Matthew Pickard
Expected Year of Graduation
- 2012
Advisor
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Dr. Jay F. Nunamaker and Dr. Judee K. Burgoon
Research Interests
- Embodied conversation agents
- Persuasive technologies
- Computational linguistics
- Reinforcement learning applications
- Deception detection
Education
- MBA - Information Systems, Brigham Young University, 2008
- B.S. - Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2002
- Specialized Associates - Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 1999
Publications
- Lowry P., Jenkins J., Pickard M., Twyman N., and Bui Q. (2009). When Positive Emotion and Performance Matter in Web Site Use: Proposing the Affect-Trust Infusion Model (ATIM) to Explain and Predict the Influence of High- and Low-Affect Infusion on Web Vendor Trust, (revised and resubmitted to Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS)).
- Burns, M., Elder, K., Pickard, M., Chowdery, I., Moffit, K., & Zhao, J. L. (2009). Proposing a Vendor-Independent Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Maturity Model. MISQ-Executive pre-AMCIS Writing for Practiitioners Workshop, San Francisco, California, USA.
Awards and Honors
- 2006-2007, Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, MBA Department Scholarship
- 1999-2000, College of Engineering and Technology, Brigham Young University, Academic Scholarship
- 1995-1996 and 1998-1999, College of Engineering and Technology, Brigham Young University, Academic Scholarship and Honors Student



