{{Short description|American professor and management scientist}} '''Rahul Telang''' is an Information Systems and Management professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mervis |first=Jeffrey |title=Data check: Not so EAGER for NSF funding? |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/data-check-not-so-eager-nsf-funding |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=www.science.org |language=en}}</ref> He is known for his book ''Streaming, Sharing, Stealing'', which he co-authored with Michael D. Smith.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wild |first=Jane |date=2016-09-11 |title=Review: 'Streaming, Sharing, Stealing', by Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang |url=https://www.ft.com/content/692b038e-4e99-11e6-8172-e39ecd3b86fc |access-date=2025-07-15 |work=Financial Times}}</ref>
His scholarly work has been published in ''Management Science'', ''Marketing Science'', ''Information Systems Research'', ''MIS Quarterly'', and the ''Journal of Marketing Research'', and he serves on the editorial boards of these journals.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-29 |title=Learn About the Evolution of Issues Involving Bug Bounty Programs in This Active Cyber™ Interview with Dr. Rahul Telang |url=https://activecyber.net/learn-about-the-evolution-of-issues-involving-bug-bounty-programs-in-this-active-cyber-interview-with-dr-rahul-telang/ |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=ActiveCyber |language=en-US}}</ref>
His research focuses on the economic and policy implications of digital technologies, particularly in the media, entertainment, cybersecurity, and privacy sectors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Detrixhe |first=John |title=Hacking is inevitable, so it's time to assume our data will be stolen |url=https://qz.com/1098062/massive-hacks-like-equifax-and-yahoo-are-inevitable-so-its-time-to-assume-our-data-will-be-stolen |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=Quartz |language=en}}</ref>
== Education and career == Telang earned his Ph.D. in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon University.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frey |first=Barry |date=2016-10-21 |title=A DPAA Q&A with Rahul Telang of Carnegie Mellon University |url=https://www.mediavillage.com/article/dpaa-qa-with-rahul-telang/ |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=MediaVillage |language=en}}</ref>
He has been a faculty member at the Heinz College of Carnegie Mellon University since 2002, primarily teaching in the School of Information Systems and Management.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Industry Voices: Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang, Carnegie Mellon University – Content Cafe Australia |url=https://contentcafe.org.au/articles-stories-everything/insights-from-industry-insiders-michael-d-smith-and-rahul-telang/ |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=contentcafe.org.au}}</ref> He also holds a courtesy appointment at the Tepper School of Business.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Centre for Software & IT Management to host research seminar on 'Anticoagulant Session to be led by Prof. Rahul Telang of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh |url=https://www.iimb.ac.in/index.php/node/12390 |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=www.iimb.ac.in}}</ref>
Before pursuing his PhD, he completed his Bachelor of Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS, Pilani), India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://engineering.cmu.edu/directory/bios/telang-rahul.html|title=Rahul Telang|website=Carnegie Mellon University|access-date=30 September 2025}}</ref>
== Research == Rahul has made contributions to the media industry, with a focus on music and film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How Technology Shocked the Entertainment Industry |url=https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/knowledge-at-wharton-podcast/how-tech-shocked-the-entertainment-industry/ |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=Knowledge at Wharton |language=en-US}}</ref> In the early 2000s, when he started his career, Napster and then BitTorrent-based protocols made music and movie infringement commonplace.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Telang |first1=Rahul |last2=Waldfogel |first2=Joel |date=2018-06-01 |title=Piracy and new product creation: A Bollywood story |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167624517301348 |journal=Information Economics and Policy |volume=43 |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1016/j.infoecopol.2018.03.002 |issn=0167-6245|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He conducted a series of research on the role of piracy in demand, supply, innovation, and the role of copyrights and policymaking.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Danaher |first1=Brett |last2=Smith |first2=Michael D. |last3=Telang |first3=Rahul |date=2017-01-23 |title=Copyright enforcement in the digital age |url=https://doi.org/10.1145/2979673 |journal=Communications of the ACM |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=68–75 |doi=10.1145/2979673 |issn=0001-0782}}</ref> He and his colleague, Michael Smith, established a research center, Initiative for Digital Entertainment Analytics (IDEA).<ref>{{Cite web |last=University |first=Carnegie Mellon |title=Book - Initiative for Digital Entertainment Analytics - Carnegie Mellon University |url=https://www.cmu.edu/entertainment-analytics/book/index.html |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=www.cmu.edu |language=en}}</ref> The center examines various economic and policy issues surrounding the entertainment industry.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-02-24 |title=Rahul Telang: The Impact of Streaming on the Entertainment Industry |url=https://amt-lab.org/podcasts-interviews/2021/2/rahul-telang-streaming-in-the-entertainment-industry |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=Arts Management and Technology Lab |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2016, he wrote a book, “''Streaming Sharing Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment'',” with his colleague, Michael Smith.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benjamin |first=Ashley |date=2025-07-10 |title=Streaming, Sharing, Stealing: Big Data and the Future of Entertainment - Publications |url=https://techpolicyinstitute.org/publications/bigdata/streaming-sharing-stealing-big-data-and-the-future-of-entertainment-2/ |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=Technology Policy Institute |language=en-US}}</ref>
