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HAL Co-Director named a 2025 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Distinguished Member
ACM, the world's leading computing society, honors Ahmed Abbasi among the 2025 Distinguished Members. Distinguished Members are selected by their peers for significant achievements driving the future of computing.
HAL Co-Director awarded prestigious INFORMS Information Systems Society Distinguished Fellow Award
Ahmed Abbasi, Joe and Jane Giovanini Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations at the University of Notre Dame, was awarded the prestigious INFORMS Information Systems Society Distinguished Fellow Award on October 28 during the organization’s annual conference. The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding intellectual contributions to the information systems discipline through publications, intellectual leadership as reflected in editorial appointments and intellectual stewardship in the form of mentoring doctoral students and young researchers INFORMS is the largest professional association for the decision and data sciences.
HAL Co-Director named to All-Faculty Team
Notre Dame has a long history of outstanding student-athletes being named to All-America teams. The University also has a tradition of honoring exceptional faculty on the football field each fall. At every home game, the provost honors a distinguished member of the faculty as part of the All-Faculty Team. These seven scholar-teachers have been chosen from across the disciplines for their transformative contributions to Notre Dame and beyond. How do people respond to warnings or reminders and why do they sometimes ignore them? Ahmed Abbasi, Joe and Jane Giovanini Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, explores how AI can better understand human behavior to design more effective interventions. His research shows that tailored AI-guided messages can significantly reduce phishing risks and improve patient care outcomes.
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