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PROFILE
Dr. Suliman Hawamdeh is a Professor and Department Chair in the College of Information, University of North Texas. Prior to joining UNT in August 2010, he taught and coordinated the Master of Science in Knowledge Management in the School of Library and Information Studies at University of Oklahoma. He also founded and directed the first Master of Science in Knowledge Management in Asia in the College of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Dr. Hawamdeh has extensive industrial experience, he was the Managing Director of ITC Information Technology Consultant Ltd, a company developed and marketed a line of products in imaging, document and record management, engineering drawing management, and library automation software. He worked as a consultant to several organizations including NEC, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Petronas, and Shell. Dr. Hawamdeh also worked as a researcher and a project leader at the Institute of System Science in Singapore.
Dr. Hawamdeh has authored and edited several books on knowledge management including Information and Knowledge Society published by McGraw Hill and Knowledge Management: Cultivating the Knowledge Professionals Published by Chandos Publishing. He is the editor of a book series on Innovation and Knowledge Management published by World Scientific. He is also the founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Information & Knowledge Management, one of the first refereed journals in knowledge management.
He is a member of the editorial board and a reviewer for several journals including the International Journal of Applied Knowledge Management (IJoAKM), Business Process Management Journal, Journal of Information Science, International Journal of Nuclear Knowledge Management (IJNKM), International Journal of Computational Intelligence Research (IJCIR). He served as a guest editor for several special issues including the Journal of the American Society of Information Science (JASIST), the Singapore Journal of Library and Information Management, and the Journal of the Electronic Commerce Research.
In his professional career, Dr. Hawamdeh has delivered several keynote presentations at various conferences and events around the world, including an invited talk at the United Nations World Summit on Information Society, which took place in Tunis in November of 2005. The invited talk focused on the role of ICT and NII in e-Government and economic development (http://www.itu.int/wsis/). Dr. Hawamdeh served in the capacity of chair and founding chair of several conferences including the International Conference on Knowledge Management (www.ickm-2010.org) and Knowledge and Project Management Symposium (www.kipanet.org). He is the founding president of the Knowledge and Information Professional Association (KIPA). He was also the founding president of the Information and Knowledge Management Society from 1999-2003.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Srikantaiah, Kanti, Michael Koenig, and Suliman Hawamdeh, eds. 2010. Convergence of project management and knowledge management. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. (in Press)
Chu, Samuel, Waltraut Ritter, and Suliman Hawamdeh, eds. 2009. Managing
knowledge for global collaborative innovation. New Jersey: World
Scientific. Hawamdeh, S., K. Stauss, and F. Barachini, eds. 2008. Knowledge management: competencies and professionalism. New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Company.
Stary, Christin, Franz Barachini, and Suliman Hawamdeh, eds. 2007. Knowledge management: Innovation, technology and cultures. New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Company.
Hawamdeh, S., ed. 2007. Creating collaborative advantage through knowledge and innovation. New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing Company.
Al-Hawamdeh S., ed. 2005. Knowledge management: Nurturing culture, innovation, and technology, proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Management. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2003. Knowledge management: Cultivating knowledge professionals. Oxford: Chandos Publishing. Al-Hawamdeh, S., and T. L. Hart. 2002. Information and knowledge society. Singapore: McGraw Hill. Martens, Betsy Van der Veer, and Suliman Hawamdeh. 2010. The professionalization of knowledge management. In Recruitment, development, and retention of information professionals: Trends in human resources and knowledge management, eds. Elisabeth Pankl, Danielle Theiss-White, and Mary C. Bushing, Hershey, PA: IDEA Group Publishing.
