Current Courses

• BD220 Syllabus

Education

• Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, Ph.D. in Management Information/Decision Systems. Minor: Operations Research. Dissertation Title: "An Attribute Access Probability Determination Procedure." Degree Conferred: June 1977

• Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, Bachelor of Arts. Area of Concentration: Industrial Administration.

Interests

• Computer-Aided Software Engineering

• Software Reengineering

• Business Process Reengineering

Professional Activities

• Member of Editorial Board of IT Professional, IEEE, 1998-2000.

• Co-Editor of Cyber IT Professional, IEEE, 1998-2001.

• Member Curriculum Task Force, Joint DPMA/ICIS/ACM Task Force for Information Systems, IS'95 Model Curriculum for Information Systems, 1994.

• Member of Board of Directors, Reverse Engineering Forum, Annual Conference on Reverse Engineering by the IEEE, 1993-present.

• Founding Editor of Reverse Engineering Newsletter, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), January 1992-June 1994.

• Member, Curriculum Task Force 1990 (CTF-90) of the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA), 1989-1990.

• Editor of SIGMOD Record of the Association for Computing Machinery, 1981-1986.

• Associate Editor of Performance Evaluation Review of SIGMETRICS of the Association for Computing Machinery, 1978-1984.

Publications and Grants

Books/Monographs:

• Jon D. Clark and Arnold Reisman, Computer System Selection: An Integrated Approach, (New York: Praeger Special Studies, 1981), (221 pages).

• Jon D. Clark, Data Base Selection, Design and Administration, (New York: Praeger Special Studies, 1980), (235 pages).

• Jon D. Clark and Jeffrey Hoffer, "Physical Data Base Record Design," Data Base Management, No. 7, Q.E.D., Information Sciences, Inc., January 1979, (110 pages).

Journal Articles:

• Jon D. Clark, and Charles Butler, “Reverse Engineering: A Contemporary Perspective,” IT Professional, IEEE, Vol. 1, No. 3, May/June, 1999.

• Jon D. Clark, Susan W. Athey and W. John Plotnicki, "A Demographic Analysis of Information Systems Faculty," The Journal of Computer Information Systems, Spring 1993, pp. 85-90.

• Jon D. Clark and Joseph Williams, "The Information Explosion: Fact or Myth?" IEEE Transactions On Engineering Management, Vol. 39, No. 1, February 1992, pp 79-84.

• Jon D. Clark, "Reverse Engineering of Data Models for IEW/ADW," Reverse Engineering Newsletter, IEEE, January 1992, pp 5-7.

• Jon D. Clark and Cary Hughes, "A CASE Bibliography," (Part I of a series), System Builder, June/July, 1990, pp. 17-18.

• Jon D. Clark and Cary Hughes, "A CASE Bibliography," (Part II of a Series), System Builder, April/May, 1990, p. 8.

• Jon D. Clark, "Function Versus Data-Driven Methodologies: A Prescriptive Metric," Software Engineering Notes, ACM SIGSOFT, Vol. 15, No. 2, April 1990, p. 26.

• Jon D. Clark and Cary Hughes, "The Stages of CASE Usage," Datamation, February 1, 1990, pp. 41-44.

• Jon D. Clark and Omar Khalil, "The Influence of Programmer's Cognitive Complexity on Program Comprehension and Modification," International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, February, 1989, pp. 219-236.

• Jon D. Clark and Thomas C. Richards, "A Note on the Cost-Performance Ratios of IBM's 43xx Series," Performance Evaluation Review, Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring-Summer 1984, pp. 44-45.

• Jon D. Clark, "A Psychometric Evaluation of the Use of Data Flow Diagrams," SIGCHI Bulletin, Vol. 15, No. 1, July 1983, pp. 3-6.

• Jon D. Clark, "A Psychometric Evaluation of Yourdon's Design Methodology," SIGCHI Bulletin, Vol. 14, No. 2, October 1982, pp.
  9-12.

• Jon D. Clark and Fred Davis, "Notes on the State of Data Base Audit," SIGMOD Record, Vol. 13, No. 1, September 1982, pp. 79-91.

