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David Kopcso

  • Professor
  • QEB, Quantitative and Economic Basics: Pre-2-YR MBA 3-day intensive boot camp. (August 2018)
  • QESA, Quantitative and Economics Skills and Applications: Pre-Blended Cohort 1-day intensive boot camp. (June 2018)
  • Master Course site sign off for Core 3, Data, Models and Decisions in Blended Learning MBA
  • QESA, Quantitative and Economics Skills and Applications: Pre-Blended Cohort 1-day intensive boot camp. (May 2018)
  • Master Course site sign off for Core 3, Data, Models and Decisions in Blended Learning MBA
Academic Division: Math & Science
781-239-4409

Bio

Dr. Kopcso is former director of the Board of Research and the Center for Information Management Studies. He consults on the analysis of data and on the applications of emerging technologies to business. His current research interests include the assessment of web site quality as well as the affect of emerging web technologies on business practices and on education. Dr. Kopcso's articles have appeared in Management Information Systems Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, Journal of Operations Management, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Intelligence System Review, Advances in Artificial Intelligence in Economics, Finance and Management, Expert Systems With Applications, National Public Accountant, Collegiate Microcomputer, and other journals. Dr. Kopcso was a visiting fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Academic Degrees

  • Ph D, Rutgers University
  • MS, Rutgers University
  • BA, University of Bridgeport

Academic Interest / Expertise

Information Technology in Education; New Media Technology and Innovation

Awards & Honors

  • 2016 — Second Place in Sixteenth Annual Peer-Reviewed Case Competition, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
  • 2014 — Third Place in Fourteenth Annual Peer-Reviewed Case Competition, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
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Publications

Journal Articles

  • Kopcso, D., Pachamanova, D.A. (2018). Business Value in Integrating Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics Models. INFORMS Transactions on Education. Vol: 19, Issue: 1. INFORMS. link
  • Kopcso, D.P., Simon, H., Gao, A. (2016). Case Article: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. INFORMS Transactions on Education. Vol: 16, Issue: 3, Page: 104-106. INFORMS. link
  • Kopcso, D.P., Eriksen, S.E., Dambolena , . (2009). An Intuitive Introduction to Hypothesis Testing . INFORMS Transactions on Education. Vol: 9, Issue: 2, Page: 53-62.
  • Kopcso, D.P., Eriksen, S.E., Dambolena , . (2009). Logarithmic Transformations in Regression: Do Your Students Transform Back Properly? . PRIMUS. Vol: 19, Issue: 3, Page: 280-295.
  • Ansari, S.L., Nanni, A.J., Pachamanova, D.A., Kopcso, D.P. (2008). Using Simulation to Model Customer Behavior in the Context of Customer Lifetime Value Estimation. INFORMS Transactions on Education. Vol: 9, Issue: 1, Page: 1-10. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). link

Books

  • Kopcso, D.P., , ., Pipino, ., Rybolt, ., Wang, . (2008). Developing Measurement Scales for Data Quality Dimensions.
  • Kopcso, D.P., Pipino, ., Rybolt, W.H., Wang, . (in press). Developing Measurement Scales for Data Quality Dimensions: Information Quality in the Advances in Management Information Systems.

Cases and Teaching Notes

  • Kopcso, D.P., Pachamanova, D.A. (2018). Managing Staffing Inefficiencies Using Analytics (B). Vol: 19, Issue: 1, Page: 36-42. INFORMS. link
  • Kopcso, D. (2016). Case Teaching Note: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis : Case: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Vol: 16, Issue: 3. INFORMS. link
  • Kopcso, D.P., Simon, H., Gao, A. (2016). Case: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Vol: 16, Issue: 3, Page: 107 - 109. INFORMS. link

Other

  • Kopcso, D.P. (2014). Use of Regression to Build a Demand Function for Beef: Datasets and Stories Department of the Journal of Statistics Education. American Statistical Association. link
  • Kopcso, D.P. (2010). Transforming Teaching and Learning with Tablet PC's in the MBA Program : HP Grant Project 2010 Update Report.
  • Kopcso, D.P. (2010). Statistics Pre-Work.
  • Kopcso, D.P. (2008). A Picture is worth more than 1000 Numbers, grant proposal .
  • Kopcso, D.P. (2008). Transforming Teaching and Learning with Tablet PC's: Proceedings of the 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education.
  • Kopcso, D.P. (2008). Transforming Teaching and Learning with Tablet PC's in the MBA Program : A Final Report for the HP Technology for Teaching Higher Education Grant to Babson.

Presentations

  • Wine of Kings, King of Wines Kopcso, D. Sixteenth Annual Peer-Reviewed Case Competition at the INFORMS 2016 Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN (2016)
  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis case and teaching note to the Best Teaching Case Studies Award Competition Kopcso, D. Simon, H. Gao, A. International DSI 2014 Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL (2014)
  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis case and teaching note to the Thirteenth Annual Peer-Reviewed Case Competition Kopcso, D. Simon, H. Gao, A. International INFORMS 2014 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2014)
  • Transforming Teaching and Learning with Tablet PCs Kopcso, D. 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, (2008)
  • Can Student Profiles Determine Their Success Under Different Teaching Methodologies? Kopcso, D. Eighteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ITCTM), (2006)
  • Data Mining, Dirty Data, and Costs Kopcso, D. Pipino, . International Conference on Information Quality, (2004)
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Professional Services

  • Editor, Associate Editor INFORMS (The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) (2018 - Present)