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Dean and Distinguished Chair Collins College of Professional Studies
St. John's University
New York, New York, United States

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Luca Iandoli

Dr. Iandoli is the Dean of the Collins College of Professional Studies and a Professor in the Computer Science, Mathematics, and Science Division. Dr. Iandoli served as an Associate Professor at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy), and as Visiting Research Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology. He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Center for Collective Intelligence of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has published more than 100 papers on the analysis of interfirm collaboration and collective intelligence in online networks, serving as a member of the editorial board of several academic journals. Dr. Iandoli’s current research focus is on how online interaction and collaboration might be leveraged to help groups, organizations, communities, and companies aggregate and store dispersed knowledge; increase creativity, innovation, and problem-solving; and support large-scale, collective intelligence. Dr. Iandoli has served as President of the International Council for Small Business for the 2016–17 term.

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Research and Professional honors, awards, and fellowship
• November 2023 - European Council for Small Business Fellowship
• October 2022 – Best Paper Award at the Design Factory Global Network Research Conference for the paper “Design-driven entrepreneurship: a cooking exercise to integrate effectuation and design thinking”
• May 2021 – Wilford White Fellowship (for individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the development, furtherance, and benefit of small and medium-sized businesses
• August 2020 – Best paper award at the American Conference of Information Systems (AMCIS) for the paper “Simple as it can be, but not simpler: Perceived elegance as effective complexity in Interface Design”
• October 2019 – Inducted as an Honorary member of the Collins College Honors Society, St. John’s University
• June 2010 - ICSB (Int. Council for Small Business) Excellence in Service Award
• November 2008 – Best case study award at the ECSB case study competition
• June 2008 – Global Information Technology Management Association (GITMA) fellowship
• March 2008 – Fulbright Scholarship as a Research visitor at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence

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