Professor Kannan’s current research focuses on markets and pricing of information goods/services through auctions, and economics of information security. His papers have appeared in several leading conferences and journals in the information systems area, including Management Science, Workshop on Information Technology and Systems, Workshop on Information Systems Economics, International Conference on Information Systems, and Conference on Information System and Technology. His papers have won the Best Paper Awards in the 10th and the 15th Annual Workshop on Information Technology and Systems. He is a member of AIS and INFORMS.

Professor Kannan's teaching interests include database management, electronic commerce and telecommunication. He typically teaches the core MIS course in both the undergraduate and the graduate programs at Krannert. He has been recognized as a distinguished teacher on both the occasions he has taught in the MBA program.