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Registration for 2025 IT Teaching Workshop Now Available

  • 1.  Registration for 2025 IT Teaching Workshop Now Available

    Posted 04-03-2025 11:09

    Dear All,

    Hope your spring semester is going well. 

    The upcoming IT Teaching Workshop will be held May 15-16, 2025, at the University of Delaware. Registration is now available (Click here). As space is limited, we kindly encourage you to register at your earliest convenience to secure your spot. 

    The workshop will start with a welcome reception and dinner on the evening of Thursday, May 15, from 6 – 8:30 pm, followed by an all-day workshop on Friday, May 16, from 8:30 – 4:30 pm (tentative program below). In addition, there will be an optional tour of Longwood Gardens on Thursday afternoon, May 15, from 2 – 5 pm, for anyone interested.  Note that there are two registration options: with and without the Longwood Gardens tour.  More information about the Longwood Gardens tour is on the workshop registration page. 

    A block of rooms is being held at the Courtyard Newark – University of Delaware until no later than April 16th (although the block may fill sooner).  Use this link to book a room there.  This link is also available in the Hotel and Travel section of the workshop website.

    Below, please see the tentative program, which is also available in the Program section of the workshop website.

    We look forward to seeing you in Delaware in May! 

    Best,

    Co-chairs, 2025 IT Teaching Workshop:

    Gang Wang, Harry Wang, Leting Zhang, University of Delaware 

    Roy Jones, University of Rochester 

    Abraham (Avi) Seidmann, Boston University

    Tentative Program

    Date: May 16, 2025

    Location: 516 FinTech Building, 591 Collaboration Way, Newark, DE

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    7:45 AM – Registration and Breakfast

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    8:25 AM – Welcome

    Opening Remarks

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    8:30 – 9:45 AM

                •           Jingjing Li (University of Virginia)

    Executive Learning Reimagined: Designing an AI Tutor for Professional Master's Education

                •           Kartik Hosanagar (University of Pennsylvania)

    Teaching with AI: Turning Class Content into a Learning Assistant

                •           Huaxia Rui (University of Rochester)

    From Sharing by Teaching to Teaching by Sharing: A New Proposal

                •           Wael Jabr (Pennsylvania State University)

    Teaching DBMS in the ChatGPT era

                •           Ram Gopal (University of Warwick)

    From Code to Strategy: Leveraging GenAI to Teach MBAs Tech and MS Students Business

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    9:45 – 10:00 AM – Coffee Break

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    10:00 – 11:15 PM

                •           Mochen Yang (University of Minnesota)

    Mentorica: Transform Your Course with GenAI-powered Learning Companion

                •           Munir Mandviwalla (Temple University)

    Transforming Customer Engagement with AI

                •           Wei Chen (University of Connecticut)

    Generative AI for Business: Course design and materials

                •           Abraham (Avi) Seidmann (Boston University)

    Creative Ways for Successfully Teaching the Latest in IS/AI to the Non-major MBA Students

                •           M.S. Krishnan (University of Michigan)

    Digital Transformation at Tata Steel and GenAI at PeopleReign

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    11:15 – 11:30 AM – Coffee Break

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    11:30 – 12:00 PM

                •           Haim Mendelson (Stanford University)

    TBD

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    12:00 – 1:30 PM – Lunch

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    1:30 – 2:30 PM – Dean's Panel: GenAI and the Future of Business Education

    Moderator: Oliver Yao (University of Delaware)

    Panelists:

                •           Sulin Ba (DePaul University)

                •           Prabhudev Konana (University of Maryland)

                •           Paul A. Pavlou (University of Miami)

                •           Vallabh Sambamurthy (University of Wisconsin–Madison)

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    2:30 – 2:45 PM – Coffee and Ice Cream Break

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    2:45 – 3:30 PM

                •           Gordon Gao (Johns Hopkins University)

    Neural network simulation: Teaching forward and backprop

                •           Karthik Babu Nattamai Kannan (Southern Methodist University)

    GenAI for Database Development and Analytics

                •           Deepika Gopukumar (Saint Louis University)

    AI-Driven SQL Business Solutions

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    3:30 – 3:45 PM – Break

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    3:45 – 4:30 PM

                •           Vinayaka Gude (Elon University)

    Investigating How Generative AI Supports Data Storytelling Through Student Experiences

                •           Mohammad Soltanieh-ha (Boston University)

    AI-Powered Classrooms: Supercharging Teaching, Feedback, and Student Success

                •           Farzin Ahmadi (Johns Hopkins University / Towson University)

    COVID-19 Dashboard Case: Healthcare Analytics Teaching

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    4:30 PM – Closing Remarks



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    Gang Wang
    Associate Professor
    University of Delaware
    Newark DE
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