Manish Agrawal

Dr. Manish Agrawal is a Professor in the School of Information Systems and Management at the University of South Florida (USF), and currently serves as the Academic Director for Education at Cyber Florida. He has previously held the role of Chair of the Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences (ISDS) at USF. His expertise lies in cybersecurity, social media analytics, software quality, offshoring, and extreme event response.

Education:

• PhD in Information Systems – SUNY Buffalo
• Undergraduate studies – Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Research Interests:

Dr. Agrawal’s research is deeply interdisciplinary. He investigates how cybersecurity systems can be improved through social media analytics, particularly in the context of crisis response and extreme events. His work also explores software quality assurance in outsourced and offshored IT projects, and how decision fusion can be used to improve information retrieval and knowledge discovery in high-stress environments.

His recent publications reflect a consistent focus on information systems in crisis, social media behavior during disasters, and outsourcing economics. These works are published in top-tier journals such as MIS Quarterly, Management Science, and IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering.

Grants and Funding:

• NSF Grant #IIS1651475 (2016–2018): Co-PI, $199,999 – “EAGER: An Investigation of the Propagation of Error-Resistant and Error-prone Messages over Large-Scale Information Networks”
• NSF Grant #1043919 (2014–2018): Co-PI, $299,468 – “Developing Open Authentic Case Studies for an MS in Cybersecurity Capstone Course”

Service and Leadership:

• Department Chair, ISDS, USF (2016–Present)
• Conference Co-Chair, IFIP Dewald Roode Workshop (2017)
• Member, USF General Education Council (2011–2013)
• USF Faculty Senate Representative (2009–2012)
• Faculty Advisory Committee, Center for India Studies, USF (2010–Present)

Teaching: Dr. Agrawal teaches courses in information security, business data communications, and web application development at both undergraduate and graduate levels. His teaching philosophy emphasizes real-world application and case-based learning.