Analytics, Information and Operations Management research

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.
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Recent research & news

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.

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.

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.

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

Detelina Stoyanova
Assistant Area Director, Analytics, Information and Operations Management, Assistant Teaching Professor
Analytics, Information and Operations Management faculty

Weimar Ardila-Rueda
Lecturer

Mazhar Arikan
Associate Professor, Anderson Family Fellow

Trambak Banerjee
Assistant Professor

Mark Best
Lecturer

Burcu Bolukbasi Arikan
Lecturer

Soudipta Chakraborty
Assistant Professor

Andrew N. K. Chen
Professor

Wei Chen
Associate Professor

Arunima Chhikara
Assistant Professor

Lidan Fan
Assistant Teaching Professor
Anurag Garg
Assistant Professor

Steve Hillmer
Professor, Director, Davis Center for Figure Sense

Gilbert Karuga
Associate Professor

Michael Lash
Assistant Professor

Shaobo Li
Assistant Professor

Suman Mallik
B. Allen and Dorothy V. Lay Professor

Thomas "Tom" Patton
Professor of the Practice

Sara Reed
Assistant Professor

Jim Ritchie
Lecturer

Brady Rothrock
Lecturer

Brian R. Salmans
Associate Teaching Professor, Area Industry Mentor, AIO

Nagarajan "Naga" Sethuraman
Assistant Professor

Ben Sherwood
Associate Professor, Jack and Shirley Howard Mid-Career Professor

Karthik Srinivasan
Assistant Professor

Arvind Tripathi
Associate Professor

Joe Walden
Associate Teaching Professor

Jide Wintoki
Associate Dean of Graduate Programs, Capitol Federal Professor

Jeff Zoroya
Lecturer, Area Industry Mentor, AIO