UMSL IST Research Symposium:
Presenters and Schedule
| Time | Presenter First and Last Name | Institution/Affiliation | Role | Presentation Title | |
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| Breakfast and Refreshments | 9:30 - 10:00 AM | ||||
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10:00 - 10:17 AM | Bal Krishna Nyaupane | UMSL, Department of Computer Science | Ph.D. student | Literature-Based Discovery: Uncovering Hidden Medical Knowledge Using AI and LLMs |
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10:18 - 10:34 AM | Deepika Gopukumar | Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business, Saint Louis University | Faculty | A Multi-Level Locus of Impact of Digital Capabilities, AI, and AI Governance in Decongesting Hospital Emergency Departments |
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10:35 - 10:51 AM | Necdet Gurkan | University of Missouri - St. Louis | Faculty | ConSense: A Psychometric Consensus Framework for Governing Belief Pluralism in LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems |
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10:52 - 11:08 AM | Seonjun (Sean) Kang | Missouri University of Science and Technology | Faculty | Generative AI and the Structure of Human Reasoning: A Process Framework and Research Agenda |
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11:09 - 11:25 AM | Dennis Pellegrini | University of Missouri St. Louis | Practitioner | Understanding the Impact of AI Orientation on Firm Financial Performance |
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11:26 - 11:42 AM | Ho Kim | University of Missouri-St. Louis | Faculty | Does ChatGPT Help You Sell More? Effects of Large Language Models on Review Homogeneity and Product Sales |
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11:43 - 12:00 PM | Fred Niederman | Saint Louis University | Faculty | The Future of the IS Discipline |
| Lunch |
12:00 - 1:00 PM |
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1:00 - 1:17 PM | Alice Lee-Yoon | University of Missouri - St. Louis | Faculty | Ownership Loss and Self-Conscious Emotions in AI-Assisted Knowledge Work |
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1:18 - 1:34 PM | Sandra Langeslag | University of Missouri - St. Louis | Faculty | Love, Emotions, and Cognition Associated with Romantic Love for Artificial Intelligence Companions |
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1:35 - 1:51 PM | Sandip Kumar | Saint Louis University | Faculty | When Anchors Drive Delegation: The Role of Cognitive Bias in AI Decision Delegation |
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1:52 - 2:08 PM | Mary Macharia | Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville | Faculty | AI-Induced Cognitive Dependency: How Automation Can Perpetuate Cognitive Biases and Misinformation |
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2:09 - 2:25 PM | Bih-Ru Lea | Missouri University of Science and Technology | Faculty | The Role of Personality Traits and Generative AI in ERP Learning Performance |
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2:26 - 2:42 PM | Jikhan Jeong | Jaggi School of Business, Missouri University of Science and Technology | Faculty | Do Open-Weight LLM Releases Affect Web Traffic to Proprietary AI Chatbots? Evidence from Llama 3.1 |
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2:43 - 3:00 PM | Aayush Gauba | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | Ph.D. student | Context-Driven Code Analysis with Python AST: Understanding Web Applications Without Execution |
| Social Event | 3:00 – 4:00 PM | ||||
| Junior Scholar Consortium |
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM |