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Gil Laware

Gil Laware
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Technology 
1733 Northside Boulevard
South Bend, IN 46634
Phone: 574.520.4197
Fax: 574.520.4286
Email: lawareg@purdue.edu

 

Biography

Gil Laware is an Associate Professor in the Computer Technology (CPT) Department at South Bend/Elkhart. Professor Laware's interests include information systems strategy, project management, data analysis, database design, data warehousing, database technologies, metadata and knowledge management.

Educational Background

MBA - Management Science - Iona College
MBA - Management - Fairleigh Dickinson University
BS - Economics - Siena College

Teaching

Current Semester

  • CPT 141 Internet Foundations & Technologies
  • CPT 255 Programming for the Internet
  • CPT 272 Database Programming
  • CPT 280 Systems Analysis & Design Methods

Past Semesters

  • CPT 135 Personal Computing Technologies & Applications
  • CPT/CGT 141/165 Internet Foundations & Technologies
  • CPT 172 Introduction to Applications Development
  • CPT 175 Visual Programming
  • CPT 176 Information Technologies and Architectures
  • CPT 180 Introduction to Systems Analysis
  • CPT 230 Data Communications
  • CPT 272 Database Programming
  • CPT 280 Systems Analysis and Design 

Conferences and Publications Papers

  • Laware, G., Hilty J., & Walters, A. (2005). Panel Session: The Changing Role of the Business Analyst/System Designer. DAMA International Symposium & Wilshire Meta Data Conference. Orlando, FL.
  • Laware, G. W. (2005). Metadata management: A requirement for web warehousing and knowledge management. In A. Scime (Ed.). Web mining: applications and techniques (pp. 1-26). Hershey, PA: Idea Publishing Group.
  • Laware, G.W., Davis, B.J., & Perusich, K.A. (2004 Paper Submitted). Systems thinking: a paradigm for professional development.
  • Laware, G. W., Davis, B.J., & Perusich, K.A. (2005 abstract accepted). Initiating interdisciplinary projects: Finding common ground. Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education , Portland, OR.
  • Laware, G. W. & Walters, A. J. (2004). Real world problems bringing life to course content. In Association for Computing Machinery's, Proceedings of the 5th conference on Information Technology Education . New York: ACM Press (pp. 6-12)..
  • Laware. G. W. & Kowalkowski, F. F. (2004). Business or information systems requirements, is there a difference? In P.C. Thistlethwaite, D.W. Scholfield, R. J. Bauerly, P. A. Willits (Eds.), Emerging Issues in Business and Technology: 2004 Conference Program and Proceedings , Macomb, IL: Western Illinois University.
  • Laware. G. W. & Kowalkowski, F. F. (2004). Achitectural frameworks for web mining and knowledge management. In H.R. Arabnia and O. Droegehorn (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet Computing IC'04 : Vol. I, Las Vegas, NV: CSREA Press (pp. 135-144).
  • Davis, B.*, Laware G.*, Leach, S.*, & Perusich, K.* (2003). Panel Session: How Learning is Incorporated into the Tenure and Promotion Process of the Purdue School of Technology. 2003 Spring Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference , Indiana University South Bend. South Bend, IN.
  • Laware, G. W. (2003). From the very beginning, teach project management. In P.C. Thistlethwaite, D.W. Scholfield, R. J. Bauerly, & P. A. Willits (Eds.), Emerging Issues in Business and Technology: 2003 Conference Program and Proceedings , Macomb, IL: Western Illinois University.
  • Laware, G. W. (2003). Metadata management for web mining and knowledge management. In H.R. Arabnia & Youngsong Mun (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet Computing IC'03 : Vol. IV, Las Vegas, NV: CSREA Press (pp. 39-45).
  • Laware, G. & Kowalkowski, F. F. (2002). Data - the good, the bad, and the ugly - Is metadata the way to knowledge management. DAMA International Symposium & Wilshire Meta Data Conference . Anaheim, CA.
  • Laware, G. W. (2002). Metadata management for web data warehousing and knowledge management. In H.R. Arabnia and Youngsong Mun (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet Computing IC'02 : Vol. III, Las Vegas, NV: CSREA Press (pp. 649-652).
  • Laware, G. (2002). Negotiating Boundaries: Web Technology Management: Why it is important and its Overall Impact. 2002 Humanities and Technology Association Conference , Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Terre Haute, IN.
  • Davis. B.*, Laware, G.,*Leach, S.*, Perusich, K.*, Williams, R.*, & Zwickel, S.* (2002). Panel Discussion: Engaging K-12 Students in Technology as a Career. North Midwest Section of ASEE October 2002 Conference : Madison, WI.
  • Laware, G. W. (1996) Groupware: Its Impact on Information Resources Management , DAMA International Newsletter, 1996.
  • Laware, G. (1992). Information standards in manufacturing. Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES) / Product Data Exchange Specification (PDES) Organization , Los Angeles, CA.
  • Laware, G. (1992). Models and integration, a 1990's business necessity. Data Administration Management Association (DAMA) - National Capital Region Chapter . Washington, D.C.
  • Laware, G. (1992). Computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) modeling. Guidance for Users of Integrated Data Processing Equipment (GUIDE)
    Boston, MA.
  • Laware, G. (1991). Tomorrow's roles for information resource management. Data Administration Management Association (DAMA) - Dallas Chapter . Dallas, TX.
  • Laware, G. (1990). Drivers for information management. Data Dictionary Symposium . Atlantic City, NJ.
  • Laware. G. (1989). Enterprise-wide Business Planning. Enterprise-wide Information Management (EWiM) , St. Louis, MO.
  • Laware. G. (1988). Enterprise-wide information resource management. Enterprise-wide Information Management (EWiM) , St. Louis, MO.
  • Laware. G. (1988). Information managers message to strategic planning. Shared Area Resources Exchange (SHARE) , Washington, DC.

Consulting Experience 

  • Data Warehouse Design & Development - including ERwin, Oracle and Cognos
  • Database Design & Development - including DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, and Microsoft Access
  • Programming - including APL, PL/1, SAS, SQL, Visual Basic, Java, etc. 

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