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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)
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NEWS · October
2023: New Paper on Smartphones in Classrooms My new
paper on the effect of smartphones in the classroom features an RCT in a
school in China, whereby students were randomized into several experimental conditions:
smartphones banned from the classroom, smartphones allowed into the classroom,
smartphones allowed into the classroom and used to assist with instruction. We
found that students' performance decreased in the first condition and increased
in the last condition compared to when the devices were not allowed into the
classroom. We show that these results arise from how students allocate time
to distraction and learning, on and off the smartphone. [paper draft
version] ·
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. This
paper is ongoing joint work with Zekai Fan and
Miguel G. Matos. We show that one can combine recommendations from machines
and industry experts to improve matching. I have
also visited the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, where I
presented my paper with Miguel G. Matos 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 17th 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. ·
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. Stay tuned for our pre-print
draft. |