Andrew B. Whinston

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Andrew B. Whinston is an American economist and computer scientist. He is the Hugh Roy Cullen Centennial Chair in Business Administration, Professor of Information Systems, Computer Science and Economics, and Director of the Center for Research in E-Commerce (CREC) in the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. Prof. Whinston is also a fellow of the IC2 Institute, Austin.

At the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) in December 2005, Prof. Whinston was awarded "The LEO Award for Lifetime Exceptional Achievement in Information Systems" by the Association for Information Systems (AIS).

Andrew Whinston has been a major contributor to the field since information systems began as an academic discipline. His research record is exemplary, his publications are many, his doctoral graduates are found throughout the field in all parts of the world, and his innovative research has enlightened critical developments in the field.

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