Full Professor of Information Systems Management and Policy

School of Information Systems & Management, Heinz College

Department of Engineering and Public Policy, College of Engineering

Carnegie Mellon University (contact: pedrof@cmu.edu)

UPDATED CV

NEWS

·      February 2025: Paper on Smartphones in Classrooms Accepted at ISR

My paper on the effect of smartphones in the classroom has been accepted for publication at Information Systems Research [paper draft version]

·      January 2025: We are hiring in the AI and policy space

I am chairing a faculty search in the AI and policy space for the Department of Engineering and Public Policy. For more information visit https://apply.interfolio.com/154855.

·      December 2024: Digital Data Design Institute

I am pleased to announce that I will be collaborating with the D^3 Institute at NovaSBE, where we are putting together an AI-Experimentation lab to test the effects of new AI technologies. More information about this partnership with Harvard University can be found here.

·      November 2024: Funding from GATES Foundation

I am pleased to announce that my proposal to study how to personalize video to improve education outcomes has been funded by the GATES foundation. We our goal will be to figure out how video-based education can help close attainment gaps across demographic heterogeneity. More information is available here.

·      June 2024: Promotion to Full Professor

I co-organized the Symposium on Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research (SCECR), which took place at NovaSBE, Carcavelos, Portugal, and featured more than 150 papers from the top scholars in the field of IS. For more information visit: scecr.com.

·      March 2024: 2024 US News Rankings for Carnegie Mellon University

Undergraduate degree in Information Systems Management: #1

Undergraduate Degree in Data Analytics: #4

Master in information technology management: #1

MBA Specialization in Information Systems Management: #2

MBA Specialization in Data Analytics: #2

·      June 2023: Promotion to Full Professor

I am pleased to announce that I have been promoted to Full Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. I look forward to the next steps and future academic challenges!

·      May 2023: Seminars and Presentations

I presented my paper combining movie recommendations from industry experts and machine learning algorithms at the MAD Conference at Columbia Business School and the Marshall Business School, University of Southern California. I have also visited the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, where I presented my paper on the surprising effects of binge-watching on the likelihood that consumers subscribe to video on demand.

·      April 2023: AIS Research Productivity Ranking in Major IS Journals

I have been ranked 17^th worldwide in weighted-adjusted research productivity for papers published in Information System Research and in Management of Information Systems Quarterly (two top research journals in the field) in the 2020-2022 window. For more information visit: https://www.aisresearchrankings.org.

·      March 2023: 2023 US News Rankings for Carnegie Mellon University

Undergraduate degree in Information Systems Management: #1

Undergraduate Degree in Data Analytics: #2

Master in information technology management: #1

MBA Specialization in Information Systems Management: #2

MBA Specialization in Data Analytics: #2

·      February 2023: Paper on Citizens Journalism Accepted at Management Science

My paper co-authored with Tom Grad, Ananya Sen and Jorg Claussen entitled “(How) Does User Generated Content Impact Content Generated by Professionals? Evidence from Local News” has been accepted for publication at Management Science. For more information visit: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4962.