ISCAP Proceedings 2026

Asheville, North Carolina - November 2026

Papers Presented by Focus Area and Teaching Cases


IS & CIS Education/Pedagogy

Focus Area Chairs:

Ernst Bekkering, Northeastern State University
Neelima Bhatnagar, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

Associate Focus Chair:
Daniel Freburg, Illinois State University


Academic Experiences of NSF Cyber Scholar Grant Recipients (6713)
Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Undergraduate Business Curricula: Evidence from ACBSP-Accredited Institutions (6840)
AI in Doctoral Research (6750)
AI In The Research Process (6718)
AI Literacy in the Wild: What Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google Teach in Their AI Academies (6753)
AI Reshapes Information Systems Analysis and Design Curriculum: A Case Study of Pedagogical Practice (6726)
Applying a Modified IPO Model to Attract, Engage, and Prepare the Next Generations of University Students (6712)
Artificial Intelligence as a Governance Stressor in Higher Education: Threat Rigidity Dynamics and Evaluative Authority in Faculty Review Systems (6769)
Auto-Grading UML Activity Diagrams With AI Tools (6823)
Beyond “Did You Use AI?”: A Framework for Measuring Human Contribution in AI-Assisted Writing (6723)
Beyond Optimism: Design and Evaluation Lessons from a Broad-Access AI for Business and Society Course (6952)
Beyond The Syllabus: Helping Students Develop Workforce Readiness and Life Skills (6778)
Bridging the Gap: Transitioning Business Intelligence Curricula from On-Premise Data Warehousing to Cloud Analytics (6678)
Building What the KUs Demand: A Framework for Translating CAE-CD Knowledge Units into Cybersecurity Instructional Materials (6938)
Business Intelligence Education Using SAP Analytics Cloud: An IS 2020 Competency Model Perspective (6951)
Creating More Options for Student Class Attendance (6721)
Customizable Interactive Textbooks for Teaching Programming to Information Systems Students: Classroom Evidence and an AI-Era Roadmap (6770)
Dental Students Perceptions of AI in the Classroom (6829)
Developing an Approach to Building, Testing, and Evaluating an LLM-based RAG-enabled AI tutor (6749)
Developing Digital Agency through Informal Peer-Assisted Learning (6690)
Embedding Career Readiness in the CIS Curriculum: Insights from an Undergraduate Professional Development Course (6688)
Encouraging Agentic AI Use in Higher Education: A Repeated-Measures Study of Student Attitudes and Intentions (6701)
Enhancing Blockchain Address Behavior Prediction Through the Integration of On-Chain Activity and Public Contextual Data (6711)
Evaluating a Socratic AI-Based Learning Activity in Introductory Python Programming (6692)
Evaluating LLM-Generated Java Code Quality: A Vibe Coding Experiment with Halstead and McCabe Complexity Analysis and User Reflections (6673)
Exploring the Impact of AI Tools on College Students' Learning Experience: Technology Adoption and Grit Perspectives (6947)
Exploring the Imposter Phenomenon (IP) among Information Technology (IT) Majors (6942)
From Construction to Verification: Redesigning the Systems Analysis and Design Course for the Era of Artificial Intelligence (6773)
