Faculty
Faculty in the MIT Sloan Information Technology Group are working with student researchers to address questions raised by the digital economy, examine the transformation of organizations and markets, and explore the development of new business models. The study of information technology is inherently multidisciplinary, and faculty members come with backgrounds in economics, management science, computer science, organizational behavior, sociology, and psychology.
FULL-TIME FACULTY
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Abdullah Almaatouq
Douglas Drane Career Development Assistant Professor in Information Technology and Management
Abdullah Almaatouq is a computational social scientist and the Douglas Drane Career Development Assistant Professor in Information Technology and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Abdullah’s research focuses on improving cooperation,…
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Sinan Aral
David Austin Professor of Management
Sinan Aral is a global authority on business analytics; award-winning researcher; entrepreneur, and venture capitalist who is ranked among the top 50 management scholars in the world and was rated the World’s “Top Digital Thinker” in 2021. He is the…
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Michiel Anton Bakker
Assistant Professor, Information Technology
Michiel Bakker is an AI safety researcher and computational social scientist focusing on AI alignment, societal impacts of AI, and AI’s role in human-human and human-computer interaction. He is an Assistant Professor at the MIT Sloan School of…
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John J. Horton
Associate Professor, Information Technology
John Horton is an Associate Professor of Information Technologies at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Horton's research focuses on the intersection of labor economics, market design, and information systems. He is particularly interested in…
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Stuart Madnick
John Norris Maguire (1960) Professor of Information Technology
Stuart Madnick is the John Norris Maguire (1960) Professor of Information Technology at the MIT Sloan School of Management; Affiliate Faculty member at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS); and the Founding Director of…
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Thomas W. Malone
Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor of Management
Thomas W. Malone is the Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence. At MIT, he is also a Professor of Information Technology and a…
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Wanda Orlikowski
Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Management
Wanda Orlikowski is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Information Technology and Organization Studies at MIT's Sloan School of Management. She received her Ph.D. from New York University. Her research examines technologies in the workplace, with a…
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Manish Raghavan
Drew Houston (2005) Career Development Assistant Professor
Manish Raghavan is the Drew Houston (2005) Career Development Professor and an Assistant Professor of Information Technology at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Manish was most recently a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Center for Research on…
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Research centers at MIT and MIT Sloan pursue solutions to the world’s most significant challenges. Through collaboration with other top researchers and business leaders, MIT Sloan faculty and students have a powerful impact on leading organizations and on everyday life.
Faculty in the Information Technology Group are affiliated with the following research centers at MIT:
Other Academic Staff
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Paul McDonagh-Smith
Visiting Senior Lecturer
Paul McDonagh-Smith is a Visiting Senior Lecturer in Information Technology at the MIT Sloan School of Management. In his research and teaching, Paul creates key intersection points between technology and business. He specializes in translating…
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Sandy Pentland
Toshiba Professor of Media Arts & Science
Alex `Sandy’ Pentland directs MIT’s Human Dynamics Laboratory and the MIT Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program, co-leads the World Economic Forum Big Data and Personal Data initiatives, and is a founding member of the Advisory Boards for Nissan,…
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Michael D. Siegel
Principal Research Scientist
Michael Siegel is a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management, He is also the Director of Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (CAMS). Siegel’s research focuses on the management, strategy, technology, and organizational issues…
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Peter Weill
Senior Research Scientist
Peter Weill is a world-renowned strategic thinker, acclaimed author, and effervescent speaker who inspires and captivates top executives and boards—from Microsoft, SAP and IBM to Schneider Electric, ANZ Bank and QBE—with evidence-based insights on…
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