Big Data and Local Government

I will be leading a webinar for the Alliance for Innovation on Big Data and Local Government on April 29, 2014. I will be joined by Chris Kelly (Director of Information Technology for Olathe, KS) and Matthew Esquibel (IT Division Manager for Austin, TX). You can read my report on Big Data here.

ASU School of Public Affairs – Distinguished Research Award

Received the ASU School of Public Affairs Distinguished Research Award for 2013-2014. I want to acknowledge the contributions made by the graduate students, researchers, and practitioners that I have the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from on a daily basis. See here for the list of all award recipients.

Human Trafficking Solutions at DESRIST 2014 Conference

Kena Fedorschak, Srivatsav Kandala, Rashmi Krishnamurthy, and I have a paper accepted at the Ninth International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology. The paper, Data Analytics and Human Trafficking, highlights our efforts toward building IT solutions to combat human trafficking at the ASU Decision Theater. Human trafficking is recognized internationally as an extreme form […]

Speaking at Technological Innovation in Government: Toward Open and Smart Government Symposium

I will be speaking on Big Data at the Technological Innovation in Government: Toward Open and Smart Government Symposium organized by the Section for Science & Technology in Government of the American Society for Public Administration. Other speakers at the event include Jane Fountain (UMass), Elizabeth Bruce (MIT), Chris Osgood (Office of New Urban Mechanics, City of Boston), […]

Big Data goes to Germany and Slovenia

I will be giving two talks this week on my Big Data report. The first presentation will take place at the Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität München on March 12 (See here for more details). I will then fly to Slovenia to give a talk at the Faculty of Information Studies in Slovenia on March 14.

Our Fragile Emerging Megacities: A Focus on Resilience

I recently authored an article for Planetizen. Unless you have been hibernating, you have heard about urbanization trends and have spent time reflecting on what this might hold for the future of communities, cities, nations, and the planet as a whole. The world’s total urban area is expected to triple between 2000 and 2030—urban populations are […]

Plenary Address at the Western Intergovernmental Audit Forum

I will be delivering a plenary address at the 2013 Western Intergovernmental Audit Forum. The meeting will take place at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel in Arizona, Sept 12-13, 2013. My talk titled, Emerging Technologies and the Future of Governance, will explore how technological innovations are changing how we design, implement, and manage, our governance mechanisms […]

Two Papers in the JASIST Virtual Issue on Knowledge Management

It has been a while since I wrote a paper on knowledge management systems, so it was a pleasant surprise hearing that the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology has chosen two of my papers for their virtual issue on knowledge management. The two papers are: Desouza, K. C., Awazu, Y., & […]

Designing, Planning, and Managing Resilient Cities

To what disruptions must cities be resilient? How can cities, as complex systems, be resilient? Building a capacity for resilience might be a daunting task when one considers the multitude of components, processes, and interactions that take place within and beyond a city’s physical, logical (e.g. legal), and virtual (cyberspace) boundaries. Planning for resilience to […]

TechniCity – MOOC – A Vision for Smart Cities

While at Ohio State University, I recorded lectures for the TechniCity MOOC. This course is being offered by two of my colleagues, Jennifer Evans-Cowley, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Administration, City and Regional Planning Section, Ohio State University and Tom Sanchez, Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech. Check it out!