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(US and Canada) CDO Magazine is committed to being a champion to academic professionals in the field of data and analytics. CDO Magazine has searched the globe, reached out to key influencers and industry organizations, and is excited to announce our 2021 list. These outstanding academic professionals are leading the way with innovative ideas leveraging data and analytics. They are using their talents to provide true value and real world results. We are proud to highlight their accomplishments and want to be a catalyst to advance opportunities in the data and analytic field. We are excited to announce our inaugural Leading Academic Data Leaders List 2021.
If you would like to nominate a Leading Academic Data Leader for 2022, please email your nomination to info@cdomagazine.tech.
Leading Academic Data Leaders List 2021
Dr. Ádám Zawadowski, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Business at Central European University (Hungary)
Dr. Aditya Saharia, Professor Information, Technology, and Operations at Fordham University (USA)
Dr. Ajay Katangur, Professor, Computer Science at Missouri State University (USA)
Dr. Alex `Sandy’ Pentland, Professor, Information Technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Dr. Alexandre Jacquillat, Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Statistics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Dr. Alireza Kabirian, Professor of Operations Management and Data Analytics at Case Western Reserve University (USA)
Dr. Andrea De Mauro, Adjunct Professor of Marketing Analytics at University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy)
Dr. Andrew Trapp, Associate Professor of Operations and Industrial Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA)
Dr. Anindya Ghose, Professor of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences and Professor of Marketing at New York University (USA)
Dr. Annette Sobel, Adjunct Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (USA)
Dr. Arif Ansari, Professor in the Department of Data Sciences and Operations at University of Southern California (USA)
Dr. Aris Ouksel, Professor of Information and Decision Sciences at University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)
Dr. Baris Ata, Professor of Operations Management at University of Chicago (USA)
Dr. Bart Baesens, Professor of Big Data and Analytics at Ghent University (Belgium)
Dr. Benjamin Shao, Associate professor at ASU’s W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (USA)
Dr. Bhakti Stephan Onggo, Associate Professor of Business Analytics at at University of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Dr. Bill Hefley, Director, MS Business Analytics at University of Texas at Dallas (USA)
Dr. Bin Gu, Professor, Department Head at Boston University (USA)
Dr. Bing Tian Dai, Assistant Professor and Director, Master of IT in Business (Artificial Intelligence) at Singapore Management University (Singapore)
Dr. Borja González Del Regueral, Vice-Dean of Data Science and Technology at IE University (Spain)
Dr. Carla Brodley, Professor and Dean at Northeastern University Khoury College of Computer Sciences (USA)
Carlos Soares, Associate Professor of Informatics Engineering at University of Porto (Portugal)
Dr. Carolyn Davis, Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management at University of Texas-Arlington (USA)
Dr. Chaojiang Wu, Assistant Professor in the College of Business Administration at Kent State University (USA)
Dr. Charles Sox, Associate Dean, Professor of Operations & Business Analytics at University of Cincinnati (USA)
Dr. Christine Legner, Professor of Information Systems at HEC Lausanne (Switzerland)
Dr. Christopher Asakiewicz, Professor of Information Management at Stevens Institute of Technology (USA)
Dr. Christopher Healey, Professor of Computer Science at North Carolina State University (USA)
Dr. Christos Zacharias, Assistant Professor in Management Science at University of Miami (USA)
Dr. Chung Piaw Teo, Chair Director, Institute of Operations Research and Analytics at National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Dr. Clarence Lee, Assistant Professor at Cornell (USA)
Dr. Craig Froehle, Department Head and Professor of Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems at University of Cincinnati (USA)
Dr. Christophe Croux, Professor of Data Science at EDHEC Business School (France)
Dr. Damianos Chatziantoniou, Associate Professor at the Department of Management Science and Technology at Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece)
Dr. Daniel Martin Katz, Director of the Law Lab at Illinois Tech - Chicago Kent College of Law (USA)
Dr. Daniel McGibney, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at University of Miami (USA)
Dr. Daniel Solow, Professor of Operations at Case Western Reserve University (USA)
Atty. Daniel W. Linna Jr., Director of Law and Technology Initiatives at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (USA)
Dr. David Gefen, Academic Director of the executive Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) Program at Drexel University (USA)
Dr. De Liu, Professor, Information and Decision Sciences at University of Minnesota (USA)
Dr. Diane M Strong, Department Head and Professor of Information Technology and Data Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA)
