Krishnan Elected to INFORMS ISS Presidency

Ramayya Krishnan, William W. and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and Information Systems, has been elected as the President of the Information Systems Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

INFORMS is a 12,000 member society representing professionals in the fields of Operations Research and Management Sciences. The INFORMS Information Systems Society fosters, promotes and disseminates research on the use and impact of information technology in organizations. It provides a forum for researchers and practitioners in Information Systems to interact and further their interests in the area.

Krishnan's research interests lie in problems that arise at the interface of technology, business and policy aspects of internet-enabled systems. His current research projects investigate the emergence of virtual communities in peer-to-peer networks, study intermediation in e-markets and the design of policies that take into account the competing needs of promoting data access and protecting privacy.

In addition to his presidency, Krishnan is Department Editor for Information Systems at Management Science, a publication of INFORMS. Prior editorial experience includes his work as co-area editor for Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce at the INFORMS Journal on Computing, as an Associate Editor for Management Science, and as an Associate Editor for Operations Research. He recently co-edited a special issue of Interfaces on e-business and co-edited two special issue volumes of Management Science on E-business.

He is the recipient of the General Motors (GM) Technical Education Program Outstanding Distance Learning Faculty Award, which honors a professor for demonstrating excellence in distance learning education. He is also the 2005 recipient of the Teaching Award for Heinz School's IT programs. He teaches in numerous executive education programs and is an expert on the use of IT to both create and capture value for organizations.