John Norris Maguire Professor of Information Technology and Engineering Systems
Co-Director, Productivity From Information Technology (PROFIT) Program

Dr. Madnick holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT and has been an MIT faculty member since 1972. He served as the head of MIT's Information Technologies Group in the Sloan School of Management for more than twenty years. He has also been an affiliate member of MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science, a member of the International Financial Services Research Center, and the Center for Information Systems Research.

Dr. Madnick is the author or co-author of over 250 books, articles, or reports including the classic textbook on Operating Systems. His current research interests include information integration technologies, semantic connectivity among disparate distributed information systems, database technology, software project management, internet applications, and the strategic use of information technology.

Dr. Madnick has been active in industry, as a key designer and developer of projects such as IBM's VM/370 operating system and Lockheed's DIALOG information retrieval system. He has served as a consultant to major corporations, including IBM, AT&T, and Citicorp. He has also been the founder or co-founder of five high-tech firms, and currently operates a hotel in the 14th century Langley Castle in England.

More information on Dr. Madnick can be found at http://web.mit.edu/smadnick/www/home.html

News and announcements:

Books Published by Stuart E. Madnick

MIT, ESD, and Sloan now have a baron! (October 31, 2007)

Stuart Elliot Madnick IQ Best Paper Award Announced (November 15, 2006)

Professor Madnick's castle wins another award (October 20, 2004)

Professor Madnick wins Best Paper award at WITS conference (June 2003)

Professor Madnick's "cozy castle" wins award (December 11, 2002)