological innovation, and establish Microsoft as a leading technology partner for higher education. Established in 1991, Microsoft Research conducts both basic and applied research in computer science and software engineering. For more information on Microsoft Research and its University Relations department, go to http://research.microsoft.com/.
About IU's Kelley School of Business The Kelley School of Business, through more than 80 years of innovation, continues to maintain its visibility as one of the country's premier business schools. Its undergraduate program is ranked among the top 10 in the country. U.S. News & World Report ranked the Kelley School's undergraduate program in production/operations management as sixth best in the country and the decision technologies program as eighth best.
The school's top-20 MBA program has been cited in Business Week as one of the favorites of corporate recruiters looking for general managers, marketing talent and finance graduates. Other definitive publications, such as Money and Princeton Review, have recognized various Kelley programs as among the best. The school's doctoral program, which also contributes to overall teaching and research excellence, has sent more than 1,000 doctoral graduates to key positions in industry and academe. For more information on the Kelley School, see http://www.kelley.iu.edu.
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(George Vlahakis, 812-855-0846, gvlahaki@indiana.edu)