Big XII + MIS Research Symposium

The Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems Department in the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati is proud to host the 21st Big XII + MIS Research Symposium from April 17-19, 2026.

The Big XII+ MIS Research Symposium was established in 2003 to create an informal setting for information systems and business analytics faculty and PhD students to exchange research ideas. The Symposium provides a platform for scholars to showcase their research in areas such as management issues and applications of artificial intelligence, deep machine-learning, and text-mining, data analytics, behavioral economics, technical/analytical work and interdisciplinary theories.


Paper Presentations

Participating schools may nominate two paper presentations for the Symposium. Priority will be given to doctoral students or junior faculty.

Each school/group’s representative faculty should email the title, presenter (and coauthor, if necessary) information to Big12MIS@uc.edu.


Registration

Registration for the 21st annual Big XII + MIS Research Symposium is open.

Please email Big12MIS@uc.edu with questions.


Agenda

Friday, April 17
Time Activity
4-8 p.m. Check in, Graduate Hotel Concierge Foyer
6-8 p.m. Cocktail hour, Graduate Hotel Concierge Foyer
Saturday, April 18. Locations in Lindner Hall unless noted otherwise. Additional session details available below.
Time Activity
7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast, Room 1220/1225
8:30-8:45 a.m. Welcome Remarks, Room 1410
8:45-9:30 a.m. Industry Roundtable, Room 1410
9:30-10:30 a.m. Editor Panel, Room 1410
10:30-10:45 a.m. Break, Atrium
10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Session 1 — Track A: Agentic AI and Humanness (Room 2125); Track B: Crisis, Compliance and Safety (Room 2120); Track C: Non-Research Teaching Innovations Track (Room 2250)
12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch, Room 1220/1225
1:30-2:20 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Nate Sowder, Cintrifuse & Dayton Entrepreneurial Center, Room 1410
2:20-2:35 p.m. Break
2:35-4:05 p.m.

Session 2 Track A: Online Communities and Digital Platforms 2 (Room 2125)Track B: Information Systems and Cybersecurity (Room 2120)Track C: IS Theory Development (Room 2250)

4:05-4:20 p.m. Break, Atrium
4:20-5:50 p.m.

Session 3 — Track A: Healthcare and IS Support Systems (Room 2125)Track B: NLP, Linguistic Analyses and Reviews (Room 2120)Track C: Online Communities and Digital Platforms 1 (Room 2250)

6:15-9 p.m.

Dinner and Reception, Graduate Hotel Fountain Square Room

Sunday, April 19. Locations in Lindner Hall unless noted otherwise. Additional session details available below.
Time Activity
7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast, Room 1220/1225
8:30-10 a.m.

Session 4 Track A: AI, Analytics and Decision-Marking (Room 2250); Track B: AI, Trust and Security (Room 2120)

10-10:15 a.m. a.m. Break, Atrium
10:15-11:45 a.m.

Session 5 — Track A: Systems Development, Operations and Strategy (Room 2250); Track B: Financial Services and Econometrics (Room 2120)

11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Concluding Remarks and Lunch, Room 1220/1225

Track A: Agentic AI and Humaness — Lindner Hall Room 2125

  • Paper 1 (10:45-11:15 a.m.): Too Human for Comfort: Affective Expressiveness and the Uncanny Valley in AI Communications. Presented by Rashid Armaan, University of Arkansas.
  • Paper 2 (11:15-11:45 a.m.): Virtual Agent Appearance, Social Perception, and Partner Preference in Immersive Environments. Presented by Saeed Nosratabadi, Texas Tech University.
  • Paper 3 (11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.): How Do Multiple Anthropomorphic Cues Interactively Shape Distrust in AI Failures. Presented by Xinran Shi, University of Cincinnati.

Track B: Crisis, Compliance, and Safety — Lindner Hall Room 2120

  • Paper 1 (10:45-11:15 a.m.): Beyond the Click: Adolescents’ Understanding of Consent and Data Practices on Social Media. Presented by Nehir Tanyel, University of Texas at San Antonio.
  • Paper 2 (11:15-11:45 a.m.): Moral Loyalty and ISP Behavior: A Dual-Pathway Model of Compliance and Noncompliance. Presented by Rafae Abdullah, Baylor University.
  • Paper 3 (11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.): Analog Momentum: A Sociomaterial Process Model of Coordination During an Internet Blackout. Presented by Tashrif Uddin, Oklahoma State University.

