Michael D. Smith is a Professor of Information Systems and Marketing and the Co-Director of IDEA, the Initiative for Digital Entertainment Analytics, at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Telecommunications Science from the University of Maryland, and received a Ph.D. in Management Science from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.

Professor Smith’s research uses economic and statistical techniques to analyze firm and consumer behavior in online markets — specifically markets for digital information and digital media products. His research in this area has been published in leading management science, economics, and marketing journals; published in top professional journals including The Harvard Business Review and The Sloan Management Review; and covered by press outlets including The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Wired and Business Week. He is the coauthor of the book Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment (MIT Press, 2016).

Rahul Telang is a Professor of Information Systems and Management and the Co-Director of IDEA, the Initiative for Digital Entertainment Analytics, at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College. Professor Telang’s research is broadly interested in how information and communication technologies (ICTs) and associated digitization of information impact consumers, business, and policy, particularly in the digital media industry and with respect to information security and privacy. Dr. Telang has published extensively in many top management and policy journals and held senior editor positions at ISR (Information Systems Research) and MIS Quarterly. He is the coauthor of the book Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment (MIT Press, 2016). Dr. Telang completed his undergraduate education and an M.B.A. in India and received a Ph.D. in Industrial Administration (Information Systems) from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon.