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CIS Department
Ahuja College of Business
Cleveland State University
2121 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44115
rob.schumaker@gmail.com
Phone: (216) 687-4760
Founder & President,
The Schumaker Foundation
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Robert P. Schumaker
Rob is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Computer and Information Sciences at Cleveland State University.
He received his PhD in Management from the University of Arizona in 2007, an MBA degree in Management and International Business from
the University of Akron in 2001, and a Bachelors of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1997.
Rob is also the Managing Editor for the CIIMA journal, has authored a book on Sports Data Mining, several book chapters, multiple
journal articles in DSS, ACM TOIS, CACM and JASIST as well as had his research featured in the
Wall Street Journal and numerous other media outlets.
 | In October 2010, Rob's Sports Data Mining book became available. The book builds upon the Moneyball philosophy that computers can uncover knowledge from sports data quicker and more effectively than human domain experts. The book examines many of the state of the art techniques of sports knowledge management and data mining.
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Research Interests
Rob's overall research interests involve the uses of technology to acquire, deliver and make predictions in a variety of Business-related environments. These interests further branch into computer mediated communications, design science, human computer interfaces, machine learning algorithms, natural language processing, technology acceptance models and textual data mining.
In particular, Rob focuses on the areas of Question/Answer systems, Textual/Financial prediction and Sports Data Mining.
Teaching
Rob began teaching in Fall of 2000 and has proven to be a very effective teacher with an overall rating of 3.29 on a 4.0 scale that covers 59 classes to date. He has strong teaching interests in technical subjects such as Business Information Systems, Data Mining, Networking, Programming, Quantitative Investment, Telecommunications and Security. Rob's teaching philosophy is to make the material relevant to real-world business problems and to teach it in an engaging yet enjoyable manner. Many of Rob's former students specifically adjust their schedules to take additional classes from him.
 | In Spring 2009, Rob's Internet Applications class was tasked with adapting a Roomba vacuum as a remote surveillance platform that could be controlled remotely through the Internet, providing video feedback and all for under $200. The project was highly successful and two of the students submitted their project to Make Magazine and made the front cover as well as feature article. |
Experience
Rob has extensive knowledge of the retail hardware industry, working for 10+ years in a family-owned business. He also has vast experience in the IT field as Interim Director of Technology of the University of Akron's College of Business and Director of the IS Dept Computer Lab at Iona College. Rob is also co-founder and general partner of Track Prediction Systems as well as founder and president of the 501(c)(3) Schumaker Foundation.
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