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Efficient Convoy Routing And Bridge Load Optimization User Interface, Brandon Lacy, Will Heller, Yonas Kassa, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi
Efficient Convoy Routing And Bridge Load Optimization User Interface, Brandon Lacy, Will Heller, Yonas Kassa, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
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Building Explainable Machine Learning Lifecycle: Model Training, Selection, And Deployment With Explainability, Vidit Singh, Yonas Kassa, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi
Building Explainable Machine Learning Lifecycle: Model Training, Selection, And Deployment With Explainability, Vidit Singh, Yonas Kassa, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
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Developing Architecture For A Routing System Using Bridge Data And Adversary Avoidance, Will Heller, Brian Ricks, Yonas Kassa, Brandon Lacy, Rahul Kamar Nethakani
Developing Architecture For A Routing System Using Bridge Data And Adversary Avoidance, Will Heller, Brian Ricks, Yonas Kassa, Brandon Lacy, Rahul Kamar Nethakani
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
No abstract provided.
Progress In A New Visualization Strategy For Ml Models, Alex Wissing, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi, Yonas Kassa, Akshay Kale
Progress In A New Visualization Strategy For Ml Models, Alex Wissing, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi, Yonas Kassa, Akshay Kale
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
No abstract provided.
How To Select Simple-Yet-Accurate Model Of Bridge Maintenance?, Akshay Kale, Yonas Kassa, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi
How To Select Simple-Yet-Accurate Model Of Bridge Maintenance?, Akshay Kale, Yonas Kassa, Brian Ricks, Robin Gandhi
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
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Expanding Controllability Of Hybrid Recommender Systems: From Positive To Negative Relevance, Behnam Rahdari, Chun-Hua Tsai, Peter Brusilovsky
Expanding Controllability Of Hybrid Recommender Systems: From Positive To Negative Relevance, Behnam Rahdari, Chun-Hua Tsai, Peter Brusilovsky
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
A hybrid recommender system fuses multiple data sources, usually with static and nonadjustable weightings, to deliver recommendations. One limitation of this approach is the problem to match user preference in all situations. In this paper, we present two user-controllable hybrid recommender interfaces, which offer a set of sliders to dynamically tune the impact of different sources of relevance on the final ranking. Two user studies were performed to design and evaluate the proposed interfaces.
Explaining Social Recommendations To Casual Users: Design Principles And Opportunities, Chun-Hua Tsai, Peter Brusilovsky
Explaining Social Recommendations To Casual Users: Design Principles And Opportunities, Chun-Hua Tsai, Peter Brusilovsky
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Recommender systems have become popular in recent years, and ordinary users are more likely to rely on such service when completing various daily tasks. The need to design and build explainable recommender interfaces is increasing rapidly. Most of the designs of such explanations are intended to reflect the underlying algorithms by which the recommendations are computed. These approaches have been shown to be useful for obtaining system transparency and trust. However, little is known about how to design explanation interfaces for causal (non-expert) users to achieve different explanatory goals. As a first step toward understanding the user interface design factors, …
Knowledge Activation For Patient Centered Care: Bridging The Health Information Technology Divide, Sajda Qureshi, Cherie Notebloom
Knowledge Activation For Patient Centered Care: Bridging The Health Information Technology Divide, Sajda Qureshi, Cherie Notebloom
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
The provision of healthcare is a collaborative process. It follows evidence based treatments which are becoming increasingly data driven and focusing on the best clinical outcomes. Patient centered care requires participation of patients in the decision making of the best treatment options. Healthcare provision requires both evidence based and patient centered care. In practice, these two perspectives conflict with each other due to the use of an information technology designed primarily for billing purposes. Using the knowledge activation framework developed by Qureshi and Keen [25], we analyze data from two hospitals in the Midwest that aim to achieve quality of …
Understanding The Role Of Information Technology In The Development Of Micro-Enterprises: Concepts To Study In Making A Better World, Sajda Qureshi, Jason Jie Xiong
Understanding The Role Of Information Technology In The Development Of Micro-Enterprises: Concepts To Study In Making A Better World, Sajda Qureshi, Jason Jie Xiong
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
