Huseyin Cavusoglu

Dr. Cavusoglu is a professor of Information Systems in Naveen Jindal School of Management at University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Before joining to UTD in 2006, he had been a tenure-track assistant professor in the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University for three years. He got his M.S and Ph.D degrees from University of Texas at Dallas in 2003. He also holds a B.S degree in Industrial Engineering from Bogazici University in Turkey.

Dr. Cavusoglu’s research lies at the intersection of economics and information systems. He is interested in exploring the economic implications of emerging information technologies and technology artifacts. The main objective of his research is to understand the value that information technologies can create for firms, customers, and business networks, and subsequently, articulating how power relationships among market participants are affected, and identifying the social implications for policy makers. His research portfolio consists of inquiries within two domains (1) the economics of information security, and (2) the economics of IT-enabled transformation. Related to the first stream, he worked on projects including (i) value of security technologies, (ii) cost of security breaches, (iii) vulnerability disclosure policies, (iv) security management and outsourcing, (v) patch management, and (vi) online social networks and privacy. Related to the second stream, he conducted research on (i) online communities and gamification, (ii) mobile app markets, (iii) product customization, (iv) passenger profiling, and (v) health information exchanges. His research studies have already been published in various top academic journals including Management Science, Operations Research, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Production and Operations Management, INFORMS Journal on Computing, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, INFORMS Decision Analysis, Communications of the ACM, Journal of Management Information Systems, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, among others. In addition to his journal publications, his research papers have appeared in 62 conference proceedings. He has received several best paper awards and nominations in prestigious IS conferences, including the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) and the Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS). Dr. Cavusoglu is also a recipient of the NYU Net Institute grant in 2007. He serves on the steering committee of the Workshop on the Economics of Information Security. He is an ad-hoc associate editor for Information Technology & Management and served as an associate editor in MIS Quarterly and Information Systems Research on a number of special issues. He also served as a track chair at International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) in 2014. He served as a program chair at the Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE) in 2015, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) (Workshop and Tutorials) in 2016, and Theory in Economics of Information Systems (TEIS) in 2019. He has also served as an editor for a special issue on Immersive Systems in Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS) in 2019.

Dr. Cavusoglu’ research has relevance to both industry and academia. Various groups, including academicians, industry professionals and government agencies, have heavily cited Dr. Cavusoglu’s academic studies on information systems. For instance, the Congressional Research Service Report on “the Economic Impact of Cyber Attacks” draws on his results from the study that uses the market valuation approach to quantify the cost of security breaches. According to Google Scholar, his research in information systems area has received 6480 citations (as of October 21, 2021).

Dr. Cavusoglu is currently working on a number of new research projects involving topics ranging from sharing economy, bilateral reviews, online user engagement, and membership-based free shipping programs in online retailing.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD The University of Texas at Dallas (1999 — 2003)
• Master of Science - MS The University of Texas at Dallas (1999 — 2001)
• Bachelor of Science - BS Boğaziçi University (1994 — 1999)

Companies

• Professor Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas (2017)
• Visiting Professor Yonsei University (2020 — 2020)
• Associate Professor Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas (2010 — 2017)
• Visiting Associate Professor National University of Singapore (2012 — 2012)
• Assistant Professor Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas (2006 — 2010)
• Assistant Professor Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business (2003 — 2006)
• Visiting Assistant Professor The University of British Columbia (2005 — 2005)