NOSHIR S. CONTRACTOR

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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Communication, University of Southern California, 1987.
M. A., Communication, University of Southern California, 1986.
B. Tech. Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1983.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

· 2007–present Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences

Departments of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences, Communication Studies, and Management & Organizations

Northwestern University

2001-date Professor of Speech Communication

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Other Appointments:

Department of Psychology, 1994–date,

Coordinated Science Laboratory, 2003-date

Director, Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) Group, NCSA, 2004-date

Affiliate, Human Perception and Performance Group, Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 2000—date

Beckman Associate, Center for Advanced Study, 2003-2004

External Faculty, Center for Organizational Innovation, Columbia University, 2002-date

1993-2001 Associate Professor of Speech Communication

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Other Appointments: Department of Psychology (0%), 1994–date;

Affiliate, Human Perception and Performance Group, Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 2000—date

· 1991-date Director, Team Engineering Collaboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

· 1987-date Director, Computing & Instructional Laboratories, Department of Speech Communication

1987-1993 Assistant Professor of Speech Communication

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Short-term, Visiting, and Advisory Appointments

· Van Zelst Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Northwestern University, May 1-5, 2006

· Visiting Scholar, Department of Communication, Purdue University, April 3-7, 2006

· External Faculty, Center for Organizational Innovation, Columbia University, 2002-present

· Visiting Honorary Professor, University of Science and Technology of China. Hefei, China, November 2004

· Annenberg Scholar, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Fall, 1997.

· Faculty Advisory Board, M.A. Program in Business Communication (1994—present), B.A. Program in Business Communication (1996—present), Jones International University, Englewood, CO.

· Invited Faculty, Executive M.B.A. Program, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1995.

· Annenberg Scholar, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Fall, 1997.

· Faculty Advisory Board, M.A. Program in Business Communication (1994—present), B.A. Program in Business Communication (1996—present), Jones International University, Englewood, CO.

· Invited Faculty, Executive M.B.A. Program, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1995.

· Advisory Intranet Advisory Board, Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 1996-99.

· Research Associate, Intranet Working Group, Stanford Computer Industry Project, 1997-1998.

EXTERNAL FUNDED RESEARCH

· National Science Foundation: CI-KNOW Cyberinfrastructure Tools to Enable Knowledge Network Discovery, Diagnosis and Design (2007-2008, $199,619). Principal Investigator

· MacArthur Foundation: Mapping, Understanding and Enabling the Digital Media Learning Knowledge Networks: An Exploratory Investigation (2007-2008, $140,000). Principal Investigator.

· National Institute of Health (via sub contract from University of Texas San Antonio): Mapping, Understanding and Enabling the Redes en Accion Latino Cancer Network. (2007-2008, $56,000). Principle Investigator.

· National Science Foundation: Virtual Worlds: An Exploratorium for Theorizing and Modeling the Dynamics of Group Behavior (2007-2010, $750,000). Principal Investigator on Collaborative Proposal with Scott Poole (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Jaideep Srivastava (University of Minnesota) and Dmitri Williams (University of Southern California).

· National Cancer Institute, Tobacco Informatics Grid (TobIG): Development of prototype to demonstrate distributed collaboration and data analysis within the tobacco research community (2006-2007, $400,000 administered via a supplement from NCI to NSF Grant IIS-0535214). Principal Investigator.

· National Science Foundation: Instrumenting behaviors and attitudes in virtual worlds (2005-2006, IIS 06-28036, $155,851). Co-Principal Investigator on Collaborative Proposal with Dmitri Williams (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign) and Dan Hunter (University of Pennsylvania).

· National Science Foundation: Collaborative Research: Mapping and Analyzing Emergent Multiorganizational networks in the Hurricane Katrina Response (2005-2006, SBE-0555115, $140,000). Principal Investigator on Collaborative Proposal with Carter Butts (University of California, Irvine).

