Profile

Department

Information Tech and Cybersecurity

Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield

Postal mail

Missouri State University
Information Tech and Cybersecurity
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65897

Biography

Dr. S Berlin Brahnam is professor of computer information systems. Her research interests include decision support systems, artificial intelligence and computer vision, modeling and simulation, cultural and ethical aspects of technology, and rhetoric and conversational agents.

Her teaching interests are in the areas of management information systems, decision support systems, distance education, programming languages and Internet for business. She has more than 140 publications in academic journals, book chapters and conference proceedings.

Details

Education

  • PhD, Computer Science, 2002, The Graduate Center at The City University of New York
  • MS, Computer Science, 1997, The City College of New York
  • MA, Intermedia, 1992, The City College of New York
  • BA, English and Philosophy, 1980, University of Arkansas

Teaching

  • ITC 761 Management Information Systems

Research and professional interests

  • Machine learning
  • Cultural and ethical aspects of information systems and human-computer interface design

Awards and honors

  • COB Outstanding Scholarly Activity Award (Outstanding Empirical Paper), Missouri State University College of Business, 2018
  • Daisy Portenier Loukes Research Professorship, 2015-2018
  • Best Paper Award for HCI Thematic Area, HCI International, 2015
  • Daisy Portenier Loukes Research Fellow, 2013-2015
  • Foundation Award for Research, Missouri State University, 2013
  • Best Contribution to Theory Award, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, 2013
  • Summer Faculty Fellowship, Missouri State University, 2011
  • Faculty College Recognition Award for Excellence in Research, College of Business, Missouri State University, 2006
  • Faculty College Recognition Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Business, Missouri State University, 2005
  • Science Fellowship Award, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 1997-1999

Additional resources

Area of expertise

Computers and technology

Media appearances

Springfield professors discuss Replika, a new virtual companion
KOLR10
03/09/2022
Computer scientist Dr. S. Berlin Brahnam comments on Replika.

Why Zoom Is Terrible
The New York Times
04/29/2020
Computer scientist Dr. S. Berlin Brahnam compares video conferencing to highly processed foods.

Machine-learning identifies pain in babies
417 Magazine
11/01/2017
Computer scientist Dr. S. Berlin Brahnam studies artificial intelligence and its ability to determine when infants are experiencing pain.

Why You Shouldn’t Swear at Siri
Harvard Business Review
10/21/2016
Computer scientist Dr. S. Berlin Brahnam conducts research on human-computer agent interactions.

Calling Siri Names? You’re Not Alone – A Closer Look at Misuse of AI Agents
Techemergence
11/01/2015
Computer scientist Dr. S. Berlin Brahnam looks at human abuse and misuse with computers.

Easing the Pain: Helping Infants Suffering from Pain
CBS Evening News
02/21/2008
Computer scientist Dr. S. Berlin Brahnam works on facial recognition technology to identify key spots in a baby's face that signal pain.

Call and Response
The Economist Technology Quarterly
03/08/2007
Computer scientist Dr. S. Berlin Brahnam explains about chatbots.

Assessing pain in infants
MIT Technology Review
10/18/2006
Computer scientist Dr. S. Berlin Brahnam highlights a face-recognition system that could help lift the veil on infant communication and allow us to know when babies are genuinely experiencing pain.

Even a chatbot can turn nasty
New Scientist
10/12/2005
Computer scientist Dr. S. Berlin Brahnam shares about an experiment she did on six commercial chatbots used to represent various companies, to see how they would respond to abusive language.