Prof. Gilad Ravid
- Associate Professor
- Researcher
Who am i ?
Personal Details
I'm Gilad Ravid member of the Information Systems group at the Industrial Engineering and Management department at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. My main interests are in SNA (Social Network Analysis), Knowledge Management, Information Sharing, and Agricultural Technologies
- Name:Prof. Gilad Ravid
- Email: gilad@ravid.org
- Phone:+972-544-905-391
- Date of birth: 31 October, 1968
- Address:Industrial Engineering and Management Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer-Sheva, Israel
My Background
Work Experience
2017December - Current
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Associate Professor
member of the Information Systems (IS) group at the Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) Department in the faculty for Engineering sciences.
2005October - 2017December
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Senior Lecturer
member of the Information Systems (IS) group at the Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) Department in the faculty for Engineering sciences.
1996September - 2005September
The Open University of Israel
Chief Technology Officer at Shoham
Technological management of various learning technology tool include LMS (Learning Management System), multimedia titles, satellite based broadcasting system and more
1995June - 1996August
Macom Tikshov
Projects Manager
Macom Tikshov - First web presence building company in Israel. responsible for multiple projects and clients.
1990September - 1995May
Kibutz Gilgal
Dates Growner
worked in dates orchard
My Education
Education
2006August - 2007August
Uninersity of Southern California
Post-Doc @ Annenberg Center for Communication
1998October - 2004July
University of Haifa
Ph.D. @ Graduate School of Business
1995October - 1997July
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
MBA @ School of Business Administration
1990October - 1994July
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
B.Sc. @ Agricutural Engineering
My work
Journal Papers
Design/methodology/approach – The theoretical foundations of the study are based on two existing models of information searching related to everyday life problems, Foster’s non-linear model of information seeking behavior and Bates’s berry-picking approach. This research employs a qualitative method. A total of 35 advisors in different SHIL branches were interviewed and the content of the interviews was analyzed, mapped and organized into categories by using concepts and terms revealed in the data.
Findings – Findings show that volunteers at SHIL search information in a way that integrates the two models mentioned above, the berry-picking model and the non-linear model. In addition, findings point to difficulties that the advisors face in solving problems of the clients. These difficulties are connected with the different aspects relating to the flow of information both within and outside the organization and with organizational and administrative aspects at SHIL.
Originality/value – The information seeking behavior of volunteers acting as providers of information services has yet to be investigated at length and the understanding of their information behavior can be of value, since volunteering carries great importance in a democracy.
My work
Selected Conference Papers
Sunbelt
Brighton, UK
Snir, R.& Ravid, G. (2015) Network Analysis Perspective On Global Nanotechnology Regulatory Governance.
CGCloud
London, UK
Codish, D. & Ravid, G. (2014) Adaptive Approach for Gamification Optimization.
The International Conference on Drylands, Deserts and Desertification
Sde Boker, Israel
Solomovich, L.,Ravid, G., Meir, A., Avni, N.,(2014). Collaboration of multicultural knowledge through Communication Technology - understanding the social - ecological coupled systems of the desert.
Meital
Tel Aviv, Israel
Solomovich, L.,Ravid, G., Meir, A., Avni, N.(2014). Challenges in the Learning Processes of Multi-Cultural Communities of Practice.
ECIS
Tel Aviv, Israel
Sasson, E., Ravid, G., & Pliskin, N., (2014) Text Mining and Temporal Trend Detection on the Internet for Technology Assessment: Model and Tool.
ECIS
Tel Aviv, Israel
Codish, D.& Ravid G. (2014) Personality Based Gamification: How Different Personalities Percive Gamification.
Chais
Raanana, Israel
Codish, D.& Ravid, G.(2014) Personality Based Gamification – Educational Gamification for Extroverts and Introverts (Awarded as Best Student Paper)
CSCW
Baltimore, MD
Kalman, M. Y. & Ravid, G. (2014) Email Inbox Management by Information Overloaded Users.
HICSS
Waikoloa, HI
Sasson, E., Ravid, G., & Pliskin, N. (2014) Modeling Technology Assessment via Knowledge Maps.
IBM's World Summit on Big Data and Organization Design
Paris, France
Sasson, E., Ravid, G. & Pliskin, N. (2013) Modeling Technology Assessment via Knowledge Maps based on Text Mining and Temporal Trend Detection.
IEM
Jerusalem, Israel
Sasson, E., Ravid, G. & Pliskin, N. (2013) Technology Assessment via Webometrics, Text Mining and Temporal Trend Detection.
ATISR
Taipei, Taiwan
Sasson, E., Ravid, G. & Pliskin, N. (2012). Technology Assessment via Bibliometrics, Text Mining and Temporal Trend Detection.
ICQR
Beer Sheva, Israel
Solomovich, L., Avni, N., & Ravid, G. (2012) Action Research, Development process and design of multicultural community of practice through E-learning environment for teachers who Teach science.