National Science Foundation, SGER: Collaborative Research: Mapping and Analyzing Emergent Multiorganizational networks in the Hurricane Katrina Response (2005-2006, SBE-0555115, $140,000). Principal Investigator on Collaborative Proposal with Carter Butts (University of California, Irvine).
National Science Foundation, Social Networking Tools to Enable Collaboration in the Tobacco Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Evaluation Network (TSEEN) (2005-2008, IIS- 0535214, $808,089). Principal Investigator on Collaborative Proposal submitted with Katy Börner (Indiana University), Tom Finholt (University of Michigan), and Gary Giovino (Roswell Park Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY)
National Cancer Institute, Socio-technical Specifications for the Design of a Cyberinfrastructure for a Tobacco Control Informatics Grid (2005-2006, $50,000, via subcontract from Battelle Memorial Institute).
National Science Foundation, Workshop on “The Role of Social Network Research in Enabling Cyberinfrastructure and the Role of Cyberinfrastructure in Enabling Social Network”, To be held November 3-5, 2005 at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (2005-2006, SCI-0533892 , $50,000). Principal Investigator (Co-P.I.: Katy Börner, Indiana University).
National Science Foundation, 2006 International Workshop and Conference on Network Science, To be held May 2006 at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. (2005-2006, SES-0532387, $77,714). Co-Principal Investigator (with Laszlo Barabasi, Harvard University and Katy Börner, Alex Vespignani, Stan Wasserman, Indiana University).
Rockefeller Foundation, (CC 035): Mapping cultural and network assets in three Chicago communities (2005). $100,000. Principal Investigator (in collaboration with Dr. Alaka Wali, Field Museum, Chicago).
National Science Foundation/National Center for Supercomputing Application: Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) (2003-2006). Principal Investigator.
Hewlett Packard Mobile Initiative Grant Program: Using mobile technologies. $140,760. Investigator. Co-PI (with Principal Investigator : Wen-Mei W. Hwu).
National Science Foundation, ITR: IT-Based Collaboration Framework for Preparing Against, Responding to, and Recovering from Disasters Involving Critical Physical Infrastructures, (CMS-0427089, 2004-2009). $2,370,000. Co-Principal Investigator. In collaboration with Professors Feniosky Pena-Mora, Andrea B. Hollingshead, Gene E. Robinson, and Indranil Gupta at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Press Release
National Science Foundation, Digital Government: Workshop on US-Hungarian research collaborations to address the challenges of 21st century society. $97,702. Principal Investigator (Collaborative Proposal with Anthony Stefanidis, University of Maine).
National Science Foundation, SGER: Knowledge Networks and Emerging Heterarchies in Rebuilding New York (2002-2003). $42,908. Principal Investigator (Collaborative Proposal with David Stark, Columbia University).
National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Modeling 21st Century Project Teams: Integrating Workflow and Knowledge Network Models of Organizing (2002-2003, No. 02-NASA-C-1513,. $100,000), Principal Investigator (Collaborative Proposal with Ray Levitt, Stanford University).
European Union Information Society & Technology Program (via subcontract from LUISS University, Rome). Developing web-based knowledge asset mapping tools to study the use of communication technologies in organizations (2002-2003). (7000 Euros). Principal Investigator.
National Science Foundation, Co-evolution of Knowledge Networks and 21^st Century Organizational Forms: Computational Modeling and Empirical testing. 1999-2001, $1,500,000 (Principal Investigator, Award Number: NSF-IIS-9980109). Press Release.
National Science Foundation, The Sustainable Management of Civil Infrastructure: A Methodology and Testbed to Bridge Information Technology and Application, 1994-1998, $ 1,268,403 (Co-Principal Investigator, Award Number: ECS-9422730).
Committee on Institutional Cooperation, A Curriculum in Communication and the Global Workplace, 1998-1999, $10,000. (Principal Investigator). Final Report. Press Release.
Annenberg Center for Communication, Interactive Communication and Computing for Virtual Work Communities, 1995-1997, $160,970 (Co-Principal Investigator). Press Release.
Steelcase, Inc. The Effects of Cooperative and Competitive Physical Environments and Communication on Negotiation Outcomes in Ultimatum and Communication Games. 1996-1998, $96,586 (Consultant; P.I.S: Peter Monge, Janet Fulk, Arthur Baskin).
U.S. Department of Education: Adaptive Network Library Interface, 1991, $6,000 (Co-Principal Investigator; Award Number: R197D10033).
Apple Computer's Advanced Technology Group: Modeling the Use of Groupware as a Self-organizing System, 1990, $205,000 (Principal Investigator).

INTERNALLY FUNDED RESEARCH

University of Illinois Food Security Initiative: A Social Network Perspective to Analyze Food Security, 2003-2004, $10,000. Principal Investigator.
University of Illinois Silicon, Carbon, Culture Initiative (2003). $30,000. Walking through Knowledge Networks. Principal Investigator (Collaborative Proposal with Professors Narendra Ahuja and Michael Twidale).
Center For Human Resource Management: Using Technologies to Support and Enhance Organizational Knowledge Networks, 2002-2003. $10,000. Principal Investigator, with Andrea Hollingshead.
UIUC Educational Technologies Board: Virtual Digital Portfolio, 1998-1999, $6000 (Principal Investigator).
National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Software Development Group: Development of a Collaboration Workbench for the NCSA Software Development Group 1996-1997, $49,722 (Principal Investigator with Barbara O’Keefe and Patricia Jones).
Machine Tool Agile Manufacturing Research Institute, Evaluation of a virtual organization. 1996-1997, $35,000 (Principal Investigator with Barbara O’Keefe and Patricia Jones).
Advanced Learning Technologies in Higher Education, University of Illinois: A Curriculum in Organizational Communication and Technology Applications of Advanced Collaboration Tools to Support Cooperative Learning and Shared Instruction in Communication Studies. 1997, $52,600. (Principal Investigator with Barbara O’Keefe).
Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning Environments: Collaboration Support for Senior Design Teams in Engineering, 1995-1996, $56,202. (Principal Investigator with Peter DeLisle, Elizabeth Faye, Barbara O'Keefe.

HONORS AND AWARDS

· Invited Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, forthcoming.

· Fellow, The Field Museum, Chicago, Division of Environment, Culture, and Conservation (ECCo).

· Resident Associate & Co-Director, Age of Networks: Social, Cultural and Technological Connections, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-2006.

· Honorary Professor, University of Science and Technology of China. Hefei, China, 2004.

· Beckman Associate, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003-2004.

· Outstanding Research Award, Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2003.

Resident Associate, University of Illinois’ Center for Advanced Study. 2005-2006. Age of Networks: Social, Cultural and Technological connections.
Visiting Professor (Honorary Professor), University of Science and Technology of China. Hefei, China.
Research Award, Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2003.
Outstanding Member Award Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association, 2000.
Award for Excellence in Distance Education, Purdue University, 2000.
Incomplete List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois, 1987-1998, 2000.
Institute Gold Medal for outstanding achievement. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1983.
National Merit Scholarship, Indian School Certificate, Ministry of Education & Social Welfare, Government of India, 1978.
Top Conference Paper Awards

International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 2000.

International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1998.

International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1997.

International Communication Association, Communication and Technology Division, 1993.

Speech Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1993.

International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1988.

Speech Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1988.

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

· Contractor, N. (June 29, 2006). Keynote address: From Disasters to WoW: Enabling Communities with Cyberinfrastructure at the 2^nd International e-Social Science Conference, Manchester, UK. http://www.ncess.ac.uk/events/conference/2006/keyno