Jose J. Gonzalez
Professor dr. tech., dr. rer. nat.

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Department of Information and Communication Technology

Agder University College

N-4876 Grimstad, Norway
Phone: 37 25 3240/Fax: 37 25 30 01
E-mail: Jose.J.Gonzalez@hia.no

Main Areas of R&D

• System Dynamics applied to human behavior in security and safety systems

• Complex problem solving

• Learning at work in relation to complex problem solving

Industrial Experience

• Cofounder of Powersim Corporation

Consulting Experience

• Member of the Powersim consulting team 1988-2002

Education

• Dr. techn., Technical University of Norway (NTH), 1978.

• Dr. rer. nat., University of Kiel (Germany), 1970.

• Dipl. phys., University of Kiel (Germany), 1970.

Selected Papers

• Gonzalez, Jose J. 2001. Merging Organizational Learning with Instructional Theory – A Task for the 21^st Century? Structural Learning, 14, 1-14, 2001.

• Gonzalez, Jose J. 1995. Computer assisted learning to prevent HIV-spread: Visions, delays and opportunities. Machine-Mediated Learning, 5(1), 3-11, 1995.

• Gonzalez, Jose J. 2002. Modeling Erosion of Security Awareness. Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the System Dynamics Society, 2002, Palermo, Italy.

• Gonzalez, Jose J. 2002. Modeling Erosion of Safe Sex Practices. Proceedings of  the 20th Conference of the System Dynamics Society, 2002, Palermo, Italy.

• Gonzalez, Jose J and Agata Sawicka.2002. A Framework for Human Factors in Information Security. Proceedings of the 2002 WSEAS International Conference on Information Security (ICIS'02).

• Gonzalez, Jose J and Agata Sawicka.2002. Modeling instrumental conditioning – The behavioral regulation approach. Copyright 2003 IEEE. Proceedings of the Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences, January 6-9, 2003, Big Island, Hawaii.

• Gonzalez, Jose J and Agata Sawicka.2003. Modeling compliance as instrumental conditioning. Proceedings of  the Fifth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (ICCM 2003). 2003. Bamberg, Germany.)

• Melara, Carlos, Jose Maria Sarriegui, Jose J Gonzalez, Agata Sawicka, and David L Cooke. 2003. A system dynamics model of an insider attack on an information system. In Gonzalez, Jose J, ed. 2003. From Modeling to Managing Security: A System Dynamics Approach. Vol. 35, Forskningsserien. Kristiansand, Norway: Norwegian Academic Press.

• Sawicka, Agata, and Jose J Gonzalez. 2003. Choice under risk in IT-environments according to cumulative prospect theory. In Gonzalez, Jose J, ed. 2003. From Modeling to Managing Security: A System Dynamics Approach. Vol. 35, Forskningsserien. Kristiansand, Norway: Norwegian Academic Press.

• Gonzalez, Jose J and Agata Sawicka. 2003. The role of learning and risk perception in compliance, In Gonzalez, Jose J, ed. 2003. From Modeling to Managing Security: A System Dynamics Approach. Vol. 35, Forskningsserien. Kristiansand, Norway: Norwegian Academic Press. (Powersim Studio Models.)

Working Papers

Comments and criticism invited – please do not cite these papers yet

• Applying System Dynamics to Manage Complexity in Enterprises. Powerpoint presentation for the Complexity Seminar in Lund, November 4-5, 2002. Note: Do read the Notes section of the first slide for how to navigate the presentation.