The concept of Development has alluded scholars and practitioners when information technology becomes prevalent. The majority of research in the Information Technology for Development (ICT4D) field is considered to be practice intended to make the world better with Information and Communications technologies (ICTs). In addition, a majority of wellintentioned ICT4D projects tend to fail, often due to unrealistic expectation set by development agencies responding to their political objectives. At the same time, Information Systems (IS) research is ripe with well-studied concepts that do little to make a better world. This paper investigates ICT interventions in three case studies of micro-enterprises …
A Personalized People Recommender System Using Global Search Approach, Chun-Hua Tsai, Peter Brusilovsky
A Personalized People Recommender System Using Global Search Approach, Chun-Hua Tsai, Peter Brusilovsky
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
The goal of people recommender system is to generate meaningful social suggestion to users. The abundant data are the key factor in fulfilling a recommendation task, but the cost of user data in a real-world system is high. In this paper, we propose a novel approach that integrates a global search result with a personalized people recommendation system. Our approach utilizes the user identity as a query keyword and processes the search results through five different customized parsers. This approach solves the cold-start issue in recommendation systems and leverages the crossdomain information in order to provide a better recommendation result. …
Optimizing Campus Mobility With A Focus On Sustainability: A Graph Theory Approach To Intra-Campus Transportation Networks, Quinn Nelson, Donald Steffensmeier, Sachin Pawaskar
Optimizing Campus Mobility With A Focus On Sustainability: A Graph Theory Approach To Intra-Campus Transportation Networks, Quinn Nelson, Donald Steffensmeier, Sachin Pawaskar
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
The idea of public transportation is supported by most in theory but often heavily criticized by users when put into application. There are common tensions that are related to public transportation, as described by frequent users: unreliable, too crowded, and slow. The University of Nebraska-Omaha (UNO) is a growing metropolitan institution that uses a shuttle system to transport students among their three campuses daily. As of 2015, the current total student enrollment is approximately 16,000; UNO plans to enroll 20,000 students by 2020. The expected student growth is also reflected by the current construction of new buildings and expansion of …
When Disclosure Is Involuntary: Empowering Users With Control To Reduce Concerns, David W. Wilson, Ryan M. Schuetzler, Bradley Dorn, Jeffrey Gainer Proudfoot
When Disclosure Is Involuntary: Empowering Users With Control To Reduce Concerns, David W. Wilson, Ryan M. Schuetzler, Bradley Dorn, Jeffrey Gainer Proudfoot
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Modern organizations must carefully balance the practice of gathering large amounts of valuable data from individuals with the associated ethical considerations and potential negative public image inherent in breaches of privacy. As it becomes increasingly commonplace for many types of information to be collected without individuals' knowledge or consent, managers and researchers alike can benefit from understanding how individuals react to such involuntary disclosures, and how these reactions can impact evaluations of the data-collecting organizations. This research develops and empirically tests a theoretical model that shows how empowering individuals with a sense of control over their personal information can help …
Information Technology For Development In Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi
Information Technology For Development In Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Development is a concept that is often used to describe growth in organizations and the regions in which they reside. While research in Information Systems (IS) recognizes the importance of Information Technology (IT) in improving the organizational performance, a great deal of emphasis is given towards understanding large organizations. While social-economic development and transformation relies on new technological infrastructures and organizational changes, there is still a weak link between the organization studies with Information Technology (IT) as it relates to the growth of organizations. It appears that a greater research focus is needed in understanding the use of IT in …
The Evolution Of Scientific Productivity Of Junior Scholars, Chun-Hua Tsai, Yu-Ru Lin
The Evolution Of Scientific Productivity Of Junior Scholars, Chun-Hua Tsai, Yu-Ru Lin
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Publishing academic work has been recognized as a key indicator for measuring scholars’ scientific productivity and having crucial impact on their future career. However, little has been known about how the majority of researchers progress in publishing papers across disciplines. In this work, using a collection consisting of over five millions academic publications across 15 disciplines, we study how the scientific productivity patterns of junior scholars change across different generations and different domains. Our study results help understand the evolution of the competitive “publish or perish” academic culture.
