Muhammad Ziauddin Hydari

Zia Hydari is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the University of Pittsburgh's Katz School of Business, specializing in Information Systems and Technology Management (ISTM). His research focuses on the economics of business technologies in healthcare and cybersecurity, with publications in journals like Management Science and Communications of the ACM. He has presented at conferences such as CHITA, CIST, ICIS, WEIS, and WISE, as well as the National Bureau of Economics Research’s Economics of IT and Digitization Workshop.

• Education: PhD in Business Technologies (Carnegie Mellon University), MS in Engineering and Management (MIT), MS in Computer Science (University of Illinois), B.Eng. in Computer Engineering (N.E.D. University)

His work bridges healthcare technology implementation and economic analysis, emphasizing patient safety and data security. Recent studies explore gamification in health wearables and electronic medical records' impact on safety.

• Scientific Awards: Best Student Paper (WISE 2014), Best Overall Paper (Health IT & Economics 2014), William Larimer Mellon Fellowship (2009–2012), Vellrath Fellowship (2009–2012)

Zia teaches courses on IT architecture, information systems security, and quantitative methods at undergraduate, MBA, MS, and doctoral levels. His expertise spans healthcare IT, cybersecurity economics, and system design for safety-critical environments.