Biographical Information:
Dr. Yair Levy is a
Professor at the
Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences, A National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, at Nova Southeastern University and the director of the Center for e-Learning Security Research (CeLSR). He joined the school as an Assistant Professor in 2003,
was promoted to an Associate Professor in 2007, and
was promoted again to full Professor in 2012. Prior to joining the school, Dr. Levy was an instructor at the department of Decision Science and Information Systems (DSIS) and the director of Online Learning at the College of Business Administration, Florida International University. During
the mid to late 1990s, Dr. Levy assisted
NASA
to develop e-learning platforms as well as manage Internet and Web
infrastructures. He earned his undergraduate degree in
Aerospace Engineering from the
Technion (Israel Institute of
Technology). He received his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) with
Management Information Systems (MIS) concentration and Ph.D.
in MIS from
Florida
International University. His current research interests include
security issues with e-learning
systems, cyber-security skills, cognitive value of information systems (IS) and e-learning systems, effectiveness of
information and e-learning systems. Dr. Levy is the author of
Assessing the
Value of e-Learning Systems (2006). His research publications
appear in the Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC), Journal of
Cases on Information Technology (JCIT), International Journal of Information
Systems in the Service Sector (IJISSS), Journal of Information Systems
Education (JISE), Informing Science Journal (ISJ), Campus-Wide Information
Systems (CWIS), The Internet and Higher
Education (IHE), journal of Computers & Education, the International Journal of
Information and Communications Technology Education (IJICTE), Journal of
Internet Banking and Commerce (JIBC), as well as in
several refereed conference proceedings. Additionally, he published invited book chapters
in the Distance Learning and University Effectiveness book, the
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, as well as in the Encyclopedia of
Online Learning and Technology. Dr. Levy is the recipient of the
IJICTE 1(3) Editor's Award of Excellence for his paper titled “A case study
of management skills comparison in online and on-campus MBA programs”, the recipient of the
Best Paper Award in
InSITE 2006 conference, the Best Paper Award in InSITE 2008 conference,
as well as the Best Paper Award in the Chais 2009 and 2012 conferences.
He served as the executive chair of the technical program and proceedings
committee for the IEEE SoutheastCon 2005 conference as well as a co-chair of
the information systems track in the same conference. Dr. Levy was the
editor of the Proceedings for the IEEE SoutheastCon 2005. He was the co-chair of the Workshop of Information Security and Privacy (WISP) 2012 - at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Additionally, Dr. Levy
chaired and co-chaired multiple sessions/tracks of his research area in
recognized scientific conferences. Between 2006 and 2011, Dr. Levy was serving as
the founding Editor-in-Chief (EiC) of
the International Journal
of Doctoral Studies (IJDS). He is serving as
an
associate editor for the
International Journal of Web-based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT).
Moreover, he is serving as a
member of editorial
review and advisory board of several referee journals such as the
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education,Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT), Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE), as well as the
International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Competence (IJDLDC). Dr. Levy is serving as an ad-hoc reviewer for the premiere journals of Decision Support Systems (DSS), Computer & Education, and Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC). He's been serving as an advisory board member for the Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management (OJAKM) and a founding member of the International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management (IIAKM). Also, Dr. Levy has
been serving as a member of
conference proceedings
committee for numerous scholarly conferences. Moreover, Dr. Levy has been serving as a
referee research reviewer for hundreds of national and international scientific
journals, conference proceedings, as well as IS and information security
textbooks. He is also a frequent invited keynote speaker at national and international
meetings on IS, information security, and online learning topics. Dr. Levy’s teaching interests
and courses taught in the masters level include management information systems, system analysis
and design, information systems security, e-commerce, Web development,
telecommunications and networking, as well as enterprise architecture and
infrastructure. His teaching interests
and courses taught in the doctoral level include Information Systems Development (ISD) and Advanced Multivariate Research Methods and Statistics.