/channels/taxonomy/term/4388/all en /channels/channels/news/ai-can-create-ghostbots-mimic-lost-loved-ones-should-it-357579 <p>Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to create chatbots that mimic a specific human being – even if that human being is no longer with us. An AI companion that mimics lost loved ones could help people process grief and ease the loneliness that comes with the loss, says<strong> <a href="/desautels/emmanuelle-vaast">Emmanuelle Vaast</a></strong>, Professor of Information Systems and Associate Dean of Research at ƻ����Ժ Desautels. But these ‘ghostbots’ should be approached with caution.</p> Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:27:21 +0000 webfull 200354 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-desautels-professors-and-lecturers-recognized-faculty-awards-357438 <p>Across programs and subject areas, the ƻ����Ժ Desautels Faculty of Management recognizes the vital role that research, teaching, service and media engagement play in enriching the student experience and inspiring the next generation of leaders through the annual Faculty Awards. This year we recognize the following outstanding members of our faculty:</p> <p><strong>Research</strong></p> Fri, 24 May 2024 16:33:56 +0000 webfull 200172 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-desautels-bcom-wins-mccais-undergraduate-research-award-2024-357152 <p>Bachelor of Commerce student <strong>Nikki Tye</strong> is the recipient of the ƻ����Ժ Collaborative for AI & Society (McCAIS)’s Undergraduate Research Award (McURA) for Summer 2024. The $8,700 award, aimed at promoting interdisciplinary AI research in society, recognizes Nikki's project on "Protecting the Amazon Forest from Illegal Activity through Image Recognition and Operations Research: A Partnership with JungleKeepers and Peruvian Indigenous Communities."</p> Tue, 30 Apr 2024 18:51:24 +0000 webfull 199850 at /channels /channels/channels/news/2023-sshrc-insight-development-grants-356629 <h4><b>Congratulations to the ƻ����Ժ Desautels professors who received 2023 SSHRC Insight Grants.</b></h4> <hr /> <p>The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is the federal research funding agency that promotes and supports research and training in the humanities and social sciences.</p> <p> </p> Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:04:00 +0000 webfull 199246 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-desautels-faculty-members-and-researchers-celebrated-bravo-gala-356258 <p> </p> <p>ƻ����Ժ hosted its annual Bravo Gala on Thursday, March 21, which honours its faculty members and researchers who have won special awards, memberships and prizes over the past year. ƻ����Ժ Desautels is proud to announce 14 of its faculty amongst the distinguished honourees this year. Congratulations to our deserving laureates! Full list below.<br /> #Bravo2024</p> <p>· <a href="/desautels/genevieve-bassellier"><strong>Geneviève Bassellier</strong></a>, Best AMCIS Emergent Research Forum Paper, Americas Conference on Information Systems</p> Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:55:10 +0000 webfull 198749 at /channels /channels/channels/news/emmanuelle-vaast-professor-information-systems-winner-ais-fellow-award-353800 <p><img alt="Emmanuelle Vaast" src="/desautels/files/desautels/styles/medium_focal__220_x_220_/public/emmanuelle-vaast-400x600.jpg?itok=i1MJP94I" style="width:220px; height:220px; float:left" title="Emmanuelle Vaast" /></p> Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:44:15 +0000 webfull 195942 at /channels /channels/channels/news/delve-are-digital-tech-workers-coding-themselves-out-existence-emmanuelle-vaast-and-alain-348923 <p>What if just doing your job causes you to lose your job? New technologies have constantly replaced old technologies for hundreds of years, but new digital technologies, namely artificial intelligence and other data-driven technologies, are doing more than replacing old tech—they’re replacing the people who create those technologies in the first place.</p> Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:28:02 +0000 webfull 190370 at /channels /channels/channels/news/desautels-event-highlights-innovative-research-and-recognizes-scholars-339659 <p>On Friday, May 13, members of the Desautels Faculty of Management gathered to celebrate the innovative and impactful research conducted by its scholars. </p> <p>Fifteen professors were on hand to deliver two-minute presentations of their most interesting and research.</p> <p>Before jumping into the presentations, Dean <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/yolande-e-chan">Yolande Chan</a> took the time to highlight this year's Desautels Faculty Scholar awardees. Congratulations to this year's awardees!</p> Fri, 20 May 2022 19:17:35 +0000 webfull 180253 at /channels /channels/channels/news/delve-occupational-evolution-or-extinction-334297 <p>Despite being essential in organizations across sectors, data scientists wrestle with the implications of writing the code that will replace their own jobs. New research by Desautels Professors <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/emmanuelle-vaast">Emmanuelle Vaast </a>& <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/alain-pinsonneault">Alain Pinsonneault </a>analyzes six years of what data scientists have been saying about their occupational identity and its interlinked evolution to new digital technologies. </p> Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:24:02 +0000 webfull 174126 at /channels /channels/channels/news/professors-vaast-and-pinsonneault-awarded-2021-sshrc-insight-grant-332077 <p><big><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/emmanuelle-vaast"><strong>Emmanuelle Vaast</strong></a>, Professor of Information Systems and <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/alain-pinsonneault"><strong>Alain Pinsonneault</strong></a>, Professor of Information Systems, awarded 2021 SSHRC Insight Grant</big></p> Thu, 22 Jul 2021 19:17:30 +0000 webfull 171861 at /channels /channels/channels/news/seat-table-and-room-their-own-interconnected-processes-social-media-use-intersection-gender-and-326255 <p><strong>Author: <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/emmanuelle-vaast">Emmanuelle Vaast</a></strong><br /><br /><strong>Publication:</strong> <em>Organization Studies</em>, Forthcoming<br /><br /><strong>Abstract:</strong></p> Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:20:39 +0000 webfull 165288 at /channels /channels/channels/news/theorizing-process-dynamics-directed-graphs-diachronic-analysis-digital-trace-data-326250 <p><strong>Authors:</strong> B. Pentland, <strong><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/emmanuelle-vaast">Emmanuelle Vaast</a></strong> and J. Ryan Wolf<br /><br /><strong>Publication: </strong><em>MIS Quarterly</em>, Forthcoming<br /><br /><strong>Abstract:</strong></p> <p>The growing availability of digital trace data has generated unprecedented opportunities for analyzing, explaining, and predicting the dynamics of process change. While research on process organization studies theorizes about process and change, and research on process mining rigorously measures and models business processes, there has so far been limited research that measures and theorizes about process dynamics. This gap represents an opportunity for new Information Systems (IS) research. This research note lays the foundation for such an endeavor by demonstrating the use of process mining for diachronic analysis of process dynamics. We detail the definitions, assumptions, and mechanics of an approach that is based on representing processes as weighted, directed graphs. Using this representation, we offer a precise definition of process dynamics that focuses attention on describing and measuring changes in process structure over time. We analyze process structure over two years at four dermatology clinics. Our analysis reveals process changes that were invisible to the medical staff in the clinics. This approach offers empirical insights that are relevant to many theoretical perspectives on process dynamics.</p> <p> Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:54:06 +0000 webfull 165283 at /channels /channels/channels/news/unveiling-relevance-academic-research-practice-based-view-326249 <p><strong>Authors: </strong>M. Marabelli, and <strong><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/emmanuelle-vaast">Emmanuelle Vaast</a></strong><br /><br /><strong>Publication:</strong> <em>Information and Organization</em>, Volume 30, Issue 3, September 2020, 100314<br /><br /><strong>Abstract:</strong></p> Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:44:37 +0000 webfull 165282 at /channels /channels/channels/news/when-digital-technologies-enable-and-threaten-occupational-identity-delicate-balancing-act-data-326246 <p><strong>Authors:</strong> <strong><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/emmanuelle-vaast">Emmanuelle Vaast</a></strong> and <strong><a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/alain-pinsonneault">Alain Pinsonneault</a></strong><br /><br /><strong>Publication:</strong> <em>MIS Quarterly</em>, Forthcoming<br /><br /><strong>Abstract:</strong></p> <p>Occupations are increasingly embedded with and affected by digital technologies. These technologies both enable and threaten occupational identity and create two important tensions: they make the persistence of an occupation possible while also potentially rendering it obsolete and they bring about both similarity and distinctiveness of an occupation with regard to other occupations. Based on the critical case study of an online community dedicated to data science, we investigate longitudinally how data scientists address the two tensions of occupational identity associated with digital technologies and reach transient syntheses in terms of “optimal distinctiveness” and “persistent extinction.” We propose that identity work associated with digital technologies follows a composite life-cycle and dialectical process. We explain that people constantly need to adjust and redefine their occupational identity (i.e., how they define who they are and what they do). We contribute to scholarship on digital technologies and identity work by illuminating how people deal in an ongoing manner with digital technologies that simultaneously enable and threaten their occupational identity.</p> <p> Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:16:27 +0000 webfull 165279 at /channels /channels/channels/news/delve-searching-pandemics-silver-lining-look-online-322352 <p>The COVID-19 pandemic and the requirements of physical distancing have created a sense of crisis that transcends most boundaries. While the imposed trauma is immense, the sharing of personal pandemic experiences online has been encouraging. As ƻ����Ժ’s Professor <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/emmanuelle-vaast"><strong>Emmanuelle Vaast</strong></a> explains, people around the world are rediscovering the brighter side of social media, as these technologies take on renewed relevance and importance in times of crisis.</p> Tue, 26 May 2020 02:00:10 +0000 webfull 160892 at /channels