Corpo docente

Chitu OKOLI

Professor

Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistics, Open Content, Literature Review Methodology, Intelligence artificielle

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Chitu OKOLI

Academia

Digitalization

Centro de pesquisa

SKEMA Centre for Artificial Intelligence

Localização

Paris

Disciplina

Analytics Information & Operations

Chitu Okoli has a bachelor’s degree (1996) in computer science and a Ph.D. (2003) in business administration, both from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA. He has an Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR, 2020) from Université de Nantes, France. He was a faculty member at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada from 2003 to 2016; he has been at SKEMA Business School, Paris, since 2017.

His primary research areas are currently data science and artificial intelligence for social science research; theory development with literature review methodology; and open content (free and open source software, Wikipedia, etc.). His research competencies include both quantitative methods (such as data mining and multivariate statistical analyses) and qualitative methods (such as the Delphi method and theory-building with literature reviews), as well as mixed qualitative-quantitative methods. His publications are listed on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=g8SNGQwAAAAJ.

He teaches courses in business intelligence, data mining, research methods, literature reviews, and computer programming. In the past, he has also taught information systems management, database management, website development, information systems development, network design, and other related topics.

Before entering academia, he worked as a computer systems analyst and as a human resources administrator.

Education
2020
HDR in Management Sciences, Université de Nantes, France
2003
Ph.D. in Business Administration, Louisiana State University, United States of America
2002
Master in Information Systems and Decision Sciences, Louisiana State University, United States of America
1996
BSc in Computer Science, Louisiana State University, United States of America
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2020
Professor of Digitalization, SKEMA Business School, France
2017 - 2019
Associate Professor of Digitalization, SKEMA Business School, France
2010 - 2016
Associate Professor, John Molson School of Business - Concordia University, Canada
2003 - 2010
Assistant Professor, John Molson School of Business - Concordia University, Canada
Other academic affiliations and appointments
2022
Adjunct Professor, HEC Lausanne, Switzerland
2020
Interim Co-Director of MSc in Artificial Intelligence for Business Transformation, SKEMA Business School, France
Since 2017
Professor, SKEMA Business School, France
Since 2017
Adjunct Professor, Business Science Institute, Luxembourg
2013
Instructor, HEC Montréal, Canada
2012 - 2013
Sabbatical year, HEC Montréal, Canada
2003 - 2016
Professor in Information Systems, John Molson School of Business - Concordia University, Canada
2002 - 2003
Instructor, Louisiana State University, United States of America
1999 - 2003
Graduate Assistant, Louisiana State University, United States of America
Other professional experiences
2006 - 2008
Web Application Developer, Bible Truth and Church Service Training, United States of America
1997 - 1999
Employee Administrator/Computer Systems Analyst, Roofers Equipment Mart/Lakefront Supply, United States of America
1997
Computer Systems Analyst, Cornerstone Community Outreach, United States of America
1996
Student Assistant (computer technician), Louisiana State University, United States of America
Research grants, Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
2024
SKEMA Way of Learning Award, SKEMA Business School, France
2022
Pedagogical Innovation Prize, SKEMA Business School, France
2022
Faculty Excellence Award for Learning Experience, SKEMA Business School, France
2022
Certification of pedagogical device: Course on Business Intelligence with Data Mining, Fondation nationale pour l’enseignement de la gestion des entreprises (FNEGE), France
2021
AIS Distinguished Member Cum Laude, Association for Information Systems (AIS)
2020
Outstanding Achievement: Category: Teaching and Learning Series, SKEMA Business School, France
2016
Best Reviewer, Communications of the Association for Information Systems, Association for Information Systems (AIS)
2016
Honorable Mention: Reviewer Award, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Association for Information Systems (AIS)
2003
Doctoral Consortium, Global Information Technology Management Association
2002
Nomination: Best Paper in Collaboration Systems and Technology Track, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Other research activities
Senior or Associate Editor
Since 2024
European Journal of Information Systems
2020 - 2023
Journal of the Association for Information Systems
Reviewer for:
Information Systems Management, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Business and Information Systems Engineering, European Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Information and Management, Systèmes d'Information et Management, Information Systems Journal, Journal of Management Studies
PhD Supervision
2024
A. EL ARABATY, SKEMA Business School, PhD thesis, Thesis director
2016
M. MESGARI, John Molson School of Business - Concordia University, PhD thesis, Thesis director
Other academic activities
2023 - 2024
Grant application evaluation, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture, Canada
2022
Associate Editor, International Conference on Information Systems
2021 - 2022
Grant application evaluation, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture, Canada
Since 2019
Research Ethics Committee, SKEMA Business School, France