Contact Information
CIS Department
Nance 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.
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.
Teaching
Rob began teaching in Fall of 2000 while pursuing his MBA degree and has proven to be a very effective teacher with an overall rating of 3.28 on a 4.0 scale that covers 45 classes to date. He has strong teaching interests in technical subjects such as Business Information Systems, Data Mining, Network Construction, Quantitative Investment and Telecommunications. 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.
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. While pursuing his MBA degree he was appointed the Interim Director of Technology and was directly responsible to the Associate Dean for the technology infrastructure needs of the University of Akron's College of Business. This included over 200 lab computers, 70 computers for faculty/staff, nearly 40 laptops, 3 servers and 3 computer-enabled teaching classrooms. While there, Rob aggressively modernized the College's computing facilities replacing a third of the equipment and personally completed the transition of all lab activities to paperless form.
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Recent News
Read the recent buzz about AZFinText
Valentino-DeVries, J., (2010). Using Artificial Intelligence to Digest News, Trade Stocks. The Wall Street Journal June 21, 2010
Mims, C., (2010). AI that Picks Stocks Better than the Pros. Technology Review June 10, 2010.
Read the recent IEEE Interview with Rob
Ingebretsen, M., (2009). Intelligent Handicapping. IEEE Intelligent Systems 24(2):6-7.
General Interest Curriculum Vitae
Call for Papers IIMA 2010 - Utrecht, Netherlands
Edited Book: Information Systems for Global Financial Markets
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