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M. Barry Dumas
Professor of Computer Information Systems
barry_dumas@baruch.cuny.edu
http://cisnet.baruch.cuny.edu/dumas/
Education:
BA Columbia College, Columbia University 1962 BS School of Engineering and Sciences, Columbia University 1963 MS School of Engineering and Sciences, Columbia University 1965 PhD School of Business, Columbia University 1972
Areas of Expertise:
Networking, Telecommunications, Simulation, Modeling, Health Care Administration and Services
Selected Publications:
"A Local Area Network-Based Management Information System for Hospital Social Work" (with G. Reardon). Proceedings, National Association of Social Workers, Annual Conference, Philadelphia, November 1988."Spreadsheet Simulation: The Birth of a Good Idea or the Death of a Bad One." Journal of the Society for Computer Simulation, October 1988.
"Hospital Bed Utilization: An Implemented Simulation Approach to Adjusting and Maintaining Appropriate Levels." Health Services Research, April 1985.
"Simulation Modeling for Hospital Bed Planning." Simulation, August 1984.
"Hospital Closures and Survivors: Analysis of Operating Characteristics and Regulatory Mechanisms in Three States" (with L. Kennedy). Health Services Research, Fall 1983.
Academic Activities:
Organizer and Coordinator, Baruch College Annual Entrepreneurship Competition, 2000-present.Associate Provost and Director of Computing and Educational Technology, 1990-96.
Chair, Middle States Accreditation Task Force, 1998-99.
Doctoral Thesis Chair/Supervisor, 1982-present.
CUNY-BA Program Chair/Supervisor, 1978-present.
Professional Activities:
Text reviewer, Prentice-Hall, McGraw-Hill, Benjamin-Cummings, Addison Wesley, 1996-present.Reviewer, Journal of the Society for Computer Simulation, 1986-present.
Presented "Improving Patient Management Systems, Policies and Procedures," University Hospital, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, 1991.
Presented "A Strategic Plan for Increasing Elective Patient Caseload," University Hospital, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, 1990.
Presented "High-Volume Transactions Database Operations on Local Area Networks," Heine Securities Corp., Short Hills, N.J., 1990.