Dr. Ravi Vatrapu is director of the Centre for Digital Enterprise Analytics and Leadership (DEAL), Loretta Rogers Research Chair in Digital Enterprise, and professor of computational social science at the School of Information Technology Management, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University. He was formerly a professor of computational social science at the Department of Digitalization, Copenhagen Business School; professor of applied computing at the Kristiania University College; and the founding director of the Centre for Business Data Analytics (http://bda.cbs.dk).

Prof. Vatrapu’s current research focus is on big social data analytics to design, develop and evaluate a novel set-theoretical approach to computational social science, Social Set Analytics (SSA). Based on the enactive approach to the philosophy of mind, phenomenological approach to sociology, and the mathematics of set theory, SSA consists of a generative framework for the philosophy of computational social science, a theory of social data, conceptual and formal models of social data, and an analytical framework for combining big social data with organizational and societal datasets for generating meaningful facts, actionable insights,valuable insights, and sustainable impacts. 

Prof. Vatrapu holds a PhD in Communication and Information Sciences from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (U.S.), a Graduate Certificate in International Cultural Studies from East-West Centre (U.S.), a Master of Science in Computer Science and Applications from Virginia Tech (U.S.), and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Systems Engineering from GITAM affiliated to Andhra University (India).