• Assistant Professor, Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution,
  • Information Technology Service Management
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Educational Background

  • Ph.D. in Management Science – Information Systems, University of Texas at Dallas, 2006
  • M.S. in Management Information Systems, Texas Tech University 1999
  • B.S. in Business, University of International Business and Economics, China, 1995

Research Interests

    • Information Technology Service Management
    • Cybersecurity decision making
    • Economics of IT/IS
    • Behavioral issues of IT management
    • Cybersecurity education and workforce development

Selected Publications

  • Mai, B., and K. Dogan, “Free Trial with Annoyance Mechanism as an Optimal Strategy in Cybersecurity Software Offering,” Journal of Information System Security, Fall 2022, Vol 18, No. 1, pp. 25 – 62
  • Workman, M., Luevanos, J. A., and B. Mai, “A study of cybersecurity education using a present-test-practice-assess model,” IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 40 – 45, June 2021
  • Mai, B., and S. Kulkarni, “When hackers err – The impacts of false positive on information security games,” Decision Analysis, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 90 – 109, received the 2018 Decision Analysis Special Recognition Award, June 2018
  • Cavusoglu, H., Kwark, Y., Mai, B. and S. Raghunathan, “Passenger profiling and screening for aviation security in the presence of strategic attackers,” Decision Analysis, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2013
  • Mai, B., Menon, N., and S. Sarkar, “No free lunch: price premium for privacy seal-bearing vendors,” Journal of Management Information Systems, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2010