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Pedro Ferreira

Professor of Information Systems

Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy

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  • Professor of Information Systems
    Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy

BIO

Pedro Ferreira is Associate Dean for Executive Education and Full Professor of Information Systems and Economics at Heinz College, with a joint appointment in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Teaching Assistant
    Instituto Superior Tecnico, Mathematics, Lisbon, Portugal1 Jan 1995 - 1 Jan 1999
  • Teaching Assistant
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Communications Future Program, Cambridge, United States1 Jan 2000 - 1 Jan 2002
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow
    University of California, Berkeley, School of Information, Berkeley, United States1 Jan 2004 - 1 Jan 2005
  • Invited Lecturer
    Catholic University of Portugal, Executive Program in Telecommunications Management, Lisbon, Portugal1 Jan 2005 - 1 Jan 2008
  • Invited Lecturer
    University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, Cambridge, United Kingdom1 Jan 2005 - 1 Jan 2008
  • Assistant Professor
    Instituto Superior Tecnico, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal1 Jan 2005 - 1 Jan 2010
  • Executive Member of the Board of Directors
    Ministry for Science, Technology, and Higher Education, Knowledge Society Agency, Portugal2005 - 2010
  • Visiting Assistant Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Engineering and Public Policy and Heinz College, Pittsburgh, United States2010 - 2011
  • Assistant Research Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College & Engineering and Public Policy, Pittsburgh, United States2011 - 2013
  • Assistant Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College & Engineering and Public Policy, Pittsburgh, United States2013 - 2017
  • Associate Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College & Engineering and Public Policy,, Pittsburgh, United States2017 - 2020
  • Associate Professor with Tenure
    Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College & Engineering and Public Policy,, Pittsburgh, United States2020 - 2023
  • Full Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College & Engineering and Public Policy, Pittsburgh, United States2023 - present
  • Associate Dean for Executive Education
    Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College, Pittsburgh, United States2025 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Invited Full Professor
    Nova School of Business and Economics, Lisbon, Portugal2022 - present

DEGREES

  • Ph.D. Telecommunications Policy and Management
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States1 Sep 2004
  • M.Sc., Technology Policy
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States2002
  • M.Sc., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States2002
  • M.Sc., Technology Management
    Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal1999
  • B.Sc., Computer Science Engineering
    Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal1996

CAMPUS

  • Remote Work Location

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • 15 Life on Land
  • 3 Good Health and Well Being
  • 4 Quality Education
  • 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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