Directory : Faculty : Paul Beckman
Paul Beckman, Ph.D.
Professor, Information Systems
Paul A. Beckman received his B.S. (Geology, 1984) and B.S. (Geophysics, 1985) from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis and his M.S.M. (Management Information Systems, 1984), M.S.I.E. (Human Factors, 1996), and Ph.D. (Management Information Systems, 1996) from Purdue University-West Lafayette, IN.
His work experience includes four years as a programmer/analyst and systems analyst at Hewlett-Packard as both an employee and consultant, nine years as an academician/researcher at San Francisco State University, and seven summers of work as a research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses.
During the past nine years he has performed leading-edge research related to human performance, virtual environments, wireless mesh network technologies and business models, and the impact of social connectedness on task performance.
Contact Information
Email: pbeckman@sfsu.edu
Website:http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~pbeckman
Office Hours: W 6-7pm; F 1-4pm
Phone: 338-6240
Department: Information Systems
Location: BUS 301
Education
- Master of Science (1996), Purdue University-West Lafayette
- Doctor of Philosophy (1996), Purdue University-West Lafayette
- Master of Science (1988), Purdue University-West Lafayette
- Bachelor of Science (1985), University of Minnesota-Minneapolis
- Bachelor of Science (1984), University of Minnesota-Minneapolis
Research Interests
- Human performance
- Virtual reality and virtual environments
- Task:interface concordance in information searches
- Wireless mesh networks
- Impact of social connectedness on task performance
Honors and Awards
College of Business Inaugural Teaching Professor of the Year (2003)
Summer Stipend Support of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (2002)
Research and Professional Development Assigned Time award (2001)
Vice President’s Assigned Time for Research (2002-2001)
Research and Professional Development grant ($5,000) (2000)
Vice President’s Assigned Time for Research (2000)
SFSU Research and Professional Development Assigned Time award (1998)
College of Business Dean's Research Fellowship ($10,000) (1998)
Central Research Grant, Institute for Defense Analyses ($10,000) (1994)
Intellectual Contributions
- E-Business Intelligent Agents to Reduce Excess Inventory and to Select Financial Payment Methods (2005)
- A Framework for Comparing Wireless Internet Service Providers with Neighborhood Area Networks (2002)
- Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for the Long-Range Biological Standoff Detection System (LRBSDS) (2001)
- Of Mice and Users (2000)