From Pods to Prompts: A Pilot Evaluation of NRP-Based Kubernetes, Open WebUI, and LLM Fine-Tuning Workflows (6759)
From Prompt to Prototype: Teaching Vibe Coding to Professional MBA Students (6798)
From Threat to Opportunity: AI-Assisted Oral Assessment as a Scalable Assessment Design (6772)
Generative AI in Universities: Student Perceptions Regarding Ethical Use (6674)
Industry 4.0, AI & the Future of Work (6694)
Information worlds, artificial intelligence, and information in society (6804)
LLM-UML Benchmark: A Reproducible Benchmark for Evaluating Large Language Models on UML Diagram Interpretation (6835)
Operation North Guard: A Multi-Variant Dynamic Flag Framework for Cybersecurity Education (6745)
Practice, Presence, and Performance: A Mixed-Methods Study of Repeated VR Roleplay in Undergraduate Courses (6706)
Preparing Information Systems and Information Technology Graduates for AI-Augmented Work: A Task-to-Curriculum Framework for Reweighting (6828)
Preserving Learning Signals in AI-Supported Cybersecurity Education (6781)
Reigning in the Easy Button: A Novel Legal Approach for Taming the GenAI Beast (6809)
Social Constructivist Activities for Teaching Computer Networking in Information Systems (6720)
Student Grade Expectancy vs Reality in Introductory Programming Course: A Pilot Study (6948)
Student Use of GenAI: Catalyst for Enriched Learning or Devil in Disguise? (6685)
Teaching AI Cybersecurity Risk in AIS: A Control-Mapping Framework and Classroom Application (6649)
Teaching Quantum Computing Without Quantum Hardware: A Hands-on Learning Module for Undergraduate Computing Education (6832)
The AI Curriculum Gap: Linguistic and Institutional Evidence of Perceived Control Asymmetries from Faculty and Student Discourse in Business Education (6743)
The Impact of Peer Catalysts on Major Confidence, Professional Identity, and Co-Curricular Engagement in First-Year Business Education (6695)
Updated Comparison of Generative AI Solutions and Textbook Solutions in an Introductory Programming Course (6931)
Using Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning: A Case Study of an Undergraduate Computer Programming Course (6818)
Workplace Priorities for Entry-Level AI Competencies: A Preliminary Study (6937)
A Framework for Teaching Data Warehousing Using SAP Datasphere (6958)
Accessibility Initiative: Developing a Digital Accessibility Strategy for an Information Systems and Computing Department (6953)
Creating Videos For Class At Scale Using Digital Avatar And Voice Cloning Technology (6705)
Enabling Foundational Learning Of Database Applications Design And Development (6761)
Integrating Generative AI Tools into a Project-Based IS Course (6741)
Making Analytical Reasoning Visible: A CRISP-DM Informed Analytics Assignment with Generative AI (6826)
Passport To Data: Designing A Technology Solution For Study Abroad Success (6693)
Student AI Implementation Framework for Business Education: From Principles to Local Practice (6719)
Teaching AI Beyond the Prompt: A Teaching Case on Practitioner-Centered Learning Using the 4Cs Framework (6814)
Teaching Business Students to Use Data Mining Methods for Decision Support (6847)

