Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College

Why Companies Will Soon Need A Chief AI Officer The Chief AI Officer is emerging as a critical C-suite role and executives are moving quickly to build the skills needed to deliver on its responsibilities.

Asli Gulcur, former Salesforce senior executive, has joined Heinz College as part of our inaugural Master of Science in AI Systems Management class. We are proud to have her in the cohort & loved her perspective in a recent Forbes article on why she chose this program! www.forbes.com/sites/gelila...

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We are excited to share that Ramayya Krishnan will speak at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in Atlanta later this month!

Read more here! meetings.informs.org/wordpress/an...

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A Clinic in Haiti Wanted to Better Document Patient Care. These Students Helped. FLM Haiti, a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit that runs the clinic abroad and provides education, literacy training, and other services to people in Haiti, partnered with a team of Heinz College graduate students this spring to develop a better system for documenting patient care.

Heinz College students partnered with FLM Haiti to create an electronic medical records system for a rural health clinic in Haiti, designed to work even without reliable internet or electricity.

Read more about how their capstone project is making an impact! www.heinz.cmu.edu/media/2025/S...

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New Models Address Problems Related to Timing, Scheduling of Surgeries, Capacity Planning, and Patients' Stays in Recovery Units In collaboration with a hospital, researchers examined problems related to the timing and scheduling of surgeries and patients' stays in recovery units. They developed an integrated elective surgery assignment, sequencing, and scheduling problem (ESASSP) and devised new ways to solve it.

Heinz College’s Rema Padman coauthored a study alongside @usc.edu, @ttu.edu, and the Medical University of South Carolina on new models for surgery scheduling that cut delays, congestion, and costs—offering hospitals data-driven solutions with real impact.

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Scams and frauds: Here are the tactics criminals use on you in the age of AI and cryptocurrencies Technology has supercharged fraud. The ruses are ancient, but the tools scammers use are cutting edge.

“Scams are nothing new – fraud has existed as long as human greed. What changes are the tools.”

In a column for @us.theconversation.com, Professor Rahul Telang of @cmuheinzcollege.bsky.social shares strategies for identifying and avoiding #AI-. #crypto-, and personal data-driven scams:

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Heinz College Students Take AI from Classroom to Practice This summer, graduate students from Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy put their AI skills to the test, tackling challenges that matter in health care, policy, and beyond. Their projects have real stakes, real budgets, and real consequences.

From the federal government to leading pharmaceutical companies, Heinz College students made an impact this summer.

Read where Ardak Baizhaxynova, Joyce Cerasulo, Moid Hassan, and Amy Kang put their skills to work! www.heinz.cmu.edu/media/2025/S...

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Last week, we hosted an event on AI in healthcare and professional development for future healthcare leaders.

A big thank you to the Western Chapter of ACHE, Duquesne University, and the University of Pittsburgh for helping make this event possible and for supporting these important conversations.

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Featured Member iSchools Featured Member Ananya Sen

@ananyasen.bsky.social, Associate Professor of IT and Management, had a recent profile on iSchool! His research explores how digital platforms and technology impact business, media, and society, including projects on misinformation and online echo chambers. www.ischools.org/post/feature...

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Study: In Interorganizational Health Care Collaborations, Stability of Representation Is Key Interorganizational collaborations are increasingly used to tackle some of society’s most complex challenges. In health care, this takes many forms, such as strategic alliances, interorganizational networks, joint ventures, and public-private partnerships.

What makes health care collaborations succeed over time? A new study coauthored by Heinz College’s Anna T. Mayo finds health care collaborations thrive when the same reps stay involved, building trust, sharing knowledge, and strengthening outcomes.

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Public Interest Technology in Action: Carnegie Mellon Students Tackle Government Challenges with Data and Policy Skills From analyzing parole violation patterns in Pennsylvania's state corrections system to mapping language barriers across Allegheny County, four Heinz College students spent their summer tackling some of the thorniest challenges in public service—armed with SQL queries, statistical models, and a healthy dose of optimism about what data can accomplish when harnessed to solve real-world problems.

How can data and technology strengthen public service? Our students put their skills to the test this summer, tackling real government challenges and delivering impact for communities.

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Students Create Marketing Campaign, Platform to Help Low-Income Taxpayers Each year, low-income earners can reduce the taxes they owe by hundreds or thousands of dollars through an IRS tax credit. But a lack of information about the benefit has caused many eligible taxpayers not to claim it, leaving a collective $7 billion on the table annually.

Heinz College students teamed up with the National League of Cities in Prof. Chris Goranson’s Policy Innovation Lab to launch a campaign and platform helping low-income taxpayers claim the EITC.

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Equity Implications of Where Long-Term Fossil Fuel Plants Are Located Found to Differ Based on Time Period Studied Considerations related to environmental justice have risen to the forefront of policy discussions over the location of long-term infrastructure like power plants. These discussions have centered on ensuring equitable siting of planned infrastructure, but rarely account for its consequences over the long run.

A new study from @cmu.edu, Arizona State, @umontreal-en.bsky.social, and @bostoncollege.bsky.social, coauthored by Karen Clay and @akshayaj.bsky.social, finds plants weren’t initially built in Black communities, but counties saw major demographic shifts afterward.

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