Farnam Jahanian

Farnam Jahanian
Born	Iran
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin
Occupation	Computer scientist, academic administrator
Known for	President of Carnegie Mellon University
Spouse(s)	Tris Jahanian
Children	3

Farnam Jahanian is an Iranian-born American computer scientist and academic. He serves as the interim president of Carnegie Mellon University.

Farnam Jahanian was born in Iran. He earned a master's degree and a PhD in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin.

Jahanian began his career at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center. In 1993, he joined the department of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan, and was later promoted as the Edward S. Davidson collegiate professor. He was also the department chair from 2007 to 2011. At the same time, he was the co-founder and chairman of Arbor Networks from 2001 to 2010.

Jahanian was the head of the National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering from 2011 to 2014. He was the provost and chief academic officer of Carnegie Mellon University from 2015 to 2017. Since July 1, 2017, he has served as its president, succeeding Subra Suresh.

Jahanian was named a "great immigrant" by the Carnegie Corporation of New York in 2016.

Jahanian has a wife, Tris, and three children.

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