Dr. Dimitris Bertsimas, Associate Dean of Business Analytics, Boeing Professor of Operations Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Dr. Dirk Van den Poel, Professor of Data Analytics and Big Data at Ghent University (Belgium)
Dr. Dmitry Krass, Professor of Operations Management and Statistics at University of Toronto (Canada)
Dr. Dokyun Lee, Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
Dr. Don Harter, Director, Business Analytics/Associate Professor at Syracuse University (USA)
Dr. Doug Hague, Executive Director School of Data Science at University of North Carolina Charlotte (USA)
Dr. Doug Lehmann, Associate Professor of Professional Practice at University of Miami Herbert Business School (USA)
Dr. Douglas Alem, Director, MSc Business Analytics at University of Edinburgh Business School (Scotland)
Dr. Duen Horng Chau, Director of Industry Relations, The Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS) at Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
Dr. Duncan Robertson, University Lecturer in Management Sciences at Loughborough University (United Kingdom)
Dr. Duncan Simester, Professor of Marketing at MIT Sloan School of Management (USA)
Dr. Elena Bou, Associate Professor, Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences at Esade Ramon Llull University (Spain)
Dr. Eric T. Bradlow, Vice Dean of Analytics at University of Pennsylvania (USA)
Dr. Erik Beulen, Professor, Academic Director for the executive MSc Information Management at Tilburg University (Netherlands)
Dr. Erik Proper, Senior Research Manager at the Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) and Professor in Data & Knowledge Engineering at the University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Dr. Foster J. Provost, Professor of Data Science and Information Systems at New York University (USA)
Dr. Fragkiskos Malliaros, Assistant Professor at CentraleSupelec, University of Paris-Saclay (France)
Dr. Gábor Békés, Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Business at Central European University (Hungary)
Dr. Gabriel Giordano, Professor, Chair of Analytics, and Information Systems at Ohio University (USA)
Dr. George Doukidis, Professor of Management and Strategy of Information Systems at Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece)
Dr. George Giaglis. Professor, Executive Director, Institute for the Future at University of Nicosia (Greece)
Dr. George Ioannou, Professor of Production & Operations Management at Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece)
Dr. Georgia Perakis, Co-Director, Operations Research Center at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Dr. Gilberto Montibeller, Professor of Management Science at Loughborough University (United Kingdom)
Dr. Giuseppe F. Italiano, Professor of Computer Science at Luiss Guido Carli University (Italy)
Dr. Gordon McCray, Vice Dean of Academic Programs at Wake Forest University (USA)
Dr. Grammatoula Papaioannou, Lecturer in Business Statistic at Loughborough University (United Kingdom)
Dr. Grandon Gill, Professor, Academic Director of the DBA Program at University of South Florida (USA)
Dr. Grant Scott, Director, Data Science and Analytics Masters Program at University of Missouri (USA)
Dr. Hande Benson, Professor of Decision Sciences and MIS at Drexel University (USA)
Dr. Harry G. Chernoff, Deputy Chair, Department of Technology, Operations, and Statistics at New York University (USA)
Dr. Heikki Peura, Assistant Professor of Operations and Analytics at Imperial College Business School (United Kingdom)
Dr. Hemant Bhargava, Chair in Technology Management at University of California-Davis (USA)
Dr. Hui Su, Professor of Practice, Computer Science at Renssalear Polytechnic Institute (USA)
Dr. Ibrahim Osman, Chair in Business & Management, Associate Dean for Research at American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
Dr. Imad Bou-Hamad, Associate Professor of Statistics & Data Analytics at AUB Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (Lebanon)
Dr. Inga Maslova, Assistant Professor of Clinical Data Sciences and Operations at University of Southern California (USA)
Dr. Irfan Kanat, Assistant Professor of Analytics and Information Systems at Ohio University (USA)
Dr. J. Christopher Westland, Professor of Information & Decision Sciences at University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)
Dr. Jagdip Singh, Professor, Co-Director of MSM-Business Analytics Program at Case Western Reserve University (USA)
Dr. Jamal Ouenniche, Professor & Chair in Business Analytics at University of Edinburgh Business School (Scotland)
Dr. James Pang Yan, Co-Director of Business Analytics Center, Associate Professor at National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Dr. Jan Stallaert, Director, Center for Advancement of Business Analytics at University of Connecticut (USA)
Dr. Jaume Hugas Sabater, Professor of Operations, Innovation & Data Sciences at Esade Ramon Llull University (Spain)
Dr. Jean-Pierre Dubé, Sigmund E. Edelstone Professor of Marketing at University of Chicago (USA)
Dr. Jeff Camm, Associate Dean of Business Analytics at Wake Forest School of Business (USA)
Dr. Jennifer Waddell, Assistant Department Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies in the IT, Analytics, and Operations at University of Notre Dame (USA)
Dr. Jingguo Wang, Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management at University of Texas-Arlington (USA)
