Faculty & Staff
Noushin Ashrafi , PhD
- Professor of Management Information Systems
- Telephone: 617-287-7883
- Email: noushin.ashrafi@umb.edu
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100 Morrissey Blvd. Office Location: M-5-252
Areas of Expertise
Object-Oriented System Analysis and Design, Privacy and security in Internet age
Degrees
PhD, University of Texas
MBA., University of Texas
BA, SUNY
Professional Publications & Contributions
- “Object Oriented System Analysis and Design” Published by Pearson, Prentice-Hall ,2009
- “The Impact of Software Process Improvement On Quality: In Theory And Practice” Information and Management
- “Software Process Improvement Deployment: An Empirical Perspective”
- The Journal of Information Technology Management
- “Decision Framework for Selecting Software Reliability Models”
- Journal of Information Technology Management
- “Optimal Design of Large Software Systems Using N-Version Programming” IEEE Transactions on Reliability
- “Optimization Models for Reliability of Modular Software Systems"
Additional Information
Background
Active in Management Information Systems since 1981; Conducted teaching seminars in Europe, Mexico, Russia, and China; ISO 9000 certified
Courses Taught
Production/Operations Management, Management Science Models, Managerial Statistics, Management Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, MBA Mathematics, IS Project Management, System Analysis and Design.
Research Interests
Application of Operations Research and Management Science tools to Measuring, Controlling, and Predicting Reliability of Conventional Software and Expert Systems Extension of software reliability studies to the problem of quality in Software development and Software Process Improvement Business Agility Security and Privacy issues in e-Business
Professional Activities
Reviewer of numerous books, articles, and software applications.
