--- title: Nominations and Lists | 2024 Outstanding Academic Data Leaders List description: CDO Magazine's Outstanding Academic Data Leaders 2024 List showcases leaders, inspiring the next generation of data professionals within the academic sphere. image: https://lp.cdomagazine.tech/hubfs/2024%20Outstanding%20Academic%20Data%20Leaders%20List%20Banner.jpg --- [![CDO Magazine Logo BLACK_BLUE](https://lp.cdomagazine.tech/hubfs/CDO%20Magazine%20Logo%20BLACK_BLUE.png)](https://cdomagazine.tech) ![2024 Outstanding Academic Data Leaders List Banner](https://lp.cdomagazine.tech/hs-fs/hubfs/2024%20Outstanding%20Academic%20Data%20Leaders%20List%20Banner.jpg?width=1200&height=675&name=2024%20Outstanding%20Academic%20Data%20Leaders%20List%20Banner.jpg "2024 Outstanding Academic Data Leaders List Banner") 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.   #### Aarti Singh **Carnegie Mellon University** Professor of Machine Learning Department #### 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 #### Peter Allen **Columbia University** Professor of Computer Science #### 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 #### Shlomo Engelson Argamon **Touro University** Associate Provost for AI and Professor of Computer Science #### Navid Azizan **Massachusetts Institute of Technology** Esther & Harold E. Edgerton Assistant Professor #### Bart Baesens **KU Leuven** Professor of Big Data & Analytics #### Magdalena Balazinska **University of Washington** Professor and Director, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering #### James Baldo Jr. **George Mason University** Associate Professor - Director - MS Data Analytics Program #### 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 #### David Blei **Columbia University** Professor of Statistics & Computer Science #### Joshua Bloom **University of California, Berkeley** Professor of Astronomy specializing in ML, Data-driven Discovery #### James Booth **Cornell University** Professor in the Department of Statistics & Data Science #### 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 #### Florentina Bunea **Cornell University** Professor of Statistics #### 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 #### Kristof Coussement **IÉSEG School of Management** Full Professor of Business Analytics #### 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 #### Susan Davidson **University of Pennsylvania** Weiss Professor, Computer and Information Science #### Jim Davies **University of Oxford** Professor of Software Engineering #### Nando de Freita **University of Oxford** Professor of Computer Science #### Vasant Dhar **New York University** Professor NYU Stern & Center for Data Science #### Francesca Dominici **Harvard University** Professor of Biostatistics, Population & Data Science, Faculty Director of Harvard Data Science Initiative #### David Donoho **Stanford University** Professor of Statistics #### Cynthia Dwork **Harvard University** Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science #### Mark Elliot **The University of Manchester** Professor of Data Science, School of Social Sciences #### 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 #### Bin Gu **Boston University** Professor & Department Chair Information Systems #### Carlos Guestrin **Stanford University** Professor of Computer Science #### Yike Guo **Imperial College London** Professor of Computing Science in the Department of Computing #### Doug Hague **University of North Carolina at Charlotte** Professor & Executive Director School of Data Science #### Jiawei Han **University of Illinois** Abel Bliss Professor of Computer Science #### Christopher Healey **North Carolina State University** Professor of Computer Science, Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Analytics #### Jeffrey Heer **University of Washington** Professor of Computer Science #### Simon Holcombe **University of Melbourne** Academic Director, Masters of Business 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 #### Ajay Katangur **Missouri State University** Department Head, Professor of Computer Science #### Michael Kearns **University of Pennsylvania** Professor and National Center Chair of Department of Computer and Information Science #### Jeffrey Keisler **University of Massachusetts** Professor of Management Science & Information System #### John Lafferty **Yale University** John C. Malone Professor of Statistics & Data 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 #### Jure Leskovec **Stanford University** Professor of Computer Science #### 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 #### Andrew McCallum **University of Massachusetts Amherst** Professor of Computer Science #### Thomas Miller **Northwestern University** Faculty Director, Data Science Program #### Christophe Mues **University of Southampton** Professor of Data Science and Information Systems #### 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 #### Maja Pantic **Imperial College London** Professor of Affective and Behavioral Computing #### David Parkes **Harvard University** Dean, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences #### 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  #### Raj Reddy **Carnegie Mellon University** Professor of Computer Science & Robotics #### 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 #### Ruslan Salakhutdinov **Carnegie Mellon University** Professor of Computer Science #### Bart Selman **Cornell University** Professor of Computer Science #### Claudio Silva **New York University** Professor of Data Science #### Aarti Singh **Carnegie Mellon University** Professor of Machine Learning Department #### 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 #### Dacheng Tao **The University of Sydney** Professor of Computer Science #### Peter Triantafillou **University of Warwick** Professor of Computer Science, Head of Data Science #### Richard Turner **University of Cambridge** Professor of Machine Learning #### Pascal Van Hentenryck **Georgia Institute of Technology** A. 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