Visiting Scholars Amit Gandhi and Cornelia C. Walther Join Analytics at Wharton

Analytics at Wharton is thrilled to welcome Amit Gandhi and Cornelia C. Walther as visiting scholars.

Amit Gandhi is a former professor at the University of Pennsylvania and at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was also the Chief Economist at Microsoft Azure and Vice President and Technical Fellow with Airbnb. He is currently a technical and economic advisor to marketplace companies including Airbnb and Uber. Gandhi is serving as a mentor to our Spring 2024 Analytics Accelerator team with FOX Entertainment. At Analytics at Wharton, Gandhi will work to help deepen potential relationships with companies for Analytics Accelerator projects and other corporate partnerships.

Cornelia C. Walther is the director of POZE, a global alliance for systemic change that benefits people and planet, and is the author of more than five books on influence, impact, and social transformation, including the potential to leverage aspirational algorithms for prosocial change at scale. Additionally, Walther spent more than two decades working for the United Nations in large scale emergency situations in West Africa, Asia, and Latin America, focusing on advocacy and social and behavioral change. At Analytics at Wharton, Walther will focus her time on the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative and AI at Wharton, with an eye on AI4IA (Artificial Intelligence for Inspired Action).

“We couldn’t be more excited to welcome two passionate and informed experts to our team,” said Eric Bradlow, Vice Dean of Analytics at Wharton. “Amit’s experience with Microsoft and Airbnb will assist us greatly in deepening our relationships with existing corporate partners, while also cultivating new ones. Cornelia’s passion and expertise at the intersection of AI and humanitarian good reinforces our commitment to the responsible use of emergent technologies like artificial intelligence. We couldn’t have welcomed them at a better time.”