We are proud to present the ‘CDO Magazine Outstanding Academic Leaders in Data List 2024 .’ In an age where data plays a pivotal role in educational strategies, student success, and institutional advancements, these visionary enablers stand at the forefront, driving change.
From breaking down age-old data silos and laying the foundations to spearheading bleeding-edge campus transformation initiatives, these data stars are setting new benchmarks for excellence. Their accomplishments extend beyond traditional academic boundaries, influencing the broader data community and contributing to the global dialogue on data ethics, privacy, and accessibility.
CDO Magazine is privileged to showcase these distinguished leaders, acknowledge their achievements, and inspire the next generation of data professionals within the academic sphere.
Sarah Abramowitz
Drew University
John H. Evans Professor, Chair of Mathematics and Computer Science & Chair of Business
Yaser Abu-Mostafa
California Institute of Technology
Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Eytan Adar
University of Michigan
Associate Professor of Information, School of Information
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Laurent Alfandari
ESSEC Business School
Professor, Information Systems, Decision Sciences & Statistics (IDS) Department
Anima Anandkumar
California Institute of Technology
Bren Professor of Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Arif Ansari
University of Southern California
Professor in the Department of Data Sciences and Operations
Cecilia Aragon
University of Washington
Professor, Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering
Magdalena Balazinska
University of Washington
Professor and Director, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
Regina Barzilay
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Yoshua Bengio
Université de Montréal
Full Professor & Head of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms
Joshua Bloom
University of California, Berkeley
Professor of Astronomy specializing in ML, Data-driven Discovery
Ron Bose
University of Texas at Dallas
Professor of Practice and Director, Center for Information Technology and Management
Tamara Broderick
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Carla Brodley
Northeastern University Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Dean of Inclusive Computing; Founding Executive Director of the Center for Inclusive Computing
Emmanuel Candès
Stanford University
Professor of Mathematics, of Statistics and of Electrical Engineering
Rama Chellappa
University of Maryland
College Park Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Raymond Choo
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Professor and Cloud Technology Endowed Professorship
Kyle Cranmer
University of Wisconsin-Madison Data Science Institute
David R. Anderson Director, Professor of Physics, Statistics, and Computer Science
Tom Davenport
Babson College
President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology & Management
Francesca Dominici
Harvard University
Professor of Biostatistics, Population & Data Science, Faculty Director of Harvard Data Science Initiative
Peter Flach
University of Bristol
Professor of Artificial Intelligence & Director Interactive AI CDT
Michael Franklin
University of Chicago
Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Computer Science
Michael Fry
University of Cincinnati
Professor, Department of Operations, Business Analytics & Information System
Brad Fulton
Indiana University Bloomington
Associate Professor of Management and Social Policy specializing in Methods Econometrics and Data Management Research
Rayid Ghani
Carnegie Mellon University
Distinguished Career Professor in the Machine Learning Department and the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Clyde Lee Giles
Pennsylvania State University
David Reese Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Gabriel Giordano
Ohio University
Professor of Analytics & Information Systems, and Associate Dean for Graduate, Professional, and Executive Programs in the College of Business
Shafi Goldwasser
University of California, Berkeley
Director of the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, C. Lester Hogan Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Carla Gomes
Cornell University
Professor of Computer Science & Director of Institute for Computational Sustainability
Ira Greenberg
Southern Methodist University
Director Center of Creative Computation, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Yael Grushka-Cockayne
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
Professor of Data Science by Courtesy
Doug Hague
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Professor & Executive Director School of Data Science
Christopher Healey
North Carolina State University
Professor of Computer Science, Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Analytics
Patrick Jaillet
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dugald C. Jackson Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Co-Director, Operations Research Center
Michael Jordan
University of California, Berkeley
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Leslie Kaelbling
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Michael Kearns
University of Pennsylvania
Professor and National Center Chair of Department of Computer and Information Science
David Leake
Indiana University Bloomington
Professor of Computer Science, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
Yann LeCun
New York University
Silver Professor of Computer Science, Data Science Neural Science, and Electrical Engineering
Sergey Levine
University of California, Berkeley
Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Fei-Fei Li
Stanford University
Sequoia Professor in the Computer Science Department & Co-Director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute
Barbara Liskov
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Institute Professor and Ford Professor of Engineering
Jitendra Malik
University of California, Berkeley
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Christopher Manning
Stanford University
Professor of Computer Science and Linguistics and Director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)
Maja Matarić
University of Southern California
Chan Soon-Shiong Chair and Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Neuroscience, and Pediatrics
Raymond Ng
University of British Columbia
Director of Data Science Institute, Canada Research Chair in Data Science and Analytics
Kunle Olukotun
Stanford University
Cadence Design Systems Professor and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Jamal Ouenniche
University of Edinburgh Business School
Professor & Chair in Business Analytics and Head of Management Science and Business Economic Group
Judea Pearl
University of California, Los Angeles
Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Cognitive Systems Lab
Alex `Sandy’ Pentland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor, Director of MIT Connection Science
Joelle Pineau
McGill University
Professor and William Dawson Scholar at the School of Computer Science
Manjeet Rege
University of St. Thomas
Professor and Chair of Department of Software & Data Science and Director, Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence
Cynthia Rudin
Duke University
Professor of Computer Science, ECE, Statistics, and Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Dawn Song
University of California, Berkeley
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
James Spall
Johns Hopkins University
Chair of the Applied and Computational Mathematics Program and Co-Chair of the Data Science Program
Rayadurgam Srikant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ion Stoica
University of California Berkeley
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
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