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Balaji Padmanabhan

Balaji Padmanabhan

Dean's Professor of Decisions, Operations & Information Technologies

Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence in Business

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Balaji Padmanabhan, Professor of Decision, Operations and Information Technologies, has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and a PhD from New York University (NYU)’s Stern School of Business and has worked in the data science, AI/machine learning and business analytics areas for 25 years. His current work addresses the design of artificial and augmented intelligence solutions that combine data, machine learning and modeling the real-world through complex systems simulations and has broad applications across business, policy, media and healthcare. He has published extensively in data science and related areas at premier journals and conferences in the field and has served on the editorial board of leading journals including Management Science, MIS Quarterly, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Information Systems Research, Big Data, ACM Transactions on MIS and the Journal of Business Analytics. 

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Center for AI in Business, UMD Students Tackle Food Insecurity
The Smith School hosted UMD’s first university-wide AI case competition, challenging students to use artificial intelligence to tackle food…
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2nd Annual AI Symposium Addresses the Challenges and Benefits of Artificial Intelligence
Experts from business, government, and nonprofits shared insights on AI’s challenges, opportunities, and governance at the Smith School’s…
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‘Business of Life Sciences and Healthcare for Leaders’ Program Forthcoming from Smith
Registration is open for the five-day “Business of Life Sciences and Healthcare for Leaders” (B-LSHC) program, June 23-27, 2025, at the…
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