Tryon, Chuck and Suliman Hawamdeh. 2010. Project based knowledge
management: Improving productivity for knowledge professionals on
single-time efforts. In Convergence of project management and
knowledge management, eds. Kanti Srikantaiah, Michael Koenig, and
Suliman Hawamdeh, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. (in Press) Hawamdeh, Suliman, Kanti Srikantiah, and Michael Koenig. 2010. Managing knowledge and knowledge competencies in project management environment. In Convergence of project management and knowledge management, eds. Kanti Srikantaiah, Michael Koenig, and Suliman Hawamdeh, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. (in Press)
Hawamdeh, S., and H. Refai. 2008. Video content management and the role of audiovisual technology in knowledge management. In Knowledge management and context, ed. M. Koenig and T. K. Srikantaiah, 223-238. Medford, NJ: Information Today Inc. Cordeiro, C. M., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2005. National information infrastructure and the realization of Singapore IT2000 initiative. In Information Management, ed. Tom Wilson and Elena Macevičiūtė: MPG Books Ltd. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2003. Limitations of mobile devices and its use in mobile commerce. In Wireless communications and mobile commerce, ed. Nansi Shi, 247-267. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing. Al-Hawamdeh, S. and S. B. S. Foo. 2002. E-Commerce and digital libraries. In Architectural issues of web-enabled electronic business, eds. Nansi Shi and V. K. Murthy, 377-390. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing. Yew-Hock, Ang, Arcot Desai Narasimhalu, and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 1993. Image information retrieval systems. In Handbook of pattern recognition and computer vision, ed. C. H. Chen, L. F. Pau and P. S. P. Wang, 719-740. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company. Koehn, Shona L, and Suliman Hawamdeh. 2010. The acquisition and management of electronic resources: can use justify cost? Library Quarterly 80(2). 161-174.
Delen, Dursun and Suliman Hawamdeh. 2009. A holistic framework for knowledge management discovery. Communication of the ACM 52(6): 141-145.
Kim, Y. M., and S. Hawamdeh. 2008. Leveraging customer knowledge: A comparative study of eCRM functionality and its use in e-commerce websites. International Journal of Electronic Customer Relationship Management 1(4): 327-340.
Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2005. Designing an interdisciplinary graduate program in knowledge management. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 56(11): 1200-1206.
Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2005. Introduction to the special topic section: Knowledge management in Asia. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 56(11): 1154 – 1155.
Toung, H. V., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2005. Personal web sites and self publishing as a platform for information and knowledge sharing. International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management 4: 652- 657.
Stenheider, B., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2004. Team coordination, communication and knowledge sharing in SMEs and large organization. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 3(3): 1-10.
Yeo, M. M., T. L. Seow, and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2004. Formulating a communication strategy for effective knowledge sharing. Journal of Information Science 30(1): 3-13.
Ratna, D. K., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2003. E-learning in higher educational institutions in Indonesia. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 2(4): 361-374. Sia, C. L., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2003. Taxonomy building tools: An investigative study. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 2(1): 63-77. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2002. Knowledge management: Re-thinking information management and facing the challenge of managing tacit knowledge. Information Research 8(1). Neo, S. K., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2002. Users information seeking behaviour and problems encountered searching the World Wide Web. Singapore Journal of Library and Information Management 31: 54-72. Lau, C. L., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2002. Knowledge management education and curriculum development. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 1(2): 99-118. Chia, B.K., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2002. The adoption of electronic procurement in Singapore. Electronic Commerce Research Journal; Special Issue on Electronic Commerce in Asia. 1(1-2): 61-73. Koh, L. T., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2002. The changing role of paraprofessionals in the knowledge economy. Journal of Information Science 28(4): 331-343. Gleave, T., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2002. Knowledge economy and digital divide in Asia. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 1(1): 7-16. Lee, C. K., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2002. Factors impacting knowledge sharing. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 1(1): 49-56. Al-Hawamdeh, S., S. B. S. Foo, and N. Meyyappan. 2002. Task based design of a digital work environment (DWE) for an academic community. Information Research 7(2) http://informationr.net/ir/7-2/paper125.html. Chan, B., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2002. The development of e-commerce in Singapore: The impact of government initiatives. Business Process Management Journal 8(3): 278-288. Teng, S., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2002. Knowledge management in public libraries. Aslib Proceedings 54(3): 188-197. Higgins, S. E., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2002. Gender and cultural aspects of information seeking and use. The New Review of Information Behaviour Research 2: 17-28. Al-Hawamdeh, S., and C.K. Yeo. 2001. Global video services retrieval interface. Computer Engineering Research 7(1): 38-39. