Michael D. Smith
J. Erik Jonsson Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College
Contact Information:
Heinz College
Carnegie Mellon University
4800 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Email: mds@cmu.edu
Phone: 412-268-5978
Office: Hamburg Hall 2204
Assistant: Kristen Yeager (412-268-7148)
UPDATES:
December-24: My paper with Naveen Basavaraj, Uttara Ananthakrishnan, and Beibei Li "Now You See Me: How Streaming Platforms Enable Diversity in Movies" will be presented at the 2024 Workshop on Information Systems and Economics in Bangkok, Thailand.
November-24: I was interviewed by NPR's Morning Edition about video streaming live sports and Netflix's glitches with streaming Tyson-Paul.
November-24: I was interviewed by NPR Marketplace about the success of Disney's streaming platform.
October-24: My paper with Naveen Basavaraj, Uttara Ananthakrishnan, and Beibei Li "From Sidekick to Spotlight: The Rise of Diverse Leads in Digital Streaming Platforms" was presented at the 2024 Conference on Information Systems and Technology in Seattle, Washington.
September-24: I was quoted in a USA Today article about the rise of "pause ads" on streaming platforms.
September-24: I delivered a virtual lecture on "The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World" as part of Arizona State University's annual Frank Rhodes Lecture Series.
August-24 - I was quoted in an NPR Marketplace story about Disney reporting its first profit on streaming.
July-24 - I was quoted in an Agence France-Presse story about competition in the streaming market.
April-24: I will be participating in a panel titled "In Pursuit of Equity: Redesigning Higher Education for a Digital World" at the 2024 ASU+GSV Summit.
April-24: I received the 2024 Philip E. Frandson Award for Literature for "The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World."
January-24: I was interviewed by Litmaps about how emerging digital technologies could benefit higher education.
December-23: My book “The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education For A Digital World” was named by Forbes as one of the “Best Higher Education Books” of 2023.
December-23: I was featured in an article in USA Today about streaming services and new bundle offerings.
November-23: I was featured in a Forbes article on how Artificial Intelligence can help fight piracy.
November-23: I was a guest on Freakonomics Radio Network podcast where I discussed how higher education is broken and ways it could be fixed.
November-23: I was featured on The Authority Podcast where I discussed my book, "The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World."