Rahul Telang

Rahul Telang

• Trustees Professor of Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University
• PhD Program Chair, The Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University

Trustees Professor of Information Systems; PhD Program Chair, The Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University 

Rahul Telang is Trustees professor of Information systems at the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University and at the Tepper School of Business (Courtesy). Professor Telang is broadly interested in how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and associated digitization of information impact consumers, businesses, and policies. He has done a lot of work on the Digital Media Industry with a particular focus on how digitization (and associated piracy) in copyrighted industries is affecting the incentives of content providers, distributors, and users. His research is directed towards understanding and shaping an optimal copyright and intellectual property policy in the Digitization Era. He is a co-directors of center IDEA (Initiative for Digital Entertainment Analytics).  He has worked extensively with industry and policy makers on variety of issue surrounding digitization of Media.  He also extensively consulted on this topic and has written a popular book.