Track C: Non-Research Teaching Innovations Track — Lindner Hall Room 2250

  • Presentation 1 (10:45-11:15 a.m.): Sizemore & Company Experiential Learning Experiment. Presented by Sahana Sathiyanarayanan, Nathan Sharpe.
  • Presentation 2 (11:15-11:45 a.m.): Industry Practicum Projects for MSIS 2.0. Presented by Kris Jones, University of Cincinnati.

Track A: Online Communities and Digital Platforms 2 — Lindner Hall Room 2125

  • Paper 1 (2:35-3:05 p.m.): Deal Portfolio Complexity and Sales Performance: The Role of CRM and Generative AI. Presented by Ankur Jaiswal, University of Texas at Austin.
  • Paper 2 (3:05-3:35 p.m.): Beyond Casual Participation: How Platform-Generated Signals Shape Provider Expansion. Presented by Hua Zhong, Iowa State University.
  • Paper 3 (3:35-4:05 p.m.): What Drives Viral Pharmaceutical Content on Short-Video Platforms? Presented by Shuhan (Stella) Yang, University of Iowa.

Track B: Information Systems and Cybersecurity — Lindner Hall Room 2120

  • Paper 1 (2:35-3:05 p.m.): The "Passive Safety" Bonus: A NeuroIS Investigation of Realization Utility in Cybersecurity. Presented by Yi (Billy) Gu, Texas Tech University.
  • Paper 2 (3:05-3:35 p.m.): Breaking into Penetration Testing: An Extensive Analysis of Penetration Testing Roles in Industry. Presented by Mohammad Jamil Ahmad, West Virginia University.
  • Paper 3 (3:35-4:05 p.m.): An Empirical Analysis of Post-Breach Disclosure Strategies and Financial Outcomes. Presented by Arindam Majumder, University of North Texas.

Track C: IS Theory Development — Lindner Hall Room 2250

  • Paper 1 (2:35-3:05 p.m.): Extending the Design Science Research Contribution Matrix: Temporal Dynamics, Technological Discontinuities, and the Evolution of Problem Spaces Presented by Hamed Zolbanin, University of Dayton.
  • Paper 2 (3:05-3:35 p.m.): Envisioning DevOps. Presented by Elora Das, University of Arkansas.

Track A: Healthcare and IS Support Systems — Lindner Hall Room 2125

  • Paper 1 (4:20-4:50 p.m.): From Feeling to Form: Co-Created AI Art for Emotional Support Presented by Xingwen (Winry) Liu, University of Texas at Austin.
  • Paper 2 (4:50-5:20 p.m.): AI-enabled Mental Health Support Assistant. Presented by Benjamin Zapata, Brigham Young University.
  • Paper 3 (5:20-5:50 p.m.): Developing and Validating a Measure of Individual Technological Health. Presented by Skousen Tanner, Brigham Young University.

Track B: NLP, Linguistic Analyses, and Reviews — Lindner Hall Room 2120

  • Paper 1 (4:20-4:50 p.m.): Mining Cyber Risks from Employee Reviews. Presented by Qian Deng, University of Iowa.
  • Paper 2 (4:50-5:20 p.m.): Intra-Reviewer Inconsistency in Online Reviews: The Moderating Role of Temporal Distance on Helpfulness and Purchase Deferral. Presented by Ziqi Guo, Miami University.
  • Paper 3 (5:20-5:50 p.m.): Feedback Length and Acceptance: How AI Feedback Length and Feedback Type Shape Developer Acceptance in Open-Source Code Reviews. Presented by Na Jing, Baylor University.

Track C: Online Communities and Digital Platforms 1 — Lindner Hall Room 2250

  • Paper 1 (4:20-4:50 p.m.): The Creative Divide: How AI Shapes Value and Inequality Among Creators. Presented by Zhen Yan, University of Texas at Dallas.
  • Paper 2 (4:50-5:20 p.m.): Permanent Employment Opportunities in Online Labor Markets. Presented by Maryamosadat (Mary) Mofidian, Iowa State University.

Track A: AI, Analytics, and Decision-Making — Lindner Hall Room 2250

  • Paper 1 (8:30-9 a.m.): AI Governance or Governance Washing? An Event Study of
  • Shareholder Value. Presented by Likith Vinayaka Giridhar, University of Texas at Arlington.
  • Paper 2 (9-9:30 a.m.): If Any of You Lacks Wisdom: Evidence from AI-Supported Decision Making. Presented by Warren Rosengren, Indiana University.
  • Paper 3 (9:30-10 a.m.): No Human’s Land: An Exploration of LLM-based Autonomous AI Agent Behavior in an Agentic Social Network. Presented by Yuxiao (Rain) Luo, Loyola University.

