A few Turner College faculty are closing in on career milestones with regard to their academic research. Research by Riduan Abid, a computer scientist in the TSYS School, is closing in on 1,500 Google Scholar citations. Abid's academic research has garnered a total of 1,407 Google Scholar citations, with 263 of these coming this year. Next, research by associate professor of marketing, Ed O'Donnell, is nearing 500 career Google Scholar citations. O'Donnell's most highly cited work is a 2005 study on generic product strategies for emerging market exports that appears in the Journal of Management Studies. Lastly, research by Hyrum Carroll, an associate professor of computer science in the TSYS School, is also moving toward 500 Google Scholar citations. Carroll's most highly cited work is a 2007 study on encoded proteins that appears in Bioinformatics.
Officials in the Turner College's Butler Center for Research and Economic Development recently put the finishing touches on an extensive report on trends in educational programs and occupations in the Columbus area. The report also includes data on business and technology trends. According to Fady Mansour , Director of the Butler Center, there are several key takeaways from the report regarding 10 occupational gaps that currently exist in the Columbus area. First, software development occupation exhibits the biggest labor shortage, with the report adding that the TSYS School has a bachelor's degree program in information technology along with a new AI track for the bachelor's degree in computer science, both of which can qualify students for this occupation. Other educational programs are in demand, such as computer programming and cloud computing. Second, there is a gap of 30 employees per year in general and operations management. This gap could be addressed by the Turn...

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