Center for Information Technology and Management

The Center acts a focal point of engagement between DFW industry and UT Dallas faculty/students in the Information Systems area, based on five pillars:

1. Industry funded research projects: The project sponsor provides a use case and relevant data for a 1-2 semester project, done on campus by 2-4 person student teams with part-time faculty supervision. The sponsor test-drives a project that cannot be done in-house because of resource or expertise constraints and observes students for future hiring. We have worked on funded research projects for telecommunications, financial services and travel industry clients.
2. Capstone projects for graduate and undergraduate classes: Companies provide use cases and datasets and the projects are executed by teams of 4-5 students. There is no cost for this activity.
3. Case study competitions: Companies provide use cases and prize money. Student teams present results to the company judges for evaluation.
4. Invited lecture series: Companies are invited to talk on current and important business topics as part of a lecture series sponsored by the Center.
5. Internships: We encourage companies to contact the Center for interns in the Information Systems area (both undergraduate and graduate)

The Industry Advisory Board helps the Center with executing its mission and drives its connection to the DFW business community. The Board meets on the UTD campus once each semester, with conference calls as needed. The current members of the Board are: