Sameer Mehta

Associate Professor at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Sameer Mehta

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology and Operations Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University.

My research investigates the governance challenges and strategic dynamics that shape modern data markets. I use quantitative methods such as mechanism design, optimization, and cooperative and non-cooperative game theory to study the operational and economic questions that emerge in this domain.

Previously, I was an Assistant Professor at the Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I received my Ph.D. in Management Science from The University of Texas at Dallas and my M.Sc. (Integrated) in Mathematics and Scientific Computing from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

I currently serve as an Associate Editor at Information Systems Research.

Email: mehta [AT] rsm [DOT] nl

Google Scholar profile

Working Papers

  • Best Before It Goes Stale: Optimal Update Policies for Keeping Data Fresh

    with Zihao Qu and Ganesh Janakiraman  ·  [preprint]

  • Exchangeability as the Exact Condition for Shapley Symmetry

    [preprint]

Journal Publications

  • Pay With Your Data: Optimal Data-Sharing Mechanisms for AI Services. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (forthcoming)

    with Chandrasekhar Manchiraju, Milind Dawande, and Ganesh Janakiraman  ·  [doi] [preprint]

  • Hit the GAS: Designing Optimal Generalized Ad-supported Subscription Mechanisms. Information Systems Research (forthcoming)

    with Dominik Gutt and Martin Quinn  ·  [doi] [preprint]

    author names in alphabetical order

  • Robin Hood to the Rescue: Sustainable Revenue-Allocation Schemes for Data Cooperatives. Production and Operations Management

    with Milind Dawande and Liying Mu  ·  [doi] [preprint]

    author names in alphabetical order

  • An Approximation Scheme for Data Monetization. Production and Operations Management

    with Milind Dawande, Ganesh Janakiraman, and Vijay Mookerjee  ·  [doi] [preprint]

  • Optimal Scale-Up of HIV Treatment Programs in Resource-Limited Settings Under Supply Uncertainty. Production and Operations Management

    with Sarang Deo and Charles J. Corbett  ·  Lead article  ·  [doi] [preprint]

  • How to Sell a Dataset? Pricing Policies for Data Monetization. Information Systems Research and EC'19

    with Milind Dawande, Ganesh Janakiraman, and Vijay Mookerjee  ·  [doi] [preprint]

  • Sustaining a Good Impression: Mechanisms for Selling Partitioned Impressions at Ad-Exchanges. Information Systems Research

    with Milind Dawande, Ganesh Janakiraman, and Vijay Mookerjee  ·  [doi] [preprint]

Managerial / Policy Articles

  • The Hidden Risks of URL-Shortening in Scientific Review. Communications of the ACM Blog

    [link]

  • 4 Cybersecurity Insights to Consider While Waiting for Your Next Software Update. World Economic Forum

    with Lars Couwenberg  ·  [link]

  • Harnessing Digital Federation Platforms and Data Cooperatives to Empower SMEs and Local Small Communities. Think20 Policy Brief

    with Michael Bühler, Igor Calzada, Isabel Cane, Thorsten Jelinek, Astha Kapoor, Morshed Mannan, Vijay Mookerjee, Konrad Nübel, Alex Pentland, Trebor Scholz, Divya Siddarth, Julian Tait, Bapu Vaitla, and Jianguo Zhu.  ·  [link]

  • The Key to Designing Sustainable Data Cooperatives. World Economic Forum

    with Milind Dawande and Liying Mu  ·  [link]

  • Can Data Cooperatives Sustain Themselves? LSE Business Review

    with Milind Dawande and Vijay Mookerjee  ·  [link]

  • Pricing Policies for Data Monetization. Narrative

    [link]

Erasmus University

  • Introduction to Mechanism Design  ·  doctoral
    Lectures: Day 1 · Day 2 · Day 3
  • Big Data Management and Analytics  ·  master's
  • Data Privacy and Cybersecurity  ·  master's
  • Business Analytics for International Managers  ·  master's
  • Digital Analytics and Customer Insights  ·  executive
  • Data Modelling & Analytics  ·  bachelor's

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Social Media Strategy  ·  bachelor's

University of Texas at Dallas

  • Introduction to Programming  ·  bachelor's

Grants

  • Veni Grant  ·  Dutch Research Council (NWO)  ·  Principal Investigator  ·  € 320,000  ·  2025–27
  • Market Organization of the Dutch Energy System in 2050  ·  NWO  ·  Co-applicant  ·  € 4.28 million  ·  2025–29
  • Starter Grant  ·  Erasmus University  ·  Principal Investigator  ·  € 300,000  ·  2025–27

Awards

  • ERIM Outstanding Performance by a Young Researcher Award  ·  Erasmus University  ·  2022
  • ERIM High Performance Membership  ·  Erasmus University  ·  2021–Present
  • Best Dissertation Award  ·  The University of Texas at Dallas  ·  2021
  • Runner-up, Nunamaker-Chen Dissertation Award  ·  Information Systems Society, INFORMS  ·  2020
  • Teachers Ranked as Excellent  ·  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  ·  Fall 2020
  • Recipient of INSPIRE Scholarship  ·  IIT Kanpur  ·  2008–12
  • Ranked 13th in Regional Mathematics Olympiad  ·  National Board for Higher Mathematics, India  ·  2006
  • Ranked in top 1% in Physics Olympiad  ·  Indian Association of Physics Teachers, India  ·  2006
  • Recipient of the National Talent Search Scholarship  ·  NCERT, India  ·  2005–08
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