Assessing The Impacts Of Electronic Commerce Diffusion On Development, Gerard De Leoz, Sajda Qureshi, Lotfollah Najjar
Assessing The Impacts Of Electronic Commerce Diffusion On Development, Gerard De Leoz, Sajda Qureshi, Lotfollah Najjar
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
While the concept of economic development has been widely used to understand the health and wealth of countries, it is accepted that the access to the internet for electronic commerce transactions enable generation in income and improvements in lives. However, with the rise of disparities in income within countries, electronic commerce opportunities can be limited to the few with internet access. In this paper, we investigate how e-commerce diffusion affects economic development and factors of electronic commerce diffusion that promote or impede economic development. Using data available through international data collection agencies, we analyze three ASEAN members with relatively close …
The Role Of Icts In Native American Owned Micro-Enterprises-A Framing Analysis, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi, Teresa Trumbly Lamsam
The Role Of Icts In Native American Owned Micro-Enterprises-A Framing Analysis, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi, Teresa Trumbly Lamsam
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are seen to be drivers for the development of emerging regions. Many small businesses in the United States, including Native American owned microenterprises, are facing unique challenges in the adoption of ICTs to improve business performance. This research follows an inductive qualitative approach to find out which of the factors could potentially lead to the adoption of technologies by Native American micro-enterprises owners. Based on interviews from four Native American owned micro-enterprises, Characteristics of ICTs, Personal Inequality, and Community Engagement are identified as key factors that lead to the adoption of ICTs. The contribution of …
A Framing Analysis Of African-American And Native-American Owned Micro-Enterprises: How Can Information And Communication Technology Support Their Development?, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi, Teresa A. Lamsam
A Framing Analysis Of African-American And Native-American Owned Micro-Enterprises: How Can Information And Communication Technology Support Their Development?, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi, Teresa A. Lamsam
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been touted as means of increasing economic development by providing improvements in the lives of people where the use of technology leads to better livelihoods. Despite the high access and use of ICTs in the United States, high unemployment and poverty rates among Native Americans and African Americans continues to rise while deepening existing income inequalities. Through a framing analysis of Native American and African American microentrepreneurs, this paper investigates the use of ICTs in six micro-enterprises. Our findings reveal strong community and infrastructure frames in Native American micro-enterprises and their use of Information …
Facilitating Natural Conversational Agent Interactions: Lessons From A Deception Experiment, Ryan M. Schuetzler, Mark Grimes, Justin Scott Giboney, Joesph Buckman
Facilitating Natural Conversational Agent Interactions: Lessons From A Deception Experiment, Ryan M. Schuetzler, Mark Grimes, Justin Scott Giboney, Joesph Buckman
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
This study reports the results of a laboratory experiment exploring interactions between humans and a conversational agent. Using the ChatScript language, we created a chat bot that asked participants to describe a series of images. The two objectives of this study were (1) to analyze the impact of dynamic responses on participants’ perceptions of the conversational agent, and (2) to explore behavioral changes in interactions with the chat bot (i.e. response latency and pauses) when participants engaged in deception. We discovered that a chat bot that provides adaptive responses based on the participant’s input dramatically increases the perceived humanness and …
From Media Reporting To International Relations: A Case Study Of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec), Chun-Hua Tsai, Yu-Ru Lin
From Media Reporting To International Relations: A Case Study Of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec), Chun-Hua Tsai, Yu-Ru Lin
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
This paper reviews logical approaches and challenges raised for explaining AI. We discuss the issues of presenting explanations as accurate computational models that users cannot understand or use. Then, we introduce pragmatic approaches that consider explanation a sort of speech act that commits to felicity conditions, including intelligibility, trustworthiness, and usefulness to the users. We argue Explainable AI (XAI) is more than a matter of accurate and complete computational explanation, that it requires pragmatics to address the issues it seeks to address. At the end of this paper, we draw a historical analogy to usability. This term was understood logically …
Introduction To The Information Technology For Development Minitrack, Mehruz Kamal, Sajda Qureshi, James B. Pick
Introduction To The Information Technology For Development Minitrack, Mehruz Kamal, Sajda Qureshi, James B. Pick
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Information Technology for Development (ITD) research focuses on the use of information technology infrastructures to bring about economic, social, and human development. In essence, the ITD research provides insight for policy makers to facilitate the achievement of socio-economic development goals by increasing financial investments and stimulating business activities in their regions. Papers in this mini-track are invited for consideration in the ITD Journal which makes contributions in ITD research to what is known about improvements in the lives of people through their use of ICTs. In particular, innovative applications of IT in under-privileged regions, where resources are limited, comprise research …
A Cluster Analysis Of Research In Information Technology For Global Development: Where To From Here?, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi, Lotfollah Najjar
A Cluster Analysis Of Research In Information Technology For Global Development: Where To From Here?, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi, Lotfollah Najjar
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
While research in Information Systems recognizes the importance of Information Technology in a global context, it continues to focus on a narrow view of IT adoption. In recognizing that the majority of innovations in IT are taking place in developing countries, it is important to find out what research is being undertaken to understand the effects of the different technologies on development outcomes. This paper conducts a cluster analysis of 214 papers from the SigGlobDev Workshop, the Information Technology for Development Journal and other Information Systems Journals and conferences which have published papers in Information Systems and Global Development. This …
Effects Of The Digital Divide: Evidence From African-American And Native-American Owned Micro-Enterprises, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi, Teresa Trumbly Lamsam
Effects Of The Digital Divide: Evidence From African-American And Native-American Owned Micro-Enterprises, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi, Teresa Trumbly Lamsam
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have often been touted as a means of enabling people to make their way out of poverty. While there are success stories of people in Africa who have been able to access and use mobile and Internet-based Technologies to build businesses that give them better livelihoods, it is unclear how these technologies are being used by African American and Native American entrepreneurs in the United States. Pockets of low connectivity and lack of awareness or technical skills mean that some entrepreneurs are unable to take advantage of the opportunities provided by ICTs in the United …
A Systems Approach To Countermeasures In Credibility Assessment Interviews, Nathan Twyman, Ryan M. Schuetzler, Jeffrey Gainer Proudfoot, Aaron Elkins
A Systems Approach To Countermeasures In Credibility Assessment Interviews, Nathan Twyman, Ryan M. Schuetzler, Jeffrey Gainer Proudfoot, Aaron Elkins
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Countermeasures, or techniques for hiding guilt during a credibility assessment examination, have long been an important topic in cognitive psychology and criminal justice fields. With recent IS research on automated screening systems, understanding the potential for countermeasures in this new paradigm is of increasing importance. This paper reports on a large experiment examining countermeasures in an automated deception detection screening context. The effectiveness of traditional countermeasure types (mental and physical) are examined, as well as an exploratory approach of trying several countermeasures at once. The exploratory approach was tested to investigate a proposed novel systems-inspired solution to countermeasures—triangulating on deception …
Real-Time Embodied Agent Adaptation, Ryan M. Schuetzler, David W. Wilson
Real-Time Embodied Agent Adaptation, Ryan M. Schuetzler, David W. Wilson
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
This paper reports on initial investigation of two emerging technologies, FaceFX and Smartbody, capable of creating life-like animations for embodied conversational agents (ECAs) such as the AVATAR agent. Real-time rendering and animation generation technologies can enable rapid adaptation of ECAs to changing circumstances. The benefits of each package are discussed.
