Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations Department
ITAO faculty pursue interdisciplinary scholarship, developing new methods and insights to understand how data, AI, information systems and operational decisions shape organizations, markets and society. Their research explores methodological and theoretical innovation relative to pressing societal challenges.
Acumen in IT, Analytics, and Operations
Selected news and features showcase the breadth, relevance and impact of ITAO faculty scholarship. Together, they illustrate how faculty research contributes to emerging academic conversations and helps organizations and society better understand and respond to complex challenges in technology, analytics and operations.
Analytics & Technology
Learning from a Crisis
Notre Dame researcher Junghee Lee finds manufacturers learn from past disruptions but fail to share lessons or prevent repeat crises.
Analytics & Technology
Weathering Healthcare’s Perfect Storm
Research by Sarv Devaraj reveals how unpredictable patient volume and case complexity affect hospital operations and why each form of uncertainty demands a different management response.
Analytics & Technology
What Would You Fight For?
More than 700 million people worldwide lack access to clean water. Business professors Alfonso Pedraza-Martinez and Chengcheng Zhai are fighting for universal access to clean water by helping organizations optimize how they manage, maintain, and build water pumps to reduce water scarcity.
Analytics & Technology
Reimagining Dementia Care
At the 2026 Shamrock Series, scholars from the Human-centered Analytics Lab demonstrated how in-person facilitators combined with social robots using generative AI can deliver personalized reminiscence therapy for memory care patients.
Research that Grows the Good
Thought Leadership
IT, Analytics, and Operations faculty are leading scholars with a distinctive commitment to rigorous inquiry in service of the greater good. Their research advances the discipline while examining how innovation, data and complex systems can be designed and managed to improve organizations, strengthen communities and address consequential challenges in society.
Human-Centered Analytics Lab (HAL)
HAL’s work informs organizations and industries, offering insights into the interaction of people with technology to understand the human condition in our increasingly digital world.
Humanitarian Operations Lab (HOPE)
By collaborating closely with humanitarian and nonprofit organizations, HOPE supports their work with data and insights to strengthen their operations and alleviate suffering after disasters, improving living conditions of people affected by crises and extreme poverty.
Ph.D. in Analytics
We develop analytics thought leaders who pursue impactful, cutting-edge research grounded in the ethics of data and its usage.
Published Research
Read the latest research publication from top journals in Information Technology, Analytics, and Operations from Mendoza faculty.
Lectures and Conferences
Accountancy Seminar: Daniel Wangerin, University of Wisconsin
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EMBA Spotlight: Alumni & Student Panel
Join us for a virtual Executive MBA Student Panel, where you’ll gain exclusive insights from Notre Dame EMBA students as well as alumni as they share their perspectives and experiences. Get answers to your questions about work-life balance, cohort community & culture, curriculum, career opportunities, and more.
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Leadership
Corey Angst
- Jack and Joan McGraw Family Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations; Department Chair of IT, Analytics, and Operations
Junyuan (Joe) Ke
- Assistant Department Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies in the IT, Analytics, and Operations Department, Assistant Teaching Professor
Ahmed Abbasi
- Joe and Jane Giovanini Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations; Director, Lucy Family Institute for Data and Society; Co-Director, Human-centered Analytics Lab (HAL); Academic Director of the Ph.D. Program in Analytics
Seth Berry
- Academic Co-Director of the Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) Residential Program; Associate Teaching Professor
Michael Chapple
- Teaching Professor; Faculty Director of the Business Administration in Computer Science Program
Sharif Nijim
- Academic Co-Director of the Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) Residential Program; Associate Teaching Professor
Academic Programs
M.S. in Business Analytics (MSBA)
Learn how to be a conduit between data teams and decision-makers in business management in this STEM-designated program.
Become adept at making sound business decisions by analyzing and understanding the big data behind them.
BBA in Business and Computer Science
With a STEM-designated curriculum, this program prepares students to lead at the intersection of innovation and enterprise.
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Acumen is a monthly newsletter sharing the work and thought leadership of Notre Dame business faculty, highlighting research that shapes industries, informs policy and advances knowledge across business disciplines