Bharatendra Rai

Dr. Bharatendra Rai is a Professor and Chairperson of the Decision & Information Sciences department at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's Charlton College of Business. His academic and research profile spans over two decades with contributions to business analytics, data mining, and reliability engineering. He teaches core business courses like MIS 101: The Business Organization and POM 212: Business Statistics, focusing on operations management and data-driven decision-making.

• PhD in Industrial Engineering (Wayne State University, 2004)
• MTech in Quality, Reliability & OR (Indian Statistical Institute, 1993)
• MSc in Statistics (Meerut University, 1991)

His research interests include business analytics, deep learning, big data research, and reliability prediction, with applications in healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services. Recent publications cover topics from LSTM neural networks for sentiment classification to quantum computing in healthcare and energy efficiency optimization in renewable projects.

Advising and grants: No formal advisees listed, but he has mentored students through University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's Big Data Club (winner of DataFest 2023's Best Data Visualization) and Data Challenge Kaggle initiatives. Collaborative projects include partnerships with NVIDIA and Dell on AI research.