Sunbelt
Redondo Beach, CA
Ravid, G., Sasson, E., & Pliskin, N. (2012). Social Networks Analysis of Text Mining and Bibliometrics for IT Assessment.
IEM
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Sasson, E., Ravid, G., & Pliskin, N. (2012). Harnessing Text Mining and Bibliometrics Web Counts for modeling IT Assessment Framework and Automated Tool.
Meital
Tel Aviv, Israel
Solomovich, L., Avni, N., & Ravid G. (2011) Development process and design of multicultural community of practice through E-learning environment as a means of professional development of teachers in the periphery.
Opening Gates in Teacher Education"
Tel Aviv, Isreal
Solomovich, L. & Ravid G. (2011) Backchannels Usages in Online Community of Practice.
ILAIS
Tel Aviv, Israel
Sasson, E., Ravid, G. & Pliskin, N. (2011). Harnessing Text Mining and Bibliometrics Web Counts for Modeling IT Assessment Framework and Automated Tool.
Meital
Ra'anna, Israel
Solomovich, L. & Ravid G. (2010) Backchannels Usages in Online Community of Practice.
MCIS
Tel-Aviv, Israel
Ravid, G., Bar-Ilan, J., Baruchson-Arbib, S., Yaari, E., Rafaeli, S. & Weiss, N. (2010) A User Survey of a Site Providing Citizen Information: Preliminary Findings of Shil.Info.
Sunbelt
Riva Del Garrda, Italy
Ravid, G. & Currid, E. (2010) Celebrities as Category and Group: An Empirical Network Analysis of an Elite Population.
Sunbelt
Riva Del Garda, Italy
Bartal, A. & Ravid, G. (2010). Predicting Links in Social Networks: The Israeli Law System and Netflix.
Meital
Ra'anna, Israel
Solomovitz, L. & Ravid G. (2010) Backchannels Usages in Online Community of Practice.
AAGAM
Washington DC
Currid, E. & Ravid, G.I (2010) Star Markets in the Cultural Industries: An Empirical Network Analysis of Labor Pool Mobility in Los Angeles, New York and London.
IEM
Tel Aviv, Israel
Ravid, G. (2010) Wiki Books usage in Learning: the Introduction to Information Systems Course Case.
IEM
Tel Aviv, Israel
Bartal, A. & Ravid, G. (2010). Prediting Links in Social Networks: The Israeli Law System and Netflix.
Sunbelt
San Diego, USA
Bartal, A., Ravid, G., Pliskin, N. & Lerner, B. (2009) Predicting Links in Sparse Social Networks using Text Mining and Graph Theory.
ICDSS
San Francisco, CA
Levy, M., Pliskin, N. & Ravid, G. (2009) Assimilating Knowledge Management and Decision Support Systems into Business Processes.
ASONAM
Athens, Greece
Bartal, A., Sasson, E., Ravid, G. (2009) Predicting Links in Social Networks using Text Mining and SNA.
IEM
Maalot, Israel
Bartal, A., Ravid, G. & Sasson, E. (2009), Predicting Business Opportunities Using Social Networks.
Sunbelt
St. Pete Beach, FL
Ravid, G., Currid, E. (2008) How to Become Famous: Popular Culture Networks.
Sunbelt
St. Pete Beach, FL
Ravid, G., Yair, Y.,. Aviv, R. & Colin, P. (2008) Can Network Analysis and Simulation of Distant Thunderstorms Explain Spontaneous Synchronization of Lightning Flashes?
Meital
Haifa, Israel
Ravid, G. (2008) Social Structures in Open Spaces: Research Wiki Uses in Higher Education.
Meital
Haifa, Israel
Ravid, G. (2008) Game, Simulation and Simulation-Game in Information Systems Research and Learning.
Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms
Varenna, Italy
Yair, Y., Aviv, R., Ravid, G., Asfur, M. & Price, C. (2007) Transient Synchronization and Coupling of Lightning Activity in Severe Mediterranean Winter Thunderstorms.
CIIT
Banff, Alberta
Aviv, R., Erlich, Z. & Ravid, G. (2007) Randomness and Clustering of Responses in Online Learning Networks.
AoM Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, PA
Ravid, G. (2007) Open Large Shared Knowledge Construction Systems' Dominance: The Wikipedia Social Structure.
EGU General Assembly
Vienna, Austria
Yair, Y., Aviv, R., Price, C., Asfur, M. & Ravid, G., (2007) Can Spontaneous Synchronization of Lightning Flashes Occur in a Network of Distant Thunderstorms?
Chais
Ra'anana, Israel
Kalman, Y. M., Ravid, G., Raban, D. R., & Rafaeli, S. (2007) Are You Still Waiting for an Answer? The Chronemics of Asynchronous Written CMC.
ICA
Dresden, Germany
Kalman, Y. M., Ravid, G., Raban, D. R., & Rafaeli, S. (2006). Speak *now* or Forever Hold Your Peace: Power Law Chronemics of Turn-taking and Response in Asynchronous CMC.
