Researcher & Innovator

Dr. RAJIV GARG is an Associate Professor of Information Systems and Operation Management at Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

Dr. GARG's research focuses on the economic and social implications of digital technologies, algorithms, and human-machine interactions. His research uses cross-disciplinary methods, usually from economics and computer science, to analyze information flow in digital platforms and networked structures. His research has attracted over $1M in funding and has been published in top academic journals. 

Dr. GARG’s research has been presented over 60 times at various international conferences worldwide, and he has been invited to give academic talks at more than 25 academic institutions globally. With his research, Dr. GARG has been helping various for-profit, non-profit, and government organizations develop data-enabled digital strategies and public policies. He also serves on a US AI Safety Institute task force, contributing to developing policies and guidelines for the ethical and responsible use of AI.

Dr. GARG’s research has appeared in academic journals like Management Science, MIS Quarterly (MISQ), Information Systems Research (ISR), Production and Operations Management (POM), Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), and various other journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings. His work has received media coverage in Forbes, Fortune, CIO, Fox News, Dallas Morning News, Scripps News Network, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Austin Statesman, Medium, and more. 

Dr. GARG is a public speaker who has frequently discussed the future of the workforce, entrepreneurship, technology innovation and adoption, artificial intelligence and data analytics strategies, digital media marketing, mobile commerce, and social networks. Rajiv has taught courses on big data, data-enabled business insights, business analytics, digital strategy and transformation, interactive marketing, and more. Rajiv founded and chaired the Texas Workshop on Social and Business Analytics (2014 and 2016), which attracted audiences from academia, industry, and government. He also founded and co-chaired the annual Goizueta Doctoral Research Conference in 2023.

Prior to joining Emory, Dr. GARG has been on faculty at The University of Texas at Austin and worked at organizations like National Instruments, Jacobs Engineering (CH2M Hill), JPL, Infosys, and more. In the past, Dr. GARG’s research has focused on intelligent systems, space robotics, modular robotics, haptics, immersive environments, artificial intelligence, and related areas. In the past, his corporate experiences included contributions to creating artificial lakes, water management systems, power plant design, PXI/VXI software project management, large-scale sensor data solutions, online advertising and branding, search engine optimization, content management systems, and online training solutions. For his 10+ years of contributions to engineering and technology, Dr. GARG was named a senior member of IEEE.

Dr. GARG received his PhD from the School of Information Systems and Management, Carnegie Mellon University. He received graduate degree in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University, in Computer Science, and in Electrical Engineering, both from the University of Southern California. He received an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University. 

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