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College of Business

Dr. Niharika Dayyala Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Business Information Systems
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business
Office Hours
Office hours on Zoom by appointment
Office Phone
(309) 438-7651office
phone
Email
ndayyal@ilstu.eduemail
Website
https://business.illinoisstate.edu/... website
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Selected Research

Biography

Dr. Niharika Dayyala is an Associate Professor at Illinois State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Business Administration with a specialization in Information Systems from The University of Texas at El Paso.

Her teaching interests encompass data analytics, database management, information systems security, business application programming, and statistics. Her research focuses on the diffusion of technologies, software development, software project management, and applications of big data analytics.

Dr. Dayyala's scholarly work has been featured in prominent journals, including the Information Resources Management Journal, International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, Journal of Information Privacy and Security, and the International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach. She is also the author of the book Machine Learning in Transportation Engineering, published by De Gruyter.

Before transitioning to academia, Dr. Dayyala served as a Senior Analyst in software development at Dell International Services Pvt. Ltd., where she contributed to several data warehouse projects.

Current Courses

BIS 471.001 Advanced Business Analytics

BIS 471.002 Advanced Business Analytics

BIS 366.001 Advanced Business Data Management

BIS 466.001 Advanced Business Data Management

Teaching Interests & Areas

Data analytics, database management, information systems security, business application programming and statistics.

Research Interests & Areas

Diffusion of Technologies, Software development, Software project management, Applications of Big Data Analytics

PhD Business Administration

The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso

Wilma Jean Alexander Technology Faculty Innovation Award

Illinois State University
2021

Wisdoms Torch Teaching and Learning Award

Illinois State University
2020

New Faculty Research Support Grant

Illinois State University
2017

Best Application Paper

Western Decision Sciences Institute
2016

Striker@Dell

Dell
2010

Individual Contributor

Dell
2009

Book, Authored

Machine Learning in Transportation
Niharika Dayyala, Nivedya Madankara Kottayi, Rajib Basu Mallick.
(2024), 10.1515/9783110788693, No, De Gruyter

Book, Chapter

Software development productivity in different sourcing arrangements
Niharika Dayyala, Kallol Bagchi, Purnendu Mandal.
(2017), 111-125, 10.1007/978-981-10-2281-4_9, Entrepreneurship in technology for ASEAN, Springer Singapore

Conference Proceeding

Lightweight Cellular Concrete (LCC) for Stormwater Management in Parking Lots: A Design Optimization Approach
Sundeep Inti, Niharika Dayyala.
ASCE Construction Research Congress 2024, (2024)
USB Linux: An IT Lab Instruction Tool During COVID-19
Jeremy Diederich, Xianping Wang, Niharika Dayyala, Sundeep Inti, Ying Luo.
273--278, (2020)
MARKET VALUE APPROACH: REDEFINING THE INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Niharika Dayyala, Faruk Arslan, Leopoldo A. Gemoets, Michael L. Gonzales, Maria Barulina.
https://decisionsciences.org/, (p671954), (2013)

Presentations

Sustainability Practices at Home: A Data driven and Text Mining Exploration of Perceptions and Behaviors
Niharika Dayyala.
COB Research Presentation Spring 2025, Normal, March 28, 2025
Linux: An IT Lab Instruction Tool During COVID-19
Jeremy Diederich, Xianping Wang, Niharika Dayyala, Sundeep Inti, Yang Luo.
ACM SIGITE 2020 Conference on Information Technology Education, Online, October 8, 2020
Is Big Data Analytics Half Embraced by Construction Industry?
Niharika Dayyala, Sundeep Inti, Shahrukh Khan.
Decision Sciences Institute, New Orleans, November 25, 2019
The Technological Determinants of Quality and Effort of Software Development Projects
Niharika Dayyala, Kallol Bagchi.
Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA), San Diego, August, 2016
Diffusion of International Financial Reporting Standards using Innovation Diffusion Models
Niharika Dayyala, Syed Zaidi, Kallol Bagchi.
Western Decision Sciences Institute, Las Vegas, April, 2016
Co-Diffusion of Software Programming Languages
Niharika Dayyala, Kallol Bagchi.
Graduate Student Expo, El Paso, March, 2015