Applied IS Research

Focus Area Chair:
Bryan Reincke, Rochester Institute of Technology
Assistant Focus Chair:
Biju Bajracharya, East Tennessee State


A Heterogeneous Ensemble Learning Framework for Predicting Loan Funding Outcomes in Peer-to-Peer Lending Platforms (6813)
Adapting IT Governance Mechanisms for AI Governance in SMEs (6774)
AI In Healthcare Practice And Information Systems: Challenges Faced And A Model Framework For The Legal And Ethical Management of AI In Healthcare Organizations (6830)
AI-Assisted Peer Review: Comparing Generative AI and Human Evaluations (6939)
AI-Driven Mitigation of CPU Fragmentation in Virtualized Environments (6834)
Design Science Evaluation of an IT Multi-Sourcing Framework (6684)
Digital Humanities and Immersive Technologies: A Bibliometric Analysis (6716)
Enhancing Digital Community Resilience during Power and Internet Outages: An SMS-Based Chatbot Approach (6689)
Ethical Decision-Making about Intellectual Property Piracy: A Multi-Issue Approach (6748)
Evaluating an Immersive System for Parkinson’s Disease Empathy Training Using In-Situ Surveys and Gameplay Telemetry (6704)
Explainable AI in Cybersecurity: Bridging the Human-AI Comprehension Divide (6727)
Governance as Attack Surface: Regulatory Fragmentation and Gray-Zone Cyber Threats in the Maritime Transportation System (6744)
Governance-Driven Financial Intelligence: A Multi-Modal Framework for Predictive Throttling, Governance-Aware Execution, and Evidence-Driven Learning (6752)
How AI Generates Value and How Firms Show It: A Morphological Analysis of ROI Evidence in S&P 500 Earnings Calls (6724)
Improving Clinical Decision Support for Sepsis Mortality Prediction Using Data Balancing Techniques (6841)
Integrating Synthetic Data, Decision Trees, and LLM-Based Explanation for Retail Micro-Decision Support (6725)
Performance Benchmarking and Scalability Analysis of MySQL and MariaDB Using YCSB Workloads (6793)
Pilot Evaluation of Seventeen Large Language Models on Supplement-Associated Disease Recommendations Using Literature-Based Evidence (6806)
Predicting Mental Health Risks of Social Media Use with Machine Learning (6709)
Ready, Spec, Code: Testing the Value of Spec-Driven AI Coding (6729)
Shifting Skill Demands in the AI Job Market: A Comparative Text Mining Analysis of Job Postings from 2024 and 2025 (6697)
Show Me the Use Case: Internal AI Adoption in Corporate Earnings Calls (6730)
SmartCart AI: A Decision-Centric Agentic System for Inventory Waste Reduction and Pricing Optimization (6676)
Social Media, Public Trust, and Corporate Image Repair: The 2021 Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine Crisis (6808)
Solution or Pollution? A Thematic Analysis of the Recursive Crisis of AI in 2025 (6677)
Storage-Backed Artificial Intelligence Inference: A Tiered-Memory Architecture for Extending Large Language Model Execution Beyond GPU VRAM (6815)
System Dynamics as a Framework for Human Machine Decision Making in Command-and-control Environments (6820)
The Impact of Information Flows on Multi-Agent Systems (6819)
The Information Systems Infrastructure for a Global Circular Economy: Bridging Governance, Supply Chain Learning, and Platform Orchestration (6954)
Tracking Green Brand Reputation in Real Time: A Theory-Driven Social Media Approach (6837)
Using Generative AI for Qualitative Analysis in Program Assessment: A Multi-Tool Faculty-Guided Workflow (6668)
When AI Outpaces the Law: A Framework for Ethical AI Governance (6751)

Cybersecurity

Focus Area Co- Chairs:
David Yates, Bentley University

Geoffrey Stoker, University of North Carolina Wilmington


"Fish in a Barrel": Lowering the Barrier for Vulnerability Discovery in a Software Exploitation Course (6799)
“It is Not Enough to Just Recover”: Strategies, Business Alignment, and Cyber Resilience in Practice (6817)
A Healthcare Cloud Readiness Framework: Measuring Technical, Compliance, and Staff Readiness for Cloud Migration (6795)
An AI-Enhanced Digital Twin Framework for Experiential Cybersecurity Education (6955)
Bridging the Policy-Practice Gap in Cybersecurity Education: Developing a Cybersecurity Program for K-12 Career and Technical Education (6679)
CTF Design In Cybersecurity Education: Overcoming Technology Friction (6717)
Cybersecurity Weaknesses in Resource-Constrained Organizations: A Cross-Sector Analysis of Governance and Technical Safeguard Gaps (6805)
Enhancing Election Trust Through Technology Understanding: A Survey Experiment on Technical Education and Technology Readiness (6844)
Experiential and Dispositional Drivers of Phishing Susceptibility: A Cross-Nation Replication-Plus-Extension Study Fifteen Years Later (6943)
From Deficit to Design: Neuroinclusive Course Design in Online Cybersecurity Education (6768)
Governing Cybersecurity in Food and Agriculture Critical Infrastructure: An Applied Case Study of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) (6703)
LLM Signal Compression in Cybersecurity Log Analysis: Evaluating Hybrid AI Agent Architectures for SOC Triage (6680)
Silent Stalkers: Platform Involvement in Cyberstalking and Digital Harassment (6803)
Teaching Cybersecurity Principles Through Case-Based Analysis of Cyber Risk (6780)
Time Is Money: Password Strength Metrics in the Era of Elastic Cloud Computing (6949)
Trust but Verify: A Framework for Secure AI-Assisted Legacy Software Modernization (6797)
Understanding Cybersecurity Workforce Demand: A Topic Modeling Analysis of 11,562 Job Advertisements (6816)
Zero-Day phishing detection with lightweight machine learning models (6662)
Developing Hacker’s Mindset and Skillset: An Ethical Hacking Project (6849)
Modernizing Networking Laboratories Through Containerized Learning Environments: Workforce-Oriented Scenarios for Application Deployment, Vulnerability Assessment, and Network Operations (6755)

