Cities Are Surprisingly Fragile – Scientific American
AI and India – Brookings #TechTank
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 […]
Spatial-Temporal Effect of Household Solid Waste on Illegal Dumping – Journal of Cleaner Production
Along with colleagues Wenting Yang and Bo Fan, at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, I have a paper accepted at Journal of Cleaner Production. Spatial-Temporal Effect of Household Solid Waste on Illegal Dumping Illegal dumping is an increasingly costly problem with profoundly negative consequences for the livability and sustainability of our communities. The problem of illegal […]
Università Bocconi – Another Wonderful Visit to Milano
I wrapped up another wonderful week at Università Bocconi co-teaching a class on Innovation and Big Data for the Public Sector with my colleague, Maria Cucineello.
Plenary – PUBSIC Conference 2019, Milan, Italy
Looking forward to delivering a plenary talk at 2019 PUBSIC Conference in Milan, Italy on Jan 25, 2019.
ICMA 19 on 2019 – Smart Communities, Digitization, Autonomous Systems
To read more about my thoughts on smart communities, autonomous systems, and the future of our cities, please visit the ICMA 19 on 2019 book.
Research Seminar: Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
Looking forward to my visit to the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. Date: January 14, 2019 Shaping the Future of Autonomous Systems in Society Emerging technologies are fundamentally impacting and transforming all aspects of our society. I am particularly concerned with how technological innovations impact 1) the design of our […]
ICMA Research Fellow 2018-2019
ICMA Press Release (October 23, 2018) – “ICMA has selected its inaugural group of research fellows, recognizing outstanding action-oriented research approaches to deal with local governments’ most pressing issues. Fellowships will fund four thought leaders to study topics ranging from equity measures for managing urban performance to developing successful innovation training programs for local officials, adding […]
Shanghai Jiao Tong University – Oct 17-29
I will be spending two weeks in China at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. During my visit, I will create research partnerships with colleagues in academia, industry, and the public sector. I will deliver two public lectures during my visit. Oct 23: Shaping the Future of Autonomous Systems in Society Emerging technologies are fundamentally impacting and […]
Università Bocconi, Italian Elections 2018
Had a great time in Milan at Università Bocconi. See here for coverage on some of the work done: [Link] [Link]