Yair Wand

Yair Wand is a Retired Faculty member at The University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business, within the BUS department. His research focuses on theoretical foundations and methodologies for systems analysis and design, information systems modelling, enterprise modelling, automation of systems development, methods to support business process redesign, human-computer dialogues, information economics, information requirements analysis, and expert systems development. His work includes publications in journals such as the Journal of the Association for Information Systems and Information Systems Research. He is affiliated with the Accounting and Information Systems Division and maintains a profile page at https://www.sauder.ubc.ca/people/yair-wand.

Yair Wand is an Emeritus Professor of Management Information Systems at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. His research focuses on Information Systems Analysis and Design, Information Management, and Conceptual Modeling. Wand's work explores ontological foundations in information systems, emphasizing the role of conceptual modeling in understanding and structuring information systems. His publications address the theoretical and practical aspects of information systems development, including the ontological expressiveness of analysis and design methods, the deep structure of information systems, and the integration of cognitive principles in modeling. His research contributes to the advancement of formal and empirical approaches in information systems and conceptual modeling.