Analytics, Information and Operations Management research


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Research information

The Analytics, Information and Operations Management (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

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.
Rendering of a board with the word "procurement" on an easel next to stacked boxes

Reasons for talent gap in procurement field examined in new business analysis

A scholarly article from Joe Walden, associate teaching professor, looks at why there is a talent gap in the procurement industry, which can be traced to what future supply chain managers and procurement professionals are learning in college.
A man works at a computer while wearing headphones

Effect of workplace sound level on physiological well-being revealed in study

Research from assistant professor Karthik Srinivasan explores how sounds experienced in an indoor setting affect individual well-being. The study, published in Nature Digital Medicine, recruited 231 office workers from the U.S. General Services Administration.
A woman wearing a medical mask shops at a farmers' market

New model effectively predicts consumers’ retail shopping mobility during a pandemic

COVID-19 forced people to contend with travel bans, stay-at-home orders and closure of nonessential businesses. A study by Michael Lash, assistant professor of business, reveals how this significant event affected consumer mobility and shopping habits.

Area directors

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

Analytics, Information and Operations Management 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
Steve Hillmer
Steve Hillmer
Professor, Director, Davis Center for Figure Sense
Gilbert Karuga
Gilbert Karuga
Associate Professor
Michael Lash
Michael Lash
Assistant Professor
Shaobo Li
Shaobo Li
Assistant Professor
Suman Mallik
Suman Mallik
B. Allen and Dorothy V. Lay 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