• Jon D. Clark, "An Update on Economies-of-Scale in Computing Systems," Performance Evaluation Review, Vol. 10, No. 4, Winter 1981-1982, pp. 13-14.

• Jon D. Clark, "Cost-Efficiency of Minis Through Mainframes," Data Management, Vol. 19, No. 12, December 1981, pp. 43-46.

• Jon D. Clark and Robert Golladay, "An Empirical Investigation of the Effectiveness of Several Computer Performance Evaluation Tools," Performance Evaluation Review, Vol. 9, No. 3, Fall 1980, pp. 31-36.

• Jon D. Clark, "A Feature Analysis of Performance Evaluation Texts," Performance Evaluation Review, Vol. 8, No. 4, Winter 1979-1980, pp. 9-11.

• Jon D. Clark, Thomas J. Reynolds and Michael J. Intille, "Computer Performance Evaluation: An Empirical Approach," Performance Evaluation Review, Vol. 8, Nos. 1 and 2, Spring-Summer 1979, pp. 97-101.

• Jon D. Clark, "Storage Structure Layout Better than Subjective Design," Data Management, Vol. 17, No. 12, December 1979, pp. 30-32, 51.

Conference Proceedings:

• Jon D. Clark, Dan Turk and Leo Vijayasarathy, “An Empirical Investigation of Models Versus Prototypes in Systems Development,” Proceedings of AMCIS 2006, Acapulco, Mexico, August 4-6, 2006.

• Jon D. Clark, Leo R. Vijayasarathy, Daniel Turk, “Use of Models in Programming: a preliminary investigation,” ISOneWorld2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 30-April1, 2005.

• Jon D. Clark, Dan Turk and Leo Vijayasarathy, “The Value of Conceptual Modeling in Database Development: An Experimental Investigation,” Eighth CAiSE/IFIP8.1 International Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling in Systems Analysis and Design, Velden, Austria, June 16-17, 2003.

• Jon D. Clark, Dan Turk and Leo Vijayasarathy, “Assessing the Value of Modeling in Systems Development: A Research Agenda,” The Second Annual Symposium on Research in Systems Analysis and Design, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, April 4-6, 2003.

• Jon D. Clark, Herbert E. Longenecker Jr., J. Daniel Couger, David L. Feinstein, John T. Clark. “Development of IS ’95—A Joint Curriculum of DPMA, AIS and ACM for Four Year Information Systems Programs,” IAIM ’94, p1, 2, 1994.

• Jon D. Clark, “Identification and Dynamics of Critical Processes for Enterprise Engineering,” Proceedings of the 4th Reverse Engineering Forum, Victoria, BC, Canada, September 19-21, 1994, pp. 12.1-6.

• Jon D. Clark, "Business Process Reengineering: The Value-Added Stage," Proceedings of the 6th Annual Software Technology Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 10-14, 1994.

• Jon D. Clark and Robert A. Rademacher, “ISO 9000: A Problem or an Opportunity for Information Technology?” Proceedings of the 26th Annual Hawaiian International Conference on International Sciences, Hawaii, Vol. IV, January 1993, pp. 769-773.

• Jon D. Clark, Phil Glasier and Charles Butler, "Survey and Analysis of Business Rule Extraction Techniques," Proceedings of the 3rd Reverse Engineering Forum, Burlington, Massachusetts, Section 16 September 15-17, 1992.

• J. Clark, J. Williams and R. Edgeman, "System Death Cycle: Identification of Metrics of the Retirement Stage," Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Management of Technology, Miami, Florida, February 17-21, 1992, pp 594-603.

• Jon D. Clark and Rick Edgeman, "Systems Quality & Reliability Improvement Through the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Assurance Guidelines and the Deming Management Method," Proceedings of the Annual Decision Sciences Institute, Miami, Florida (abstract), November 1991.

• Jon D. Clark, "Reverse-Engineering of Data Models through IEW," 1991 KnowledgeWare International User Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, Vol. 2, April 15-17, 1991, pp. 371-381.

