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College of Business

Dr. Niharika Dayyala Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Business Information Systems
Accounting
Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business
Office Hours
Office hours on Zoom by appointment
Office Phone
(309) 438-7651office
phone
Email
ndayyal@ilstu.eduemail
Website
https://business.illinoisstate.edu/... website
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Biography

Dr. Niharika Dayyala is an Associate Professor at Illinois State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Business Administration with a specialization in Information Systems from The University of Texas at El Paso.

Her teaching interests encompass data analytics, database management, information systems security, business application programming, and statistics. Her research focuses on the diffusion of technologies, software development, software project management, and applications of big data analytics.

Dr. Dayyala's scholarly work has been featured in prominent journals, including the Information Resources Management Journal, International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, Journal of Information Privacy and Security, and the International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach. She is also the author of the book Machine Learning in Transportation Engineering, published by De Gruyter.

Before transitioning to academia, Dr. Dayyala served as a Senior Analyst in software development at Dell International Services Pvt. Ltd., where she contributed to several data warehouse projects.

Current Courses

BIS 471.001 Advanced Business Analytics

BIS 471.002 Advanced Business Analytics

BIS 366.001 Advanced Business Data Management

BIS 466.001 Advanced Business Data Management

Teaching Interests & Areas

Data analytics, database management, information systems security, business application programming and statistics.

Research Interests & Areas

Diffusion of Technologies, Software development, Software project management, Applications of Big Data Analytics

PhD Business Administration

The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso

Wilma Jean Alexander Technology Faculty Innovation Award

Illinois State University
2021

Wisdoms Torch Teaching and Learning Award

Illinois State University
2020

New Faculty Research Support Grant

Illinois State University
2017

Best Application Paper

Western Decision Sciences Institute
2016

Striker@Dell

Dell
2010

Individual Contributor

Dell
2009

Book, Authored

Dayyala, N., Kottayi, N., & Mallick, R. Machine Learning in Transportation. No. De Gruyter (2024)

Book, Chapter

Dayyala, N., Bagchi, K., & Mandal, P. Software development productivity in different sourcing arrangements. Entrepreneurship in technology for ASEAN. Springer Singapore (2017): 111-125.

Conference Proceeding

Inti, S., & Dayyala, N. Lightweight Cellular Concrete (LCC) for Stormwater Management in Parking Lots: A Design Optimization Approach. ASCE Construction Research Congress 2024 (2024)
Diederich, J., Wang, X., Dayyala, N., Inti, S., & Luo, Y. USB Linux: An IT Lab Instruction Tool During COVID-19. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference on Information Technology Education (2020): 273--278.
Dayyala, N., Arslan, F., Gemoets, L., Gonzales, M., & Barulina, M. MARKET VALUE APPROACH: REDEFINING THE INTANGIBLE ASSETS. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings. https://decisionsciences.org/ (2013)

Journal Article

Inti, S., & Dayyala, N. Decision-Making in Low-Income Home Renovation Through Optimization by Balancing Sustainability and Affordability.. Journal of Green Buildings 20.2 (2025): 137-160.
Dayyala, N., Walstrom, K., Godwin, U., & Bagchi, K. Factors Impacting Defect Density in Software Development Projects. International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach 15.1 (2022): 1-23.
Dayyala, N., Walstrom, K., & Bagchi, K. Team Characteristics Moderating Effect on Software Project Completion Time. International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach (IJITSA) 14.1 (2021): 174-191.
Dayyala, N., Arslan, F., Walstrom, K., & Bagchi, K. Co-Diffusion Effects in Software Sourcing Arrangements. Kelley, George (EDs). Information Resources Management Journal 33.4 (2020): 33-52.
Dayyala, N., Zaidi, S., & Bagchi, K. Diffusion of IFRS using innovation diffusion models. Emerald Publishing Limited 28.4 (2020): 685-701.
Arslan, F., Dayyala, N., Arslan, F., & Dayyala, N. Cultural and Generational Influences on Information Privacy Concerns within Online Social Networks: An Empirical Evaluation of the Miltgen and Peyrat-Guillard Model. Journal of Information Privacy and Security 13.4 (2017): 238-259.
Dayyala, N. Essays On Sofwtare Development Projects: Impact Of Social And Technological Factors On Project Performance And Co-Diffusion Of Software Sourcing Arrangements (2017)

Presentations

Sustainability Practices at Home: A Data driven and Text Mining Exploration of Perceptions and Behaviors. COB Research Presentation Spring 2025. College of Business. (2025)
Diederich, J., Wang, X., Dayyala, N., Inti, S., Luo Y., USB Linux: An IT Lab Instruction Tool During COVID-19. SIGITE '20: Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference on Information Technology Education October 2020 Pages 273–278. https://doi.org/10.1145/3368308.3415372
Dayyala, N., Inti, S., Khan, S. (2019) “Is Big Data Analytics Half Embraced by Construction Industry?” Proceedings of Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Conference at New Orleans. https://decisionsciences.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DSI-2019-Proceedings.pdf
The Technological Determinants of Quality and Effort of Software Development Projects. Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA). (2016)
http://wdsinet.org/Annual_Meetings/2016_Proceedings/papers/Paper92.pdf
Co-Diffusion of Software Programming Languages. Graduate Student Expo. (2015)