Isabelle WATTIAU

Professor
department: Information Systems, Decision Sciences and Statistics
Campus de Cergy
+33 (0)1 34 43 30 76
Decision Support Systems – Marketing and Data Analytics
Biography

Isabelle Comyn-Wattiau is Professor of Information Systems and holds the Chair of Information Strategy and Governance at ESSEC Business School. She holds a M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Paris Sorbonne. Her research interests include information systems and database design, data quality and security, design science research, and conceptual modeling. She has published more than ninety journal and conference papers on information systems and database systems. Her research has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Management Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Data and Knowledge Engineering, Expert Systems with Applications, and major academic conferences such as the International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER).

Diplomas

  • 1997: HDR (Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines France)
  • 1990: Doctorat in Computer Systems (Sorbonne Université France)
  • 1985: Engineering degree (École Nationale Supérieure d’Informatique pour l’Industrie et l’Entreprise France)
Career
Other Academic Appointments
    • 2019 – 2024 : Chaired Professor of the Information Strategy & Governance Chair (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 2008 – 2024 : Head program MS MSIR (ESSEC Business School France)
Full-time academic appointments
    • 1998 – Now : Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1994 – 1998 : Associate Professor (ESSEC Business School France)
    • 1988 – 1994 : Assistant Professor (ESSEC Business School France)

Awards

  • 2016 : Best Paper Award, 18 International Conference on Information Systems (ICEIS), pour l’article : Structuring Guidelines for Web Application Designers – A Meta-Model (Italy)
  • 2015 : Chevalier dans l’ordre des palmes académiques (France)
  • 2010 : Best paper award, Second International Conference on Advances in Databases, Knowledge, and Data Applications (International Academy, Research, and Industry Association, France)

Journal articles

Book chapters

Conference Proceedings

Presentations at an Academic or Professional conference

Working Papers

Research activities
  • Participation in scientific commissions or reviewer for a conference
    • 2020 – 2022: Chair of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on Conceptual Modeling
    • 2018 – 2020: Vice-Chair of ER Steering Committee
  • Chief Editor
    • 2020 – Now: Fondatrice et rédacteur en chef
    • 2017 – 2019: Chief editor – Ingenierie des Systemes D’Information
  • Editorial Board Membership
    • 2019 – 2020: Editorial board membership – Journal of British Blockchain Association
    • 2019 – 2020: Editorial board membership – Management et Data Science
    • 2019 – 2020: Editorial board membership – Open Journal of Information System
    • 2018 – 2020: Editorial board membership – Systèmes d’Information et Management
    • 2017 – 2019: Editorial board membership – Ingenierie des Systemes D’Information
    • 2009 – 2009: Editorial board membership – Systèmes d’Information et Management
    • 2009 – 2021: Membre du comité éditorial
    • 2008 – 2009: Editorial board membership – Ingenierie des Systemes D’Information
    • 2005 – 2007: Editorial board membership – Systèmes d’Information et Management
    • 2001 – 2006: Editorial board membership – Ingenierie des Systemes D’Information
Theses
  • 2006 : MEHMOOD Kashif (ESSEC Business School), Thesis director, A Quality Pattern Based Approach for the Analysis and Design of Information Systems