• Jon D. Clark and Joseph Williams, "The Information Explosion," Proceedings of the TIMS/ORSA Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 6-9, 1990 (abstract).

• Jon D. Clark and Michael Lucas Gibson, "Measuring Program Complexity Using Halstead's Metric," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 21-23, 1988.

• Jon D. Clark and Omar E.M. Khalil, "The Influence of Programmer's Cognitive Complexity on Program Comprehension and Modification," Proceedings of the 1986 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute in Hawaii, Hawaii, November 23-25, 1986, p. 1044, (abstract).

• Jon D. Clark, "Computer Performance Auditing," Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on Computer Audit, Control and Security by the EDP Auditors Foundation, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, April 28-May 2, 1986, (abstract).

• Jon D. Clark, "Data Dictionary/Directory Systems: Administration, Implementation and Usage--A Book Review," Interfaces, March-April 1984.

• Jon D. Clark and Thomas J. Reynolds, "Utilization of Canonical Analysis for Performance Evaluation in a Multiprocessor Environment," Proceedings of the Computer Science and Statistics: 12th Annual Symposium on the Interface, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, May 10-11, 1979, pp. 409-412.

• Jon D. Clark, "A Utility for the Generation of a Preliminary Data Dictionary/Directories." Proceedings of the 1978 Annual Conference, Association of Computing Machinery, Washington, D.C., December 4-6, 1978, p. 223-229.

• Jon D. Clark and Jeffrey A. Hoffer, "A Procedure for the Determination of Attribute Access Probabilities," ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data, Austin, Texas, May 31-June 2, 1978, pp. 110-117.

• Jon D. Clark, "Determination of Attribute Access Probabilities for Data Base Design," ACM Computer Science Conference, Detroit, Michigan, February 21-23, 1978, p. 7, (abstract).

Grant Applications:

• National Science Foundation, $1,109,000 for ITEST@CSU Information Technology, Engineering, Science & Technology @CSU, proposal number 0403011 submitted October 17, 2003, not funded.

• Department of Defense, $3,489,358 for Distance Learning And Simulation-Based Masters of Business Administration (MBA) Pilot Program, 1999, not funded.

• Hewlett-Packard Company, university grant, $159,969 of computer equipment for an Executive Development and GDSS Facility, funded.

• Packard Foundation, grant of $1,000,000 toward construction of new wing on Rockwell Hall, 1996 (member of team submitting this grant proposal), funded.

• Texas Instruments, grant of $30,000 to manage and support IEF academic program, 1994-1995, funded.

• Texas Instruments, donation of $10,000 to support delivery of Information Engineering curriculum on ME/U, 1992-1993, funded.

• US West Advanced Technology, software donation of 15 IEF workstation toolkits from Texas Instruments, Inc., valued at approximately $450,000, 1992, funded.

• KnowledgeWare, Inc., software donation of five IEW workstation toolkits valued at approximately $150,000, 1990, funded.

• Texas Instruments, Inc., Artificial Intelligence Challenge Grant, for two Explorer Lisp machines and two Business Pro micro computers; $122,000 from Texas Instruments, Inc.; $110,000 from North Texas State University Prop. II money, total $232,000, 1986, funded.

• Texas Instruments, Obtained summer research monies in 1986 of $39,000; 1987 $54,000 and 1988 $39,000 for a total of $132,000.

• College of Business Innovation Fund, North Texas State University, "Investigation of Information Explosiveness," $2,000, 1984, (with Richard Vedder), funded.

• North Texas State University, "Psychological Constructs Relevant to Systems Design," $2,600, 1983, funded.

• North Texas State University, "An Assessment of Required Skills of Computer Programmers and Analysts," $1,440, 1980, (with Jerry Wilson), funded.

• Texas Instruments, Inc., for TI 990/10 Mini Computer for the College of Business, North Texas State University, $130,000, 1980, funded.

• Texas Instruments, Inc., for TI 990/10 Mini Computer for the College of Business, University of Texas at Dallas, $130,000, 1978, funded.