PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Atreyi Kankanhalli

Atreyi Kankanhalli is an information-systems researcher whose work spans online communities and human-AI collaboration. She began an Information Systems PhD at NUS in 1999, received the ACM-SIGMIS dissertation award in 2003, and coauthored a 2005 study of electronic knowledge repositories. AIS named her a Fellow in 2021 and gave her the Sandra Slaughter Service Award in 2023; her work also addresses healthcare information systems and human-centered AI assistants. As of October 2026, she is a Provost’s Chair Professor at NUS and co-directs its Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities.

Timeline

  1. 1999–2003

    A PhD and dissertation award

    She holds a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a PhD in Information Systems from NUS; she starts the PhD in 1999. In 2003, the ACM-SIGMIS Best Doctoral Dissertation Award recognizes her study, “Understanding Contribution and Seeking Behavior in Electronic Knowledge Repositories.”

  2. 2005

    Knowledge contribution in repositories

    In 2005, she coauthors “Contributing Knowledge to Electronic Knowledge Repositories: An Empirical Investigation.” The study uses social-exchange and social-capital theory to explain how contributors use electronic repositories.

  3. 2021

    An AIS Fellow Award

    In 2021, AIS names her a Fellow for contributions to online-community and digital-collaboration research, including work on interactions between humans and intelligent systems.

  4. 2023

    Sandra Slaughter Service Award

    In 2023, AIS gives her the Sandra Slaughter Service Award at the ICIS conference in Hyderabad. It recognizes service through council positions, committees, journal editorial boards, and conference work.

  5. 2024

    Healthcare research and an award

    In 2024, she receives the Asia Women Tech Leaders Award as one of five NUS academics. She and her collaborators study England’s electronic health-record initiatives, using policy documents, project papers, seminars, and interviews to examine the challenges of scaling integrated systems.

  6. 2025

    Scaling health-record systems

    In 2025, she coauthors “Advancing Understanding of Scaling Health Information Infrastructures: Learning from EHR initiatives in England” with Ela Klecun and Ya Zhou.

  7. March 2026

    Top female IS authors

    In March 2026, a study of more than 5,000 publications places her among the top 10 female authors in Information Systems research across 2001–2010 and 2011–2020.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor and centre co-director

    As of October 2026, she is a Provost’s Chair Professor in NUS Computing’s Department of Information Systems and Analytics, co-directs the Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities, and serves as a co-chair of the 2026 ICIS Doctoral Consortium. Her earlier NUS leadership roles include Deputy Head (Research and Administration), Assistant Dean (Research), Assistant Dean (Undergraduate Studies), and founding Coordinator of the Service Systems Innovation Research Laboratory. Her AI work includes “The Other Me,” a program for human-centered assistance in daily life and work, and a healthcare QA assistant project that explores language models and knowledge graphs.

Career

  1. NowNational University of SingaporeDeputy Head (Research and Administration)

Education

  1. 2003National University of SingaporePhD in Information Systems
  2. IIT DelhiB.Tech in Electrical Engineering
  3. Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteM.S. in Electrical Engineering

From the biography.

  1. People shaping AI work at a median of 3 organizations over a career: 3 for university starters and institute and lab starters, versus 2 for company startersIncludes National University of Singapore. Across 6,853 people shaping AI with a dated work role, we estimate a median of 3 parent organizations over a career (mean 3.6), comparing role groups, starting sectors and starting decades from the 1950s to 2020–2026.
  2. The United States employs an estimated 48% of people shaping AIIncludes National University of Singapore. We estimate where the people shaping AI work today, how universities, companies and research institutes split across countries, and how country shares have changed since the 1960s.
  3. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes National University of Singapore. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  4. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes National University of Singapore. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.

Sources and credits

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  1. Provost’s Chair Professor Atreyi Kankanhalli wins AIS Fellow Award 2021 - NUS Computing comp.nus.edu.sg. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. ACM SIGMIS Doctoral Dissertation Award – AIS History ishistory.aisnet.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Atreyi KANKANHALLI - NUS Computing comp.nus.edu.sg. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. Contributing Knowledge to Electronic Repositories: An Empirical Investigation aisel.aisnet.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. Provost’s Chair Professor Atreyi Kankanhalli wins AIS Sandra Slaughter Service Award comp.nus.edu.sg. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. NUS women technologists recognised for their contributions to Asia’s tech sector news.nus.edu.sg. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. Bytes and Barriers: Overcoming the Challenges of Integrating Electronic Health Records comp.nus.edu.sg. Checked 20 October 2026.
  8. Professor Atreyi Kankanhalli Recognised Among Top Female Authors in Global IS Research comp.nus.edu.sg. Checked 20 October 2026.
  9. Research Projects - NUS Computing comp.nus.edu.sg. Checked 20 October 2026.
  10. Conference Committee | ICIS 2026 icis2026.aisconferences.org. Checked 20 October 2026.