Data Analytics

Focus Area Chair:
Kevin Mentzer, Nichols College

Assistant Papers Chair:
Jason Price, Nichols College


A Multi-Source Analytics Approach to Key Talent Identification: Competency Derivation and Institutionalization in a Digital Firm (6691)
Comparative Analysis of MedGemma and Gemini 2.5 Pro for Multi-Label Chest X-ray Classification (6934)
Data Should Speak: AI-Driven Spoken Narratives and the Next Frontier in Data Storytelling (6702)
Federated Deep Learning for Intrusion Detection: Cross-Dataset Validation on CIC-IDS2017 (6687)
Longitudinal Change in Data Science and Business Intelligence Analyst Competencies: Latent Dirichlet Allocation and Topic Prevalence in O*NET Data (6945)
Spatial Analysis Using ArcGIS Business Analyst for Market Evaluation and Sales Prediction: A Case Study of a Car Washing Company (6800)
The Domain Expert as Analyst: Characterizing a Workflow Paradigm for AI-Mediated Applied Analysis, with a Worked Case in College Baseball (6956)
Understanding User Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction with Smart Speakers: A Topic Modeling Analysis of Online Reviews (6742)
A Proposed Experiential Exercise for Teaching Data Visualization Through Process-Generated Data: A LEGO?-Based Simulation (6851)
Evaluating Generative AI for Data Cleansing: A Case in Quality Assurance and Critical Thinking (6779)
NASA Moon Data for SQL Analytics: An Adoption-Ready Dataset for GROUP BY, HAVING, and Window Functions (6648)
Teaching Case Auditing AI: Using Excel to Detect Bias in a Hiring System (6957)

Cases (Teaching and Exercises)

Focus Area Chair:
Michelle Louch, University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg

Assistant Papers Chair:
Mark Pisano, Southern Connecticut State University


A Framework for Teaching Data Warehousing Using SAP Datasphere (6958)
Accessibility Initiative: Developing a Digital Accessibility Strategy for an Information Systems and Computing Department (6953)
Creating Videos For Class At Scale Using Digital Avatar And Voice Cloning Technology (6705)
Enabling Foundational Learning Of Database Applications Design And Development (6761)
Integrating Generative AI Tools into a Project-Based IS Course (6741)
Making Analytical Reasoning Visible: A CRISP-DM Informed Analytics Assignment with Generative AI (6826)
Passport To Data: Designing A Technology Solution For Study Abroad Success (6693)
Student AI Implementation Framework for Business Education: From Principles to Local Practice (6719)
Teaching AI Beyond the Prompt: A Teaching Case on Practitioner-Centered Learning Using the 4Cs Framework (6814)
Teaching Business Students to Use Data Mining Methods for Decision Support (6847)
Developing Hacker’s Mindset and Skillset: An Ethical Hacking Project (6849)
Modernizing Networking Laboratories Through Containerized Learning Environments: Workforce-Oriented Scenarios for Application Deployment, Vulnerability Assessment, and Network Operations (6755)
A Proposed Experiential Exercise for Teaching Data Visualization Through Process-Generated Data: A LEGO?-Based Simulation (6851)
Evaluating Generative AI for Data Cleansing: A Case in Quality Assurance and Critical Thinking (6779)
NASA Moon Data for SQL Analytics: An Adoption-Ready Dataset for GROUP BY, HAVING, and Window Functions (6648)
Teaching Case Auditing AI: Using Excel to Detect Bias in a Hiring System (6957)