Ravi Bapna honored with AIS Fellow Award

Professor Ravi Bapna, the Curtis L. Carlson chair in business analytics and information systems, is being honored for his achievements in the field of information systems.

Bapna received the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Fellow Award at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) in Hyderabad, India on Monday. The AIS Fellow Award annually recognizes a select group of individuals who have made significant global and local contributions to the field through research, teaching, and service. AIS is the leading professional organization for researchers studying information systems, with members in about 100 countries.

“Being recognized and honored by one’s academic peers is truly special,” reflected Bapna. “I am blessed to be an analytics and information systems professor at the Carlson School, where our department’s legacy stands tall, and our intellectual vibrancy makes me a better scholar every day.”

Bapna is an award-winning scholar with expertise in analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, digital transformation, social media, and the economics of information systems. In addition to teaching graduate students, he also serves as the academic director for the Analytics for Good Institute and the Carlson Analytics Lab. Additionally, he shares his insights with business professionals through executive education, board experience, and industry consulting.

The last Carlson School faculty member to receive the AIS Fellow Award was Professor Alok Gupta in 2016.