Ramayya Krishnan is an

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and

Information technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...

scholar from

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. He is the

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Heinz College The Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, often called Heinz College, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a private graduate college that consists of one of the nation's top-ranked public policy schools� ...

, and is the W. W. Cooper and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of

Management science Management science (or managerial science) is a wide and interdisciplinary study of solving complex problems and making strategic decisions as it pertains to institutions, corporations, governments and other types of organizational entities. It is ...

and

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Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

. Krishnan is also a past president of the

Institute for Operations Research and Management Science The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is an international society for practitioners in the fields of operations research (O.R.), management science, and analytics. It was established in 1995 with the merger o ...

(INFORMS).

Early life and education

Krishnan has a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

from the

Indian Institute of Technology The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are central government owned public technical institutes located across India. They are under the ownership of the Ministry of Education of the Government of India. They are governed by the Institu ...

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, as well as a

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Industrial engineering Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex process (engineering), processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, kno ...

and

Operations research Operations research ( en-GB, operational research) (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a discipline that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve deci ...

and a PhD in

and

from the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

Career

Research

Krishnan’s research has focused on the development of decision support tools to analyze, interpret, and act on consumer and social behavior in digital and networked platforms. More recently, he has focused on how sensing and learning are transforming decision making by workers in gig economy platforms.

Dean of Heinz College

A faculty member at CMU since 1988, Krishnan was appointed dean when the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management became the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy in 2008. He was reappointed upon the completion of his first term as Dean in 2014, and reappointed for a second time in 2020. As dean, Krishnan led the establishment of funded research centers including Traffic21, Metro21: Smart Cities Institute, the Living Analytics Research Centre in partnership with

Singapore Management University The Singapore Management University (SMU) is a public autonomous university in Singapore. The university is the only city campus in Singapore. It ranks third in Asia as a specialist university, behind Hong Kong University of Science and Techn ...

, and the Block Center for Technology and Society. Krishnan has served as an advisory board member and contributing researcher to organizations, events, and government bodies including the

World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab. The foundation, ...

, the Commonwealth of

, and the United States

Government Accountability Office The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is a legislative branch government agency that provides auditing, evaluative, and investigative services for the United States Congress. It is the supreme audit institution of the federal govern ...

Government work

On April 25, 2022, the Biden administration named Krishnan to the newly created panel on artificial intelligence. This new initiative will guide disaster response, cybersecurity, privacy, and infrastructure to the federal government and the National AI Initiative Office.

Awards

In 2012, Krishnan was named a

fellow A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context. In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements. Within the context of higher education ...

of the

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is an international society for practitioners in the fields of operations research (O.R.), management science, and analytics. It was established in 1995 with the merger of ...

"for leadership and innovation in academia and in practice, as well as leadership in INFORMS, linking operations research and management sciences with information systems in research, education, and management". In 2015, Krishnan won the Nayudamma Award, awarded by the Nayudamma Centre for Development Alternatives (NCDA) and recognizing individuals around the world for their contributions in areas of sustainable development. In 2017, Krishnan received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the

. In 2018, Krishnan won the Bright Internet Award, awarded by the Korea Society of Management Information Systems for scholarly achievements and contributions in the field of management information systems. In 2019, Krishnan was named a

of the

National Academy of Public Administration (United States) The National Academy of Public Administration is an academic institution that was founded by James E. Webb, then-administrator of NASA, and other leading public administration practitioners in 1967 and chartered under Title 36 of the Unite ...

for his "expertise and contributions to the field of public administration." In 2020, Krishnan received the Outstanding Alumnus Award from the

References

External links

Heinz College Profile

Google scholar profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krishnan, Ramayya Living people American people of Indian descent Indian mechanical engineers American mechanical engineers Carnegie Mellon University faculty Indian operations researchers American operations researchers Year of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences