STATISTICS AND COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS HAMMOU EL BARMI Associate Professor MS, PhD, University of Iowa; DEA, University Mohamed V, Morocco Associate Professor, Kansas State University, 2001-2002; Statistician, United Nations, 2001; Bing Fellow, University of Texas, Austin, 1993-1995 Research: order-restricted inference; categorical data; selection bias; stochastic processes MATTHEW JOHNSON Assistant Professor BS, Indiana University; MS, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University Associate Research Scientist, Educational Testing Service, 2000-2002 Research: Bayesian statistics; psychological measurement, including educational testing and the measurement of attitudes; categorical data NANDA KUMAR Assistant Professor BS, Anna University, India; Postgraduate Diploma, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, India; PhD, University of British Columbia Instructor in Information Systems, University of British Columbia, 2000-2001 Research: behavioral aspects of B2C e-commerce; computer-mediated communication; information visualization and retrieval; information security and knowledge management KARL REINER LANG Associate Professor BS, MBA, Free University of Berlin; PhD, University of Texas Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1995-2002; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, 2001-2002; Visiting Scholar, University of Texas at Austin, 1999; Assistant Professor, Free University of Berlin, 1994-1995; Visiting Scholar, New York University, 1993 Research: information economics and strategy; digital media; virtual communities; technology-supported learning systems ISAK TAKSA Assistant Professor BS, Institute of National Economics, Ukraine; MS, Columbia University; PhD, CUNY Research: information retrieval and text and data mining