What is a Smart City?
Within the past 18 months the concept of smart (and intelligent) cities has been become popular in the media. For instance, Scientific American ran a special issue on smart cities. Industry players (e.g. IBM, Siemens, etc) have specific programs and practices dedicated to advancing the cause of building smart cities. Government agencies are dedicating resources […]
Intelligence and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Programs: The Achilles Heel
Kristen Lau (University of Oxford) and I have a paper accepted for publication in Intelligence and National Security. Kristen was my graduate student at the University of Washington and is now pursuing a doctoral degree at Oxford. We began studying information management failures associated with nuclear non-proliferation efforts in 2009. We presented an early version of the paper at the Centre […]
Driving Across the US – Alexandria, VA to Phoenix, AZ
This August, Sally and I will drive across the country to our new home in Phoenix, AZ. See below for our ‘planned’ route (P.S. We always allow for ’emergent’ distractions on route!)
Technologies in Public Agencies and in PA Research: Three Mini-Cases of Use-Inspired Research
I will be giving a talk at the School of Public Affairs, College of Public Programs, Arizona State University on Feb 14, 2011 @ 10.30-12. Technologies in Public Agencies and in Public Administration Research: Three Mini-Cases of Use-Inspired Research Emerging technologies are transforming public agencies and the nature of governance. Public Agencies have long recognized the value […]
Keynote Address at the 2010 Computational Social Science Society Conference: From Hunches to Evidence Driven Policy Design
I will be giving a keynote address at the 2010 Computational Social Science Society Conference (CSSS). CSSS 2010 is hosted by the Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity and the Consortium for Biosocial Complex Systems at. For more information on the conference, please click here [LINK]. From Hunches to Evidence Driven Policy Design: Leveraging Information […]