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2001. Connecting information and knowledge management professionals. Knowledge Management Asia Pacific 1(3). Pacific Business Press Ltd. Yau, T. K., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2001. The impact of the Internet on teaching and practicing journalism. The Journal of Electronic Publishing 7(1) http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-01/al-hawamdeh.html. Cardeiro, C. M., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2001. National information infrastructure and the realization of Singapore IT2000 initiative. Information Research Journal 6(2) http://informationr.net/ir/6-2/paper96.html. Wong, O. M., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2001. Gateway to electronic media services (GEMS). Journal of Information Science 27(1): 19-26. Tay, Y. J., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2001. The impact of Internet on healthcare in Singapore. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 6(4) http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol6/issue4/tayyap.html. Lee, C. S., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2001. New mode of course delivery for virtual classroom. Aslib Proceedings 53(6): 238-242. Tan, W. L., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2001. Knowledge management in the public sector: Principles and practices in the police work. Journal of Information Science 27(5): 311-318. Loo, S. Y., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2001. The importance of knowledge management in today’s organizations. Singapore Journal of Library and Information Management 30: 1-10. Hussein, H., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2001. Knowledge and library information portal (KLIP). Singapore Journal of Library and Information Management 30: 54-62. Khoo, C. S. G., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2000. IT in the information studies curriculum: How much is enough? how much is too much?. Singapore Journal of Library and Information Management 29: 31-43. Siew, C. L., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 1999. Gender and learning attitudes in using web-based science lessons. Information Research Journal 5(1) http://informationr.net/ir/5-1/paper66.html. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 1999. Integrating electronic course reserve into the digital library framework. Singapore Journal of Library and Information Management 28: 64-72. Chaudhry, A. S., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 1999. Libraries and the Internet in Singapore. Journal of Global Information Management 7(4): 12-17. Price, R., T. S. Chua, and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 1992. Applying relevance feedback to a photo archival system. Journal of Information Science 18: 203-215. Al-Hawamdeh, S., R. de Vere, G. Smith, and P. Willett. 1991. Using nearest neighbour searching techniques to access full text documents. Online Review 15: 173-191. Al-Hawamdeh S., G. Smith, and P. Willett. 1991. Paragraph-based access to full-text documents using a hypertext system. Program 25: 119-131. Al-Hawamdeh S., and P. Willett. 1989. Paragraph-based nearest neighbour searching in full-text documents. Electronic Publishing 2(4): 179-192. Al-Hawamdeh S., and P. Willett. 1989. Comparison of index terms weighting schemes for the ranking of paragraphs in full-text documents. International Journal of Information and Library Research 1: 116-130. Broaddus, Matthew, and Suliman Hawamdeh. 2010. Knowledge management practices in a not for profit organization: A case study of I2E. In Managing Knowledge for Global and Collaborative Innovations, eds. Samuel Chu, Waltraut Ritter and Suliman Hawamdeh, 295-303. World Scientific. Thompson, K., B. Martens, B. D. V., and S. Hawamdeh. 2008. Knowledge management competencies and emerging trends in the KM job market. In Knowledge management: Competencies and Professionalism: Proceeding of the Fifth International Conference on Knowledge Management eds. S. Hawamdeh, K. Stauss, and F. Barachini. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2003. Codifying the “Know How” using CyKnit knowledge integration tools. In Proceedings of the intelligent systems design and applications, 313-319. Tulsa, OK. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2003. Knowledge management integrated measurement. Presented at the Knowledge Management Aston Conference. Birmingham, U.K. Chua, B. K., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2003. Credibility and reliability of information published on the Internet. In Proceedings of the 21st KSET international conference on educational technology in a knowledge-based society. Seoul, South Korea.
Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2002. Using people centered strategy (PCS) to encourage knowledge sharing in government organizations. In Knowledge management in Government. Singapore. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2002. Knowledge transfer: Implementing a system for sharing of technical expertise. In Knowledge Management Asia (KM Asia 2002). Singapore. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2002. Using taxonomies to enable effective content management. In Managing Information with Taxonomies. Singapore. Al-Hawamdeh, S., and S. K. Anand. 2001. cyKnit: Knowledge Integration Tools. In The fourth international conference of Asian digital libraries, 283-291. Bangalore, India. