Kevin C. Desouza | Articles

AI and the Public Sector – Business Horizons

December 29, 2019/0 Comments/in Articles, Information Technology, innovation, Policy Informatics, Public Policy, Queensland University of Technology /by Kevin Desouza

I have a new article with Gregory S. Dawson (Arizona State University) and Daniel Chenok (IBM). To access the article, please click [LINK].

ICMA – Smart City Development Article

December 10, 2019/0 Comments/in Articles, big data, Information Technology, innovation, Policy Informatics, Public Policy, Queensland University of Technology, Speaking, Travel /by Kevin Desouza

I have a new article published in the current issue of PM Magazine co-authored with Michael Hunter and Tan Yigitcanlar.

The Growing Fragility of Cities – 2019 ICMA Annual Conference

October 21, 2019/0 Comments/in Articles, big data, Information Technology, innovation, Policy Informatics, Public Policy, Speaking, Travel /by Kevin Desouza

I will present findings from my research on fragile cities at the 2019 Annual ICMA Conference. This research was funded by ICMA as part of my research fellowship. Michael Hunter collaborated with me on this research project.

Resiliency, cybersecurity, and creating more sustainable places are all topics being discussed by local government practitioners and scholars. Could it be that as local governments are increasing reliance on technology that they are becoming more fragile in the absence of considering some of the socio-economic consequences? Join this roundtable to offer your thoughts and opinions.

UN Women Australia – Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

October 15, 2019/0 Comments/in Articles, big data, Information Technology, innovation, Policy Informatics, Public Policy, Queensland University of Technology, Speaking, Travel /by Kevin Desouza

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Weaponizing Information Systems – Computers & Security

October 3, 2019/0 Comments/in Articles, big data, Information Technology, innovation, Policy Informatics, Public Policy, Queensland University of Technology, security, Speaking /by Kevin Desouza

To download the paper, please visit - [LINK]

Stanford Social Innovation Review – China’s New Model of Blockchain-Driven Philanthropy

May 24, 2019/0 Comments/in Articles, big data, Information Technology, innovation, philanthropy, Policy Informatics, Public Policy, Queensland University of Technology /by Kevin Desouza

My co-authored article with Xiaofeng Wang was chosen as the cover story for the current issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review. Please click here for the article.

Best Paper – Information Systems Division – ASAC 2019

May 6, 2019/0 Comments/in Articles, Information Technology, Policy Informatics, Public Policy, Queensland University of Technology /by Kevin Desouza

Jim Denford (Royal Military College, Canada), Greg Dawson (Arizona State University) and I were pleased to see that our paper was the best paper for the Information Systems division at the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada 2019 Conference.

AI and India – Brookings #TechTank

April 22, 2019/0 Comments/in Articles, big data, Information Technology, innovation, Policy Informatics, Public Policy, Queensland University of Technology /by Kevin Desouza

As artificial intelligence technologies take over larger number of tasks, India will face unique impacts of automation relative to other countries. With its large and young population, advances in AI will affect India in aspects from jobs to quality of life. Incidentally, the Indian economy is currently ill-equipped to face the advent of automation and AI. To read more...