Dr. Karuna Pande Joshi
Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
UMBC CARTA Director
Dr. Karuna Pande Joshi is a Professor of Information Systems and is affiliated with the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering department. She is the UMBC Director of the Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics (CARTA), which is an NSF-funded IUCRC. She directs the research in the Knowledge Analytics Cognitive and Cloud (KnACC) Lab. She has also served as the Undergraduate Program Director for the Business Technology Administration Program.
Her research focuses on Data Compliance, Data Security and Privacy, Healthcare systems, and Cloud Computing. She has published over 90 papers, and her research is supported by NSF, DHS, DoD, ONR, IBM, GE Research, and Cisco. She teaches courses in Big Data, Data Analytics, and Database Systems Design. She received her MS and PhD in Computer Science from UMBC, where she was twice awarded the IBM PhD Fellowship, and her Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai, India.
Dr. Joshi also has extensive industry experience, primarily as an IT manager. She worked as a Senior Information Management Officer / Project Manager at the International Monetary Fund for nearly a decade. She has also worked for MORENet, Missouri, and Silverline Industries Ltd. in India. Her managerial experience includes IT portfolio management, program/project management, and change management. She has managed projects across various domains, including Databases, Web Content Management, Document Management, Web/Database Integration, Helpdesk Applications, IT Knowledge/Information Management, Facilities Applications, and Network/Telecom Applications.
Her extensive industrial and research experience provides her with a deep understanding of the practical issues organizations face when ensuring regulatory compliance with their IT systems in the Cloud.