PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Ahmed Abbasi

Ahmed Abbasi is an information systems researcher whose AI work spans writing analysis, online security, and human-centered health technology. In 2006, he and Hsinchun Chen create Writeprints, a visualization that helps identify authors through writing style. He moves from Wisconsin to UVA, where he works on fairness-by-design health technology and leads analytics initiatives. At Notre Dame, he joins in 2020 and co-directs a lab applying AI to health and safety; in 2025, he receives the INFORMS Information Systems Society Distinguished Fellow Award. Since June 2026, he directs the Lucy Family Institute and serves as deputy director of Notre Dame's Data, AI, and Computing Initiative.

Works
153
Citations
6,652
h-index
37
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2006

    Creating Writeprints

    He attends elementary and high school in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., and completes a doctorate in information systems at the University of Arizona's Artificial Intelligence Lab. In 2006, he and Hsinchun Chen publish Visualizing Authorship for Identification, presenting Writeprints, a visualization that helps identify people through writing style.

  2. 2010–2013

    Detecting fake websites

    In 2010, he and coauthors publish a fake-website detector based on statistical learning theory and test it on 900 websites. He begins his faculty career in Wisconsin before moving to UVA; in 2013, he is an assistant professor and coordinator of the Enterprise IT Management module.

  3. 2018–2019

    Fairness by design at UVA

    In 2018, he and colleagues propose a “fairness by design” strategy for a patient-centric mobile and IoT platform for people at early risk of cardiovascular disease. By 2019, he serves as associate dean for analytics initiatives and director of UVA's Center for Business Analytics.

  4. 2020–2021

    Human-centered Analytics Lab

    He joins Notre Dame in 2020 and co-directs the Human-centered Analytics Lab. The lab uses big data and AI to build early warnings for drug interactions and car safety.

  5. 2025

    An INFORMS Distinguished Fellow Award

    He receives the INFORMS Information Systems Society Distinguished Fellow Award in 2025.

  6. Since June 2026

    Leading the Lucy Institute

    In June 2026, he becomes director of Notre Dame's Lucy Family Institute and deputy director of the Data, AI, and Computing Initiative. By September 2026, he holds the Joe and Jane Giovanini Professorship in IT, Analytics and Operations and directs the institute.

A language model matched the links in this timeline to people, organizations and papers (provisional, model-judged).

Career

  1. Since 2020University of Notre DameCo-director, Director
  2. 2021–2025Air University
  3. 2019–2020University of VirginiaDirector
  4. Until 2013University of Wisconsin–MadisonFaculty
  5. From 2013University of AmsterdamAssistant Professor, Associate Dean for Analytics Initiatives
  6. 2008–2013University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Education

  1. University of ArizonaDoctorate in Information Systems

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. Sentiment analysis in multiple languages2008 · ACM Transactions on Information Systems · 891 citations
  2. Writeprints2008 · ACM Transactions on Information Systems · 405 citations
  3. Applying Authorship Analysis to Extremist-Group Web Forum Messages2005 · IEEE Intelligent Systems · 399 citations
  4. Advanced Customer Analytics: Strategic Value Through Integration of Relationship-Oriented Big Data2018 · Journal of Management Information Systems · 269 citations
  5. The State-of-the-Art in Twitter Sentiment Analysis2018 · ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems · 236 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

  1. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Notre Dame. Our estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.
  2. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 2% to 33%Includes University of Notre Dame. We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 2% in 1975–1979 to 33% in 2020–2024.
  3. Stanford University trained or employed 27 of the 113 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes University of Wisconsin–Madison. Stanford University trained or employed 27 of the 113 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and employment links for major-prize and best-paper winners.
  4. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes University of Amsterdam. Our estimates of combined and median h-index at AI organizations, using current affiliations and OpenAlex records.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Visualizing authorship for identification experts.arizona.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. Path to purpose: Ahmed Abbasi explores the interface of AI and humanity research.nd.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Ahmed Abbasi appointed the director of Notre Dame’s Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society and deputy director of the Data, AI, and Computing Initiative lucyinstitute.nd.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Detecting fake websites: the contribution of statistical learning theory experts.arizona.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. 2013 Knowledge Continuum ∞ Management of IT experience.mcintire.virginia.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  6. McIntire Professors Urge “Fairness by Design” Approach to Machine Learning in Harvard Business Review experience.mcintire.virginia.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  7. Leading with Data: How Analytics Is Shaping Business Decisions experience.mcintire.virginia.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  8. Notre Dame’s Ahmed Abbasi honored as INFORMS Distinguished Fellow mendoza.nd.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  9. Football Fr(AI)days | Purposeful AI Research at the Dome data-ai-computing.nd.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.