WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Patrick Wolfe, Purdue provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity, announced several leadership appointments and organizational updates at the Board of Trustees meeting on Friday (June 9), as the university approaches the beginning of the next fiscal year.
Search for vice provost for faculty affairs completed
Following an internal search, Sunil Prabhakar, department head and professor of computer science, has been selected as Purdue’s next vice provost for faculty affairs. Prabhakar’s research lies in the area of data management, with a focus on developing novel database systems for managing probabilistic or uncertain data, and ensuring authenticity and integrity of outsourced databases. He joined Purdue in 1998 and has served as head of the Department of Computer Science since 2010, also helping Purdue more broadly by serving as inaugural director of its Integrative Data Science Initiative in 2019-20. Under his leadership,…
