Josh Panknin

Josh Panknin is currently a member of the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Business Analytics and Financial Technology where he serves as the Director of Real Estate Artificial Intelligence Research & Innovation in the School of Engineering and Applied Science (“SEAS”) at Columbia University. He joined Columbia in 2016 and is the former Director of Real Estate Technology Initiatives at SEAS. His focus is on using practical applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning to address inefficiencies and create new capabilities within real estate. In addition, he currently teaches the "Artificial Intelligence in Real Estate" executive education course at Columbia University.

Prior to academia, Panknin spent 12 years in various roles in real estate. He was Head of Credit Modeling and Analytics at Deutsche Bank’s secondary CMBS trading desk, where he helped develop and implement automated models for CMBS loan and bond valuation. He also worked at the Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group and in various other roles in research, acquisitions, and redevelopment. Panknin has a master’s degree in finance from San Diego State University, a master’s degree in real estate finance from New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, and is currently pursuing degrees in applied mathematics and data science at Columbia University.