Pedro Ferreira

Pedro Ferreira is a Full Professor at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), holding a joint appointment in the School of Information Systems & Management at the Heinz College and the Department of Engineering and Public Policy within the College of Engineering. His research focuses on how technology influences education, media consumption, and peer effects, leveraging large datasets from randomized experiments. Ferreira has been recognized with the 2018 INFORMS Early Career Award and Top 17th worldwide research scholar ranking (2020–2022). He co-founded CMU's Initiative for Teaching and Education Analytics (iTEA) and advises numerous students in areas like AI/ML in education and media analytics.

Education: BSc in Computer Science (IST), MSc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science & Technology Policy (MIT), PhD in Telecommunications Policy (CMU). He has taught at MIT, IST, and invited roles at Católica-Lisbon and the University of Cambridge.

Research Interests: Impact of digital technologies on education outcomes (e.g., smartphones in classrooms, video analytics), peer influence in media industries (e.g., binge-watching, recommender systems), and empirical methods using randomized experiments. Current projects include AI-driven education improvement and policy implications of AI/ML technologies.

Notable Achievements: Over 15 peer-reviewed articles in top journals like Management Science and MIS Quarterly. Key grants include Gates Foundation funding for video-based education research and Koch Foundation support for online certification studies. He serves as Associate Editor for Management Science and previously for MIS Quarterly.

Advising & Grants: Advised 23 PhD students, many now in academia and industry. Current students research facial recognition in education and hybrid recommender systems. Ferreira has led grants totaling millions, including studies on GDPR's impact on piracy tracking and worldwide VoD availability.

Professional Service: Organized conferences like the Symposium on Statistical Challenges in eCommerce Research (SCECR). Served on NSF review panels and CMU’s Portugal PhD program steering committee.曾参与葡萄牙知识社会局(UMIC)的国家级政策制定，推动宽带学校项目。