João Porto de Albuquerque

Em português

Assistant Professor at Department of Computer Systems of the Institute of Mathematical and Computing Sciences of the University of São Paulo (ICMC-USP) and Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Research interests

My research focus lies on the sociotechnical aspects of Information Systems and Information Technology Services. Building upon theories from Science and Technology Studies (STS) and social studies of Information Systems, I’m interested in investigating the co-production of technology, organizational forms, society, and human behaviour.

Current research lines:

1.     Information Systems in Organisations:  IT Service Management, Organisational Change and Business Process Management (BPM), Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning, Social software and Web 2.0, Strategic Alignment of IS and Organisations (IT Governance), Information Security

2.  Public Policy and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT): ICT in the public sector (e-Government), Software-related Policies, Open Source Software, Education on ICT/IS

Recent Publications (selection)

de Albuquerque, J. P., Krumm, Heiko, Geus, Paulo Lício . Formal validation of automated policy refinement in the management of network security systems. International Journal of Information Security (Print), v. 9, p. 99-125, 2010. PDF Site (Publisher)

Porto de Albuquerque, J., Christ, M. . Examinando a Relação entre Formalização e Flexibilidade em Modelos de Processos de Negócio: O Caso de uma Empresa de Manutenção de Aeronaves. In: XXXIII Encontro da Associação Nacional de Pós-graduação em Administração (EnANPAD 2009), 2009, São Paulo. Anais do XXXIII EnANPAD 2009. São Paulo : ANPAD, 2009. p. 1-16. PDF

Porto de Albuquerque, J. . Rethinking formalization processes in computerized systems: analyzing the co-evolution between software and
organizational practices. RECIIS. Elect. J. Commun. Inf. Innov. Health, v. 3, n. 2, p. 7-15, 2009. PDF Site

Porto de Albuquerque, J. ; Simon, E. J. ; Wahoff, J. ; Rolf, A. (2008). The Challenge of Transdisciplinarity in Information Systems Research: Towards an Integrative Platform. In: Aileen Cater-Steel; Latif Al Hakim. (Org.). Information Systems Research Methods, Epistemology and Applications. Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global, p. 88-103. Site Google Books

Figueira Filho, F. M., Porto de Albuquerque, J., de Geus, P. L. (2008). Analisando sistemas de classificação na web sob a perspectiva da interação social em comunidades de prática. In: Simpósio Brasileiro de Fatores Humanos em Sistemas Computacionais (IHC'08). Porto Alegre : SBC, p. 40-49. PDF

Simon, E. J., Porto de Albuquerque, J., Rolf, A. (2008). Notwendige und vorläufige Formalisierungslücken in Organisationen. In: Christiane Funken; Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer. (Org.). Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt: Zur Neuordnung formaler und informeller Prozesse in Unternehmen. Wiesbaden, Alemanha: VS Verlag, p. 239-261. Site PDF (publisher)

Porto de Albuquerque, J. (2007). Aspectos sociotécnicos da computação: contextualizando o desenvolvimento de sistemas de computação com o modelo Mikropolis. Revista de Informática Teórica e Aplicada, v. 14, p. 181-197. PDF Site

Further Information

João Porto de Albuquerque received his B.Sc. (2002) and Ph.D. in Computer Science (2006) from the Institute of Computing at the State University of Campinas, Brazil. During the doctoral studies his research work was directed to the configuration management and the modelling of security policies for network security systems in complex organisations. Part of the research work was performed in a two-year research stay (2004-2006) in the Working Group Computer Networks and Distributed Systems at University of Dortmund (now Technical University Dortmund), funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). He is Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and spent a post-doctoral research stay (2006-2008) at Department Informatics of the University of Hamburg.

Full curriculum at the CNPq-Lattes platform (in portuguese). Some publications can be found at the DBLP Bibliography Server and Google Scholar. His previous research on management of network security services in complex organisations can be accessed in my old site.

Contact

e-mail: joao /dot/ porto /at/ usp /dot/ br