Grants
AI Tennessee Initiative Seed Funds: Tracking the New Frontiers of Work in Tennessee
Liu, Chuanren. (Lead PI), Liu, Yuanyang (Co-PI). Total Award: $64,800, 2024–2025. Collaborator.
Responsibilities include coordinating research efforts and providing overall management of project activities; leading empirical economic modeling; conducting economic analysis; overseeing data collection and management; presenting research findings and writing peer-reviewed publications; and supervising four M.S. students.
Master’s Student Feedback
“Pedro is very insightful and has helped me to improve my analytics abilities greatly during my time with this research project. Very glad I was able to be a part of it.”
“Pedro was very approachable and was willing to help when questions came up. There was a good balance between mentoring and giving time to figure things out independently.”
“Pedro is very kind and is a key part of the team atmosphere being open and enjoyable.”
Awards & Scholarships
Graduate Research Award — Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), August 2026
Graduate Research Award — DePaul Doctoral/Junior Faculty Research Symposium, March 2026
Haslam College of Business Travel Award — Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), October 2025
Graduate Student Senate Award — Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), October 2025
Graduate Student Senate Award — INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2024
European Investment Bank Summer School Fellowship — European Investment Bank (EIB), June–July 2021