Kala Seal, Ph.D.

Office: Hilton 223
Phone: 310.338.2742
Email: kseal@lmu.edu

Areas of Expertise

• Spreadsheet Based OR/MS Modeling
• Information Systems Frameworks
• Mathematical Modeling of Information Systems

Biography

Kala Seal, a computer information systems professor, has been a member of the College of Business Administration faculty since 1990. Prior to joining the faculty, he worked as a consultant at a jet propulsion laboratory and as an assistant executive engineer for an oil and natural gas corporation in India. Seal has received several grants and has been honored with the Faculty of the Year - MBA Program. He is a member of the Decision Science Conferences Referee, INFORMS, and INFORMS Transactions on Education.

Education

• PhD:	University of Texas at Dallas (1990)
• MS:	University of Texas at Dallas (1989)
• B.Tech:	Indian Institute of Technology, India (1985)

Research

Seal is working on several papers, including the Effect of Interactivity in Learning Modeling, the Study of Information Technology Issues in India, and Understanding Mobile-Commerce Success Factors Around the World.

Recent Publications

• Seal, K. (2006). “United States and South East Asian Mobile Markets”, (with MBA CMS students), International Journal of Mobile Marketing, 1(1).

• Seal, K., Leon, L, and Przasnyski, Z. H. (2006). “Captivate Your Students' Minds: Developing Interactive Tutorials to Support the Teaching of Spreadsheet Modeling Skills”, Informs Trans. On Education, 7(1).

• Seal, K. and Przasnyski, Z. H. (2005). “Illustrating Probability through Roulette: A Spreadsheet Simulation Model”, Electronic Journal of Spreadsheets in Education, 2(1).

• Seal, K., Ewusi-Mensah, and Abraham, D. (2004). "Developing a Collaborative Learning Facility to Support Advanced Information Systems Courses: The LMU Experience”, Journal of Info Systems Education. 2(13).

• Seal, K. and Przasnyski, Z. H. (2003). "Experience with Using Technology for Pedagogic Support In An OR/MS Course”, Interfaces.