Dr. Jiyin Liu, Professor of Operations Management at Loughborough University (United Kingdom)
Dr. Joel Sokol, Executive Director, Master of Science in Analytics at Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
Dr. John R. Birge, Professor of Operations Management at University of Chicago (USA)
Dr. John Talburt, Professor of Information Science at University of Arkansas at Little Rock (USA)
Dr. José Marín-Roig Ramón, Director of the Innovation Chair at Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain)
Dr. Joseph Milner, Professor of Operations Management and Statistics at University of Toronto (Canada)
Josette Riep, Director of Information Technology at University of Cincinnati (USA)
Dr. Joydeep Ghosh, Chaired Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Texas-Austin (USA)
Dr. Karthik Kannan, Chaired Professor in Management, Business Analytics & Machine Learning at Purdue University (USA)
Kate Carruthers, Chief Data & Insights Officer at University of New South Wales (Australia)
Dr. Kaushik Dutta, Professor and Chair of Information Systems and Management at University of South Florida (USA)
Dr. Kay-Yut Chen, Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management at University of Texas-Arlington (USA)
Dr. Keith Chen, Professor of Behavioral Economics at University of California-Los Angeles (USA)
Dr. Kevin Lertwachara, Professor of Management, HR and Information Systems at California Polytechnic State University (USA)
Dr. Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo,Professor and Cloud Technology Endowed Professorship, Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security at The University of Texas at San Antonio (USA)
Dr. Kok-Leong Ong, Associate Professor, Accounting and Data Analytics at La Trobe University (Australia)
Dr. Kristen Sosulski, Associate Professor of Information Systems at New York University (USA)
Dr. Kristof Coussement, Professor of Business Analytics at IÉSEG School of Management (France)
Dr. Krzysztof Fleszar, Professor of Business Information and Decision Systems at American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
Dr. Kuo-Ting Hung, Director, Master of Science in Business Analytics at Suffolk University (USA)
Kyle Hofer-Mora, Assistant Director for External Relations and Strategic Initiatives at UC San Diego (USA)
Dr. Laurent Alfandari, Full Professor, Information Systems, Decision Sciences and Statistics (IDS) Department at ESSEC Business School (France)
Dr. Lizhen Xu, Associate Professor of Information Technology at Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
Dr. Lloyd Smith, Professor of Computer Science at Missouri State University (USA)
Dr. Luca Pirolo, Professor of Corporate and Business Strategies at Luiss Guido Carli University (Italy)
Dr. Manisha Chakrabarty, Professor of Economics at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (India)
Dr. Manu Carricano, Senior Lecturer Department Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences at Esade Ramon Llull University (Spain)
Dr. Marc Torrens, Academic Director, Master of Science in Business Analytics at Esade Ramon Llull University (Spain)
Dr. Mark Kennedy, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Data Science Institute at Imperial College London (England)
Dr. Martin Haugh, Associate Professor of Analytics and Operations Research at Imperial College London (United Kingdom)
Dr. Mary-Ellen Boyle, Professor of Management at Clark University (USA)
Dr. Matteo Vignoli, Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy)
Dr. Michael Rappa, Director, Institute for Advanced Analytics and Distinguished University Professor, Advanced Analytics at North Carolina State University (USA)
Dr. Michelle Cheong, Associate Dean and Professor of Information Systems at Singapore Management University (Singapore)
Dr. Michelle Roehm, Vice Dean, Chair of Strategic Management at Wake Forest University (USA)
Dr. Miklós Koren, Professor of Economics at Central European University (Hungary)
Molly Schmied, Chief Analytics Officer, Office of Advancement at The Ohio State University (USA)
Dr. Murali Shanker, Professor of Management & Information Systems at Kent State University (USA)
Dr. Murugan Anandarajan, Professor of Management Information Systems at Drexel University (USA)
Dr. Nikos Paragios, Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at University of Paris-Saclay (France)
Dr. Nima Kordzadeh, Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Data Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA)
Dr. Nursen Aydin, Associate Professor of Operational Research in the Operations Group at The University of Warwick (United Kingdom)
Dr. Opher Baron, Professor of Operations Management and Statistics at University of Toronto (Canada)
Dr. Paolo Boccardelli, Professor of Management and Corporate Strategy at Luiss Guido Carli University (Italy)
Dr. Pasumarti Kamesam, Clinical Professor Information, Technology, and Operations at Fordham University (USA)
Dr. Patrick Jaillet, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Dr. Patrick Noonan, Professor Emeritus in the Practice of Information Systems & Operations Management at Emory University (USA)
Dr. Patrick Stacey, Senior Lecturer of Information Systems/Management at Loughborough University (United Kingdom)
Dr. Pedro Campos, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics at University of Porto (Portugal)
Dr. Peter Rossi, Collins Professor of Marketing, Economics, and Statistics at University of California-Los Angeles (USA)
