Nationally recognized computer scientist Farnam Jahanian has been named the 10th president of Carnegie Mellon University, effective immediately.
Pictured: Farnam Jahanian (Source: CMU)
Jahanian has served as interim president since July 2017 and previously served as provost and vice president of research for the university.
“A rigorous, international search has made it clear that Dr. Jahanian possesses a rare set of qualities and experiences that make him exactly the right leader for this university at this extraordinary moment in its history, wrote James E. Rohr, chair of the CMU Board of Trustees, in a statement to the CMU community.
Jahanian currently serves as chair of the National Research Council’s Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB), sits on the executive committee of the Council on Competitiveness, and is a board member of the Computing Research Association (CRA), and the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT), among many others.
