SRITNE faculty is engaged in progressive research in areas that are crucial to the IT industry and the networked economy. We extensively work on real life ICT issues faced by business and society. The list below provides a snapshot of some of the areas we are working in. However, our large research ecosystem enables us to work in new uncharted areas beyond what is listed below.
Current Research Topics
Based on above philosophy, our current research themes are as follows:
Human Capital Development
- Cost performance and client satisfaction that are used to determine a project success varies with soft skills and task familiarity of the project managers - Soft skills of the project manager are more useful in a complex project than in a simple project - Considering that the project managers with good soft skills are a scarce resource, use good judgment in using them - More useful in complex projects with dispersed and unfamiliar team or new client
Social Networks and E-commerce
- Leveraging social networks towards targeted marketing - Optimising online advertising strategies - E-market and online auction design including procurement exchanges, spectrum pricing and valuation services - Mobile commerce
IT services and Products
- Grid computing - Open source software platforms - Emerging software pricing models - Computing as a commodity – market design for distributed CPU, storage and network assets - Pricing and allocation of distributed computing resources - New computing models for small and medium sized enterprises - Optimal peering arrangements for telecommunication providers
Quantifying Business Value of IT
- Real option value of ICT investments - Deriving strategic value and measuring ROI for IT expenditures - Aligning your IT and business strategy - Measuring social and economic impact of ICT
Societal Value of IT
- Measuring social and economical impact of ICT - Define and measure parameters of success for e-governance initiatives - Technology as an enabler