His other area of research is the economics of Information Security.<ref>https://conference.nber.org/confer/2018/DTs18/smith2.pdf
Understanding Media Markets in the Digital Age Economics and Methodology Brett Danaher, Samita Dhanasobhon, Michael D. Smith, and Rahul Tela</ref> In the early 2000s, the lack of software security became a significant concern as numerous data breaches became common due to buggy products.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-09 |title=Professor Rahul Telang - Business RadioX ® - |url=https://businessradiox.com/podcast/highvelocityradio/professor-rahul-telang/ |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=Business RadioX ® |language=en-US}}</ref> He wrote a series of papers on what makes software unique, which enables firms to sell such products successfully in the market.<ref name=":1" /> His work outlines the impact of policymaking on improving software security and mitigating consumer losses.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Arora |first1=Ashish |last2=Telang |first2=Rahul |last3=Xu |first3=Hao |date=2005 |title=Optimal Policy for Software Vulnerability Disclosure |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=669023 |journal=SSRN Electronic Journal |doi=10.2139/ssrn.669023 |ssrn=669023 |issn=1556-5068}}</ref> He has won awards and is the recipient of grants, including the NSF Career Award,<ref name=":0" /> the Alfred Sloan Foundation, and a grant from the NSA.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bhattacharjee |first1=Sudip |last2=Gopal |first2=Ram |last3=Marsden |first3=James R. |last4=Sankaranarayanan |first4=Ramesh |last5=Telang |first5=Rahul |date=2009-12-01 |title=To theme or not to theme: Can theme strength be the music industry's "killer app"? |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167923609001547 |journal=Decision Support Systems |series=Information product markets |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=141–149 |doi=10.1016/j.dss.2009.07.005 |issn=0167-9236|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
He was the chair of the PhD program from 2014 until 2019, when he suffered a serious injury (TBI) when he fell 20 feet from his attic.<ref>https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1454&context=thirdcircuit_2024
Rahul Telang v. NVR Inc</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit No. 23-1803 Rahul Telang; NVR, Inc. trading and doing business as NVR, Inc. |url=https://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1454&context=thirdcircuit_2024 |website=Digital Common Laws}}</ref>
== Selected publications ==
* {{Cite journal |last1=Telang |first1=Rahul |last2=Mani |first2=Deepa |last3=Agarwal |first3=Saharsh |date=2023 |title=The Impact of Ride-Hailing Services on Congestion: Evidence from Indian Cities |url=https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2022.1158 |journal=Manufacturing & Service Operations Management |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=862–883 |doi=10.1287/msom.2022.1158 |issn=1523-4614|url-access=subscription }} * {{Cite journal |last1=Telang |first1=Rahul |last2=Cho |first2=Daegon |last3=Hwang |first3=Youngdeok |last4=Sim |first4=Jaeung |date=2022 |title=Frontiers: Virus Shook the Streaming Star: Estimating the COVID-19 Impact on Music Consumption |url=https://doi.org/10.1287/mksc.2021.1321 |journal=Marketing Science |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=19–32 |doi=10.1287/mksc.2021.1321 |issn=0732-2399|url-access=subscription }} *{{Cite journal |last1=Telang |first1=Rahul |last2=Haviland |first2=Amelia M. |last3=Venkat |first3=Arvind |last4=Ladhania |first4=Rahul |last5=Pines |first5=Jesse M. |date=2019-05-27 |title=The Effect of Medicaid Expansion on the Nature of New Enrollees' Emergency Department Use |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/1077558719848270 |journal=Medical Care Research and Review |volume=78 |issue=1 |pages=24–35 |doi=10.1177/1077558719848270 |pmid=31132912 |issn=1077-5587|url-access=subscription }} *{{Cite journal |last1=Telang |first1=Rahul |last2=Li |first2=Hui |last3=Aziz |first3=Arsalan |date=2023 |title=The Consequences of Rating Inflation on Platforms: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment |url=https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2022.1134 |journal=Information Systems Research |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=590–608 |doi=10.1287/isre.2022.1134 |issn=1047-7047|url-access=subscription }} * {{Cite journal |last1=Telang |first1=Rahul |last2=Waldfogel |first2=Joel |date=2018 |title=Piracy and new product creation: A Bollywood story |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoecopol.2018.03.002 |journal=Information Economics and Policy |volume=43 |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1016/j.infoecopol.2018.03.002 |issn=0167-6245|url-access=subscription }} * {{Cite journal |last1=Telang |first1=Rahul |last2=Ferreira |first2=Pedro |last3=De Matos |first3=Miguel Godinho |date=2019-04-03 |title=Effect of Friends' Churn on Consumer Behavior in Mobile Networks |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/07421222.2019.1598683 |journal=Journal of Management Information Systems |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=355–390 |doi=10.1080/07421222.2019.1598683 |hdl=10400.14/32821 |issn=0742-1222|hdl-access=free |url-access=subscription }} *{{Cite journal |last=Telang |first=Rahul |date=2014–2015 |title=A Privacy and Security Policy Infrastructure for Big Data |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/isjlpsoc10&id=789&div=&collection= |journal=I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society |volume=10 |pages=783}} *{{Cite journal |last=Telang |first=Rahul |date=2020 |title=Did State Opening affect the COVID Incidences in the US? |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3617013 |journal=SSRN Electronic Journal |doi=10.2139/ssrn.3617013 |ssrn=3617013 |issn=1556-5068}} * {{Cite journal |last=Telang |first=Rahul-Carnegie Mellon University |date=2004 |title=An Empirical Analysis of Cellular Voice and Data services |url=http://archive.nyu.edu/handle/2451/28405 |journal=NET Institute Working Papers Series |language=en}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/~rtelang/rahul_res.html Home Page at CMU] *[https://www.cmu.edu/tepper/faculty-and-research/faculty-by-area/profiles/telang-rahul.html Telang's Profile at the Heinz College] *[https://www.cmu.edu/tepper/faculty-and-research/faculty-by-area/profiles/telang-rahul.html Profile at the Tepper School of Business] *[https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=264190 SSRN Page with full list of working papers]
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