Leadership

We train the next generation of data scientists, develop innovative technology, foster collaborations in advancing techniques to interpret data and address pressing societal problems, and work closely with industry to bring promising ideas to market.

Leadership

Armen Avanessians

  • Trustee, Council Co-Chair, EN’83, P: CC’12, CC’17, IA’17
  • Chief Investment Officer (Retired), Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Omar Besbes

  • Columbia Business School
    Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Business

David Blei

  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences
    Professor of Statistics
  • Columbia Engineering
    Professor of Computer Science

Alessandra Casella

  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences
    Professor of Economics and Political Science

Shih-Fu Chang

  • Columbia Engineering
    Dean
  • Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor

Ivan Corwin

  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences
    Professor of Mathematics

Ton Dieker

  • Columbia Engineering
    Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Michael Donovan

  • P: EN’13
  • Vice Chairman, Board of Directors of MediaOcean

Shahram Ebadollahi

  • EN’99, EN’02, EN’05, BU’16
  • Operating Partner, Private Equity

Shawn Edwards

  • EN’90, EN’95, P: EN’17
  • Chief Technology Officer, Bloomberg

Ben Fried

  • Council Co-Chair, CC’88
  • Venture Partner, Rally Ventures

Jeff Goldsmith

  • Data Science Institute
    Associate Director for Education
  • Mailman School of Public Health
    Associate Professor of Biostatistics

Steven L. Goldstein

  • Columbia Climate School
    Interim Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
  • Higgins Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Geochemistry

George Hripcsak

  • Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
    Vivian Beaumont Allen Professor of Biomedical Informatics

Daniel J. Hsu

  • Data Science Institute
    Associate Director for Research
  • Columbia Engineering
    Associate Professor of Computer Science

Amy Hungerford

  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences
    Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  • Ruth Fulton Benedict Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Garud N. Iyengar

  • Data Science Institute
    Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute
  • Columbia Engineering
    Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Claire Le Gal

  • BU’99
  • Senior Vice President, Fraud Intelligence, Strategy & Cyber Products, Mastercard

Arian Maleki

  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences
    Associate Professor of Statistics

Gary Miller

  • Mailman School of Public Health
    Vice Dean for Research Strategy and Innovation
  • Professor of Environmental Health Sciences

David Murray

  • Data Science Institute
    Director of Development for University Initiatives

Mahmoud Naghshineh

  • EN'94
  • Vice President of AI Impact and Partnerships, IBM Research

Georgia Papathomas

  • EN’73, EN’74, EN’78
  • Advisor, Investor, Board Member

Jim Pastoriza

  • EN’84
  • Managing Partner, TDF Ventures