Analytics, Information, Operations research


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Research information

The Analytics, Information, Operations (AIO) academic area includes faculty who are experts in topics such as business analytics, information systems and supply chain management, as well as former industry professionals whose experience supplements our curriculum.

AIO faculty regularly publish in leading academic journals and lend their expertise to regional and national media. Their intellectual contributions generate new knowledge and understanding, particularly as industries continue to rely more heavily on data-driven decision making.

In the Media

  • A worker gestures toward a large piece of equipment in a manufacturing warehouse

    HBR

    How to address the supply-chain staffing crisis

  • Manufacturer works on a project as smoke curls around him

    Disruptor Daily

    What is the future of supply chain management? 16 experts share insights

  • An overhead view of shipping containers on a barge

    Inbound Logistics

    What's the difference between supply chain visibility and transparency?

  • A piece of luggage

    Academic Minute

    Mazhar Arikan, University of Kansas, talks baggage fees

Recent research & news

A delivery driver holds a box while steering a vehicle

Study examines strategies to improve effect of parking time on last-mile deliveries

A paper from assistant professor Sara Reed explores solutions designed for urban and rural environments to help companies minimize the additional time that parking can add to delivery schedules.
Workers on a manufacturing line

Workplace 'slavery' still embedded in supply chain, researcher says

In a scholarly article, associate teaching professor Joe Walden estimates the number of workers living in slavery conditions between 17-21 million worldwide. His article offers recommendations to help address this global crisis.
Rendering of a 3-D printer printing "3D" figures

Business advantages of customers using 'personal fabrication' in 3D printing

A burgeoning offshoot of the 3D printing technological breakthrough is called personal fabrication, in which a firm sells product designs that let consumers customize and manufacture items using 3D printing services. But is that good business? A KU Business study examines the benefits and drawbacks.
Rendering of a Covid virus shape in front of a graph

Pandemic altered predictability of stock market, according to social media data

The main takeaway of research by assistant professors Michael Lash, Shaobo Li and Karthik Srinivasan is clear: Don’t do business as usual if there’s a disaster. They examined how normally predictive investor sentiment based on social media word-of-mouth became unreliable during the peak-COVID and recovery periods.

Area directors

Debabrata Dey
Debabrata "Deb" Dey
Davis Area Director, Analytics, Information, Operations, Ronald G. Harper Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems
Detelina Stoyanova
Detelina Stoyanova
Assistant Area Director, Analytics, Information, Operations, Associate Teaching Professor

Analytics, Information, Operations faculty

Mazhar Arikan
Mazhar Arikan
Associate Professor, Anderson Family Fellow
Trambak Banerjee
Trambak Banerjee
Assistant Professor
Mark Best
Mark Best
Lecturer
Soudipta Chakraborty
Soudipta Chakraborty
Assistant Professor
Wei Chen
Wei Chen
Associate Professor
Arunima Chhikara
Arunima Chhikara
Assistant Professor
Lidan Fan
Lidan Fan
Assistant Teaching Professor
Anurag Garg
Anurag Garg
Assistant Professor
Gilbert Karuga
Gilbert Karuga
Associate Professor
Michael Lash
Michael Lash
Assistant Professor
Shaobo Li
Shaobo Li
Associate Professor
Suman Mallik
Suman Mallik
B. Allen and Dorothy V. Lay Professor
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Mohammad Murad
Assistant Teaching Professor
Tom Patton
Thomas "Tom" Patton
Professor of the Practice
Sara Reed
Sara Reed
Assistant Professor
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Jim Ritchie
Lecturer
Brian R. Salmans
Brian R. Salmans
Associate Teaching Professor, Area Industry Mentor, AIO
Nagarajan Sethuraman
Nagarajan "Naga" Sethuraman
Assistant Professor
Ben Sherwood
Ben Sherwood
Associate Professor, Jack and Shirley Howard Mid-Career Professor
Karthik Srinivasan
Karthik Srinivasan
Assistant Professor
Arvind Tripathi
Arvind Tripathi
Associate Professor
Joe Walden
Joe Walden
Associate Teaching Professor
Jide Wintoki
Jide Wintoki
Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, Capitol Federal Professor
Jeff Zoroya
Jeff Zoroya
Lecturer, Area Industry Mentor, AIO