IEM
Tel Aviv, Israel
Ravid, G. (2006). E-mail as Facilitator to Increase Revenues: Empirical Study.
NGITS
Shefayim, Israel
Ravid, G., Bar-Ilan, J., Baruchson-Arbib, S., & Rafaeli, S. (2006). Analysis of Queries Reaching SHIL on the Web. An Information System Providing Citizen Information.
Chais
Ra'anna, Israel
Ravid, G. & Rafaeli, S. (2006). Wikibooks for Academic Learning: On Going Research.
ISAGA
Atlanta, GA
Noy, A., Raban, D. R. & Ravid, G. (2005). Practicing What We Preach: Applying Theory to Game and Simulation Development.
AGU
San Francisco, CA
Yair, Y., Aviv, R., Ravid, G., Yaniv, R., Ziv, B., Price, C. (2005). Evidence for Synchronicity of Lightning Activity in Spatially Remote Thunderstorms Obtained from Space Shuttle Observations.
Group
Sanibel Island,FL
Rafaeli, S., Raban, D. R. & Ravid, G. (2005). Social and Economic Incentives in Google Answers.
URSI
New Delhi, India
Yair, Y., Aviv, R., Ravid, G., Yaniv, R., Ziv, B., Price, C. & Israelevitch, P. (2005). Space-Based Observation of Possible Electromagnetic Interactions between Distant Thunderstorms.
HICSS
Big Island, HI
Rafaeli, S., Ravid, G., & Soroka, V. (2004). De-lurking in Virtual Communities: A Social Communication Network Approach to Measuring the Effects of Social Capital.
Annual Conference on Computers and Education
Tel Aviv, Israel
Aviv, R., Erlich, Z., & Ravid, G. (2004). Structure of Social Capital, Group Design and Knowledge Construction in Discussion Forum: Quantitative Research.
Sunbelt
Portorož Slovenia
Aviv, R., Erlich, Z., & Ravid, G. (2004). Knowledge Construction, Virtual Neighborhoods Architecture, Mechanisms and Design Features in Online Communities.
Moach
Tel Aviv, Israel
Aviv, R., Erlich, Z., & Ravid, G. (2004). Social Capital, Group Design and Knowledge Construction in Forums: Quantitative study.
Moach
Tel Aviv, Israel
Ravid, G. , & Rafaeli, S. (2004). Small-World and Scale-Free Networks: A- synchronous Forums Research.
ICALT
Joensuu, Finland
Aviv, R., Erlich, Z., & Ravid, G. (2004). Mechanisms and Architectures of Online Learning Communities.
AECTIC
Chicago, IL
Aviv, R., Erlich, Z., & Ravid, G. (2004). Design and Architecture of Collaborative Online Communities: A Quantitative Analysis.
LINC
Cambridge, MA
Aviv, R., Erlich, Z., & Ravid, G. (2004). Design and Mechanisms on Knowledge Constructing Online Learning Communities.
SLOAN-C ALNC
Orlando, FL
Aviv, R., Erlich, Z., & Ravid, G. (2003). Network Analysis of Effective Knowledge Construction in Asynchronous Learning Networks.
ICICTE
Samos Island, Greece
Aviv, R., Erlich, Z. & Ravid, G. (2003). Network Analysis of Cooperative Learning.
ICALT
Athens, Greece
Aviv, R., Erlich, Z., & Ravid, G. (2003). Cohesion and Roles: Network Analysis of CSCL Communities.
IACIS
Las Vegas, NE
Aviv, R., Erlich, Z. & Ravid, G. (2003). Evolution of Social Capital Structures in Collaborative Online Learning Networks.
HICSS
ig Island, HI
Jones, G., Ravid, G. & Rafaeli, S. (2002). An Empirical Exploration of Mass Interaction System Dynamics: Individual Information Overload and Usenet Discourse.
INTERACT
Tokyo, Japan
Jones, G., Ravid, G. & Rafaeli, S. (2001). Information Overload and Virtual Public Discourse Boundaries.
CHI
Seattle, WA
Jones, G., Ravid, G., & Rafaeli, S. (2001). Empirical Evidence for Information Overload in Mass Interaction.
EuroGDSS
La Rochelle, France
Rafaeli, S. & Ravid, G.(2001). Research Through Online Simulation of Team Coordination, Communication, and Information Sharing.
WEBSIM
San Diego,CL
Ravid, G. & Rafaeli, S. (2000). Multi Player, Internet and Java Based Simulation Games: Learning and Research in Implementing a Computerized Version of the "Beer-Distribution Supply Chain Game".
ISECON
Orlando, FL
Rafaeli, S. & Ravid, G.S (1997). Online, Web Based Learning Environment for an Information Systems Course: Access Logs, Linearity and Performance.
My Students
Students
Elan Sasson
Lior Solomovitz
David Codish
Alon Bartal
Maya Stemmer
Mor Atlas
Orli Wasier
Amit Polak
Liron Rosenfeld
Nir Regev
Shaked Abrahamy
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