Dr Ouksel's research interests and contributions are in two tracks: (i) information technology strategic planning, business process reengineering, organizational learning and performance, information technology diffusion, information economics; (ii) mobile ad-hoc networks, wireless and mobile sensor networks and data management, peer-to-peer data management, and semantic issues on the web and in virtual inter-organizational information systems. He has published several articles in leading journals and presented papers at international conferences in the above areas. He has also obtained several research grants from federal, state, and city agencies, as well as the private sector. Dr. Ouksel is a member of several professional organizations in the information technology and management science areas. He is currently associate editor at two journals: Journal of Distributed and Parallel Databases and Journal of E-Business Research. He was previously associate editor of Journal of Knowledge and Information Systems. He was keynote speaker and panelist at several conferences on cutting-edge research and industry issues in information systems and computer science. He participates as steering or program committee member at several conferences on mobile or sensor technologies and enterprise systems.

Dr. Ouksel has provided consulting services to private corporations such as Ameritech and AT&T in information technology strategic planning and business process reengineering. One example project involves investigating the impact of telecommunications on health care delivery and its implications on organizational structure and management. He has also provided strategic planning and information systems reengineering to several public entities, such as the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and the City of Chicago. In consulting for the Chicago Manufacturing Technology Consortium (CMTEC) managed by the Economic Development Commission of the City of Chicago, his role was to assess the scope of technology application and information technology integration, recommend ways of applying technology to reengineer organizational structures, and evaluate the impact of technology on product/cost quality at several small and medium-sized firms in the Chicago area. Dr. Ouksel has also consulted for Rush/Presbyterian hospital in information systems strategic planning.

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