Drew Hwang

Dr. Drew Hwang is a Professor and the Chair of the Computer Information Systems department. He also serves as the co-director of MS in Business Analytics. Dr. Hwang received a B.S. in Business Administration from Soochow University, Taiwan, a M.S. in Business Computer Information Systems from California State University, Fresno, and a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of Mississippi.

Dr. Hwang has been a leader in curriculum development and teacher-scholar research in areas such as Web Development, E-commerce Applications Development, and Secure Web Development.  Benefited from his academic background and industry experience, Dr. Hwang takes a hands-on and learn-by-doing approach in his teaching. He was also the founder advisor for the Interactive Web Development Student Association (IWDSA) and the founder Director for the Mitchell C. Hill Center for Applied Business Technology (MCHABIT). 

Dr. Hwang has had more than ten years of industry experiences as a system analyst, project manager, and chief technology officer in the area of business computer information systems. He was the chief developer of eHongKong.com, an ecommerce portal site which secured a multi-million venture capital fund from the New World Development Ltd., one of the top five enterprises in Hong Kong, in 2001.

• CIS 4250 Ecommerce Applications Development

• CIS 4270 Secure Web Applications

• CIS 4290 Systems Development Project

• Hwang, D. & Soe, L. (2010). An Analysis of Career Tracks in the Design of IS Curricula in the U.S. Information Systems Education Journal, 8(13), pp. 1-16. Best Paper Award.

• Soe, L. & Hwang, D. (2007). Career Track Design in IS Curriculum: A Case Study. Information Systems Education Journal, 5(9), pp. 3-19. Best Paper Award.

• Conlon S., Conlon, J., & Hwang, D. (1996). Nestedness, Separability, Information System, and the Role of the Manager. Decision Support Systems, 18(2), pp. 167-179. The paper received a “Citation of Excellence” award and a “Three Star” Quality Rating award from ANBAR Electronic Intelligence and the MCB University Press in 1996 and 1998 respectively. 

• “Digital Transformation using SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud),” the 15^th Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, Chicago, April 26-28, 2017.

• “Web Application Security in the Cloud,” the 14^th Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, Washington D.C., April 9-11, 2014.

• “Web Application Security in the Cloud,” the International Conference on Software Engineering and Digital Technology,  December 2014.

• “Social Media Systems and Management,” the 4th International Conference on Information, Integration, and Innovation, December 2012.

• Awarded $2000 for the development of a Webmaster Certificate Program for Center for Advanced Computing Technology.

• Awarded $33,000 from Luxfer Gas Cylinders, a Riverside-based company, for a nine-month Engineering Interdisciplinary Clinic (EIC) project to develop an operational plan for the effective and innovative use of the Internet technologies.

• Awarded $36,000 from Luxfer Gas Cylinders, a Riverside-based international company, for a nine-month Engineering Interdisciplinary Clinic (EIC) project to develop a “Customer Service” intranet that will publish database information from the company’s SAP system.

• Awarded $10,000 by National Science Foundation to develop a data-driven Web site for The Center of Innovation and Management of Design.

• Awarded $3,000 from a summer stipend program of the College of Business to develop a new EBZ course teaching server-side e-commerce applications development.