Track B: AI, Trust, and Security — Lindner Hall Room 2120

  • Paper 1 (8:30-9 a.m.): Confiding in Machines: Relational Costs and Emotional Disclosure to AI Listeners. Presented by Yi Yang, Ohio University.
  • Paper 2 (9-9:30 a.m.): Integrated Bidirectional Trust-Delegation Rights Framework for Agentic AI. Presented by Ali Safari, University of North Texas.
  • Paper 3 (9:30-10 a.m.): Designing Robust AI-enabled Phishing Defense Models: An Adversarial Auditing Approach. Presented by Yang Gao, Indiana University.

Track A: Systems Development, Operations, and Strategy - Lindner College of Business, Room 2250

  • Paper 1 (10:15-10:45 a.m.): The Resourceful CIO: Enabling Organizational Agility Through IT Bricolage. Presented by Hamed Safari, Baylor University.
  • Paper 2 (10:45-11:15 a.m.): Are Your DevOps Truly in Sync? Evaluating the Role of Social Capital and Intra-Alignment. Presented by Roseline Igah, Oklahoma State University.
  • Paper 3 (11:15-11:45 a.m.): Strategic Alignment Microfoundations and Processes: Multi-level Paths to Success. Presented by Sam Ghawe, Ohio University.

Track B: Financial Services and Econometrics — Lindner Hall Room 2120

  • Paper 1 (10:15-10:45 a.m.): Optimizing Search Advertising Performance: A Data-Driven Approach to Effective Bid Management. Presented by Kerim Kizil, Texas A&M University.
  • Paper 2 (10:45-11:15 a.m.): Accounting for Industry Heterogeneity in Predicting Corporate Financial Distress: A Semiparametric Learning Approach. Presented by Shun Dong, University of Kansas.
  • Paper 3 (11:15-11:45 a.m.): Lessons That Travel: Causal Strategy Transfer for Out-of-Domain Trading. Presented by Zhaokun Xue, University of Texas at Dallas.

Keynote Speaker

Nate Sowder works at the friction point between large organizations and the startup ecosystem — helping enterprises make better decisions about innovation and helping founders understand how to work with the companies that need them most.

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As an Executive-in-Residence with Cintrifuse and the Dayton Entrepreneurial Center, Nate mentors early-stage companies, connects emerging technologies to real enterprise problems, and has spent years doing the unglamorous work of translating between two worlds that rarely speak the same language.

Before joining the ecosystem, Nate founded OrigamiMade and later built his practice around a simple observation: Organizations rarely struggle because they lack big ideas. More often, they're stuck because they've framed the wrong problem.

Nate's keynote takes that lens directly to AI. As intelligent tools make plausible answers instantly available on nearly any question, a new professional risk is emerging: people who always accept the first answer never build the reasoning behind it. Nate argues that AI has become the first professional tool that reveals, with uncomfortable clarity, how well — or how shallowly — someone thinks. He writes on these themes and others for UX Collective where he is the creator of unquoted, an independent publication examining how emerging technologies reshape decision-making, innovation and organizational strategy.


Editor Panel & Industry Roundtable Speakers

  • Daniel Chen, PhD, Randall W. and Sandra Ferguson Endowed Professor, Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics, Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University
  • Liwei Chen, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems, Carl H. Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati
  • Heshan Sun, PhD, Richard Van Horn Professor of IT and Analytics, Management Information Systems Department, Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma
  • Kyle Burkholder, Partner, Grant Thorton 
  • Andy Lin, Managing Director and Parnter, Boston Consulting Group
  • Akhil Mahajan, Data and AI Leader, Proctor & Gamble
  • Hailong Wang, Director of Analytics and Head of the Model Risk Management Innovation Lab, Fifth Third Bank

Hotel & Travel Information

A block of rooms has been reserved at a discounted rate at the Graduate Hotel, located on UC’s campus.

Symposium events will be held at the Carl H. Lindner Hall, which is a brief drive and less than a 15-minute walk from Graduate Hotel. The reception on Saturday evening will be in the Graduate Hotel ballroom.


Parking Information

Parking is available at Campus Green Garage (2935 Green Campus Green Drive), which is next to Carl H. Lindner Hall.


Symposium Contacts

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General Questions

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Andrew Harrison, PhD

Symposium Host; Associate Dean, Graduate Programs; Associate Professor of Information Systems

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Sachin Modi, PhD

Professor; Department Head, Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems