Kelly Lyons

Dr. Kelly Lyons is a Professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto with a cross appointment to the Department of Computer Science. Prior to joining the Faculty of Information, she was the Program Director of the IBM Toronto Lab Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS). Her current research interests include service science, knowledge mobilization, data science, social media, collaborative work, and software engineering. From 2015 to 2020, Kelly served as Associate Dean, Academic in the Faculty of Information. From 2020 to 2021, Kelly is serving as the Dean’s Advisor on Pandemic Planning and Response. She is currently serving as Advisor to the Dean on Strategic Initiatives. Kelly has co-authored several papers, served on program committees for conferences, given keynote and invited presentations, and co-chaired several workshops. She is an IBM Faculty Fellow and a Faculty Affiliate of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. She is currently on the Board of CS-Can|Info-Can and on the Board of the Informs Service Science Section. From 2008 to 2012, she was a Member-at-Large of the ACM Council and a member of the Executive Council of ACM-W. Kelly is very interested in promoting Women in Technology initiatives and has given several presentations and served on panels on this topic.