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2001. Cyber education: Challenges and opportunities. In The proceeding of Ewha international workshop on Internet technology and cyber education, 1-6. Seoul, South Korea: Ewha Woman’s University Narayanan, M., S. Al-Hawamdeh, and S. B. S. Foo. 2001. Digital work environment (DWE): Using tasks to organize digital resources. In The fifth European conference on research and advanced technology for digital library, 235-250. Darmstadt, Germany. Chew, L. L., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2001. Government initiatives and the knowledge economy: Case of Singapore. In Proceeding of the conference on Human.Society@Internet Lecture notes in computer science, 19-32. Seoul, South Korea: Springer-Verlag. Al-Hawamdeh, S., and W. K. Kong. 2001. The impact of WAP technology on e-commerce users in Singapore. In International symposium on information science innovations in E-BUSINESS AND BEYOND (EBB2001), 315-327. Dubai, Qatar. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2000. Intelligent agents and competitive intelligence. In Intelligent Text Processing on the Web. NUS, Singapore. Foo, S. B., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2000. Educating knowledge professionals through a graduate programme in information studies: A Singapore perspective. In 3rd Digital Library Conference: Positioning the Fountain of Knowledge. Malaysia: Sarawak: Kuching, Pustake Negri Sarawak. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2000. Content based indexing and retrieval in a digital library of Arabic scripts and calligraphy. In The fourth European conference on research and advanced technology for digital libraries (ECDL), 14-23. Lisbon, Portugal: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer. Al-Hawamdeh, S., and R. Waltraut. 2000. Managing formal and informal knowledge within the organization. In Knowledge management beyond the hype: Looking toward the new millennium, 277-283. Aston Business School, UK. Khoo, C. S. G., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 2000. IT in the information studies curriculum: How much is enough? how much is too much? . In WISE, Post CONSAL Workshop on Information Studies Education (WISE). Singapore. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2000. Content based access to CAD/CAM drawings. In The fifth international conference on computer integrated manufacturing, 593-603. Singapore. Al-Hawamdeh, S., and A. S. Chaudhry. 1999. Developing a digital library of Arabic and Islamic calligraphy. In The seventh annual conference of special libraries association-Arabian Gulf chapter, 152-158. Oman. Al-Hawamdeh, S., and A. S. Chaudhry. 1999. Indexing and retrieval of digitized Arabic scripts and calligraphy. In Proceedings of the ninth biennial conference of the international graphonomics society, 289-292. Singapore. Chaudhry, A. S., and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 1998. National information infrastructure development and Internet applications in Singapore. In The sixth annual conference of the Arabian Gulf chapter of the special libraries association, 41-50. Bahrain. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 1996. Virtual library concept, implementation and enabling technologies. In The tenth Congress of Southeast Asian libraries, 335-340. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Al-Hawamdeh, S., and F. Warwick. 1995. C2: A new generation of library software . In Asia Pacific library conference in Brisbane, 179-186. Brisbane, Australia. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 1994. File extractions and browsing system (FEBS). In The second international conference on intelligent system (SPICIS’94), B201-B206. Singapore. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 1994. Information extraction and dissemination. In International conference on information technology, 262-268. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. K., E., S. Al-Hawamdeh, K. M. Quek, and C. Loke. 1992. CARD III: Computerised audit and research database. In the Seventh World Congress on Medical Informatics. Geneva, Switzerland Xue, W., T. S. Chua, and S. Al-Hawamdeh. 1992. Probabilistic and semantic based retrieval in hypertext. In the proceeding of the XI South East Asia Regional Computer Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 1992. Document imaging and text retrieval. In the XI South East Asia regional computer conference, 50.01-50.12. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Al-Hawamdeh, S., and S. Narayanaswamy. 1992. An integrated search strategy for image retrieval. In International interactive multimedia symposium, 349-360. Perth, Western Australia Al-Hawamdeh, S., and J. J. Lim. 1991. ADRES: Abstraction, dissemination and retrieval system. In IT works conference, 153-164. Singapore. Al-Hawamdeh, S., and J. L. C. 1991. Compound document processing system (CDPS). In IEEE Computer Software and Application Conference COMPSAC'91, 640-645. Tokyo, Japan. Al-Hawamdeh, S., and Y. L. K. 1991. Searching for text and images in a picture archival system. In The national conference on information technology, NCIT'91, 388-403. Penang, Malaysia. Al-Hawamdeh, S., and C. O. B. 1991. Semantic based query formulation in PAS. In Intelligent text and image handling, RIAO'91, 916-933. Barcelona, Spain. Al-Hawamdeh, S., et al. 1991. Nearest neighbour searching in a picture archival system. In ACM international conference on multimedia and information systems, 17-33. Singapore. Al-Hawamdeh, S., and W. Peter. 1988. Best match document retrieval: Development and use of INSTRUCT. In The twelfth international online conference, 761-768. London, UK. Hawamdeh, S. 2006. Knowledge management and information systems: Merging or emerging. Keynote talk at ISOneWorld2006 and the 5th Annual Conference on Information Security, Las Vegas, NV. Hawamdeh, S. 2005. The role of ICT and NII on e-government and economic development. Invited talk at the United Nations World Summit on Information Society, Tunis, Tunisia. Al-Hawamdeh, S. 2002. Communication and cultural resistance: The formulation of a KM strategy in a public sector organization. Keynote speech at the Australian Conference on Knowledge Management and Intelligent Decision Support. Melbourne, Australia.
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