Dr. Purvi Shah, Associate Professor of Marketing at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA)
Dr. Radha Mahapatra, Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management at University of Texas-Arlington (USA)
Dr. Rafif Srour, Academic Director of BSc in Data and Business Analytics at IE University (Spain)
Dr. Rakesh Niraj, Associate Professor of Marketing at Case Western Reserve University (USA)
Dr. Ramnath K. Chellappa, Associate Dean and Academic Director of Master of Science in Business Analytics at Emory University (USA)
Dr. Ravi Bapna, Chair in Business Analytics and Information Systems at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (USA)
Dr. Rene Caldentey, Professor of Operations Management at University of Chicago (USA)
Dr. Retsef Levi, Professor of Operations Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Dr. Richard Berner, Professor of Management Practice at New York University (USA)
Dr. Richard Wang, Director, Chief Data Officer and Informatin Quality Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Dr. Rita Cucchiara, Full professor of Computer Architecture and Computer Vision at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy)
Dr. Robert F. Easley, Professor of the Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations at University of Notre Dame (USA)
Dr. Robert H. Gertner, Professor of Strategy and Finance at University of Chicago (USA)
Dr. Robertas Gabrys, Assistant Professor of Clinical Data Sciences and Operations at University of Southern California (USA)
Dr. Ron Bose, Professor of Practice and Director, Center for Information Technology and Management at University of Texas at Dallas (USA)
Dr. Ron Thompson, Professor of Management at Wake Forest University (USA)
Dr. Rouzbeh Razavi, Assistant Professor of Management and Information Systems at Kent State University (USA)
Dr. Samuel Fosso Wamba, Head of the Artificial Intelligence & Business Analytics Cluster at Toulouse Business School (France)
Dr. Seethu Seetharaman, Director, MS in Customer Analytics; Director, Center for Analytics and Business Insights (CABI) at Washington University in St. Louis (USA)
Dr. Serge Nyawa, Assistant Professor Information, Operations and Management Sciences at Toulouse Business School (France)
Dr. Sharon Johnson, Professor, Operations and Industrial Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (USA)
Dr. Shawn Mankad, Assistant professor of Operations, Technology, and Information Management at Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management (USA)
Dr. Siau-Cheng Khoo, Associate Professor of Computer Science at National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Dr. Sid Bhattacharyya, Professor, Director of Master of Science in Business Analytics at University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)
Dr. Simon Holcombe, Academic Director, Masters of Business Analytics at University of Melbourne (Australia)
Dr. So-Eun Park, Assistant Professor, Marketing and Behavioral Science Division at University of British Columbia (Canada)
Dr. Sudip Bhattacharjee, Professor in the School of Business at University of Connecticut (USA)
Dr. Sulin Ba, Professor of Information Systems at University of Connecticut (USA)
Dr. Sumit Agarwal, Professor of Finance, Economics and Real Estate at National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Dr. Susan McBride, Program Director Graduate Informatics Program at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (USA)
Dr. Theodoros Lappas, Assistant Professor at the School Business at Stevens Institute of Technology (USA)
Dr. Thomas Y. Lee, Director of Data Science at University of California-Berkeley (USA)
Dr. Tonya Balan, Associate Teaching Professor at Wake Forest University (USA)
Dr. Ujwal Kayande, Founding Director of the Centre for Business Analytics at University of Melbourne (Australia)
Dr. Umesh Hodeghatta, Associate Professor of Management and Information Systems at Kent State University (USA)
Dr. Uri Simonsohn, Professor, Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences at Esade Ramon Llull University (Spain)
Dr. Veronika Czellar, Professor of Data Science, Economics and Finance at EDHEC Business School (France)
Dr. Vivek Rajvanshi, Associate Professor of Economics at Indian Institute of Management (India)
Dr. William Young, Associate Professor of Business Analytics at Ohio University (USA)
Dr. Wissam Sammouri, Head of the Master's in Business Analytics (MSBA) program at American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
Dr. Wullianallur Raghupathi, Professor of Information, Technology, and Operations at Fordham University (USA)
Dr. Xavier Ferrás Hernández, Associate Professor, Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences at Esade Ramon Llull University (Spain)
Dr. Xiaoming Huo, Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
Dr. Yan Yu, Professor of Business Analytics at University of Cincinnati (USA)
Dr. Yilu Zhou, Associate Professor of Information, Technology, and Operations at Fordham University (USA)
Dr. Yuri Zelenkov, Professor, Faculty of Business Informatics at National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russia)
Dr. Zachary Chase Lipton, Assistant Professor of Operations Research & Machine Learning at Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
Dr. Zhongju Zhang, Professor of Information Systems at Arizona State University (USA)