Information And Communication Technologies Effects On Economic Growth, Nancy Jimenez, Lotfollah Najjar, Sajda Qureshi, Dwight Haworth
Information And Communication Technologies Effects On Economic Growth, Nancy Jimenez, Lotfollah Najjar, Sajda Qureshi, Dwight Haworth
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
While Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are seen to be drivers of economic growth, it is unclear how this change takes place, especially since social and human factors are often seen to change as a result of ICTs. This paper investigates the effects of ICTs, and social and human factors in terms of skills, education, and labor, on economic growth. An augmented production function is used to quantify the effects that infodensity levels, defined as the combination of ICT networks and skills, education, and labor, have on the economic growth of high and low-to-middle income economies. This research draws upon …
The Role Of Human Capital In Information And Communication Technology Adoption For Development: Evidence From China, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi, Lotfollah Najjar
The Role Of Human Capital In Information And Communication Technology Adoption For Development: Evidence From China, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi, Lotfollah Najjar
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Emerging economies, in particular China, are powering growth in Asia. While China is seen to lead growth in the emerging markets of Asia, 98% of its manufacturing and production base is powered by small businesses. These businesses represent the majority of all businesses in emerging countries and the growth of these businesses increases with their successful adoption of Information Technology. This paper uses a well-known model in Information Systems Adoption to analyze ICT usage, the effect ICT usage and human capital in the development of the small businesses in China. The reason this model is used is to find out …
Factors That Affect Information And Communication Technology Adoption By Small Businesses In China, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi, Lotfollah Najjar
Factors That Affect Information And Communication Technology Adoption By Small Businesses In China, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi, Lotfollah Najjar
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Emerging economies appear to be powering growth in their regions. While China is seen to lead growth in the emerging markets of Asia, 98% of its manufacturing and production base is powered by small businesses. These businesses represent the majority of all businesses in emerging countries and their growth increases with their successful adoption of Information Technology. As the driving force behind the economic growth of China, Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are shaping the ways in which small businesses are able to grow. The majority of current research into the user acceptance and adoption of ICTs focusses on the …
A Model Of Icts Adoption For Sustainable Development: An Investigation Of Small Business In The United States And China, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi
A Model Of Icts Adoption For Sustainable Development: An Investigation Of Small Business In The United States And China, Jie Xiong, Sajda Qureshi
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
No abstract provided.
Virtual Phd Courses – A New Mode Of Phd Education?, Bjørn Erik Munkvold, Ilze Zigurs, Deepak Khazanchi
Virtual Phd Courses – A New Mode Of Phd Education?, Bjørn Erik Munkvold, Ilze Zigurs, Deepak Khazanchi
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
This paper presents experiences from a joint virtual PhD course for doctoral students at a Norwegian and a US university. Based on an experiential learning approach, the course focused on practices for virtual research collaboration. Through six synchronous online sessions, interspersed with interaction in sub-teams, the participants worked on developing a joint conference publication. This gave the PhD students first-hand experience with working in a virtual research team. Based on our analysis of the experiences from the course, we discuss challenges of the virtual course setting and present guidelines for the design and conduct of similar virtual courses. Our results …
Ethical Considerations For Virtual Worlds, Alanah Mitchell, Deepak Khazanchi
Ethical Considerations For Virtual Worlds, Alanah Mitchell, Deepak Khazanchi
Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations
Metaverses, like Second Life and Teleplace, and the inherent technology capabilities that they offer continue to be of interest for researchers, practitioners, and educators. Due to this trend, and the uncertainty regarding immersive virtual experiences as contrasted with face-to-face experiences, there is a need to further understand the ethical challenges associated with this virtual context. This paper presents a starting point for discussing ethics in virtual worlds. Specifically, we review virtual worlds and their unique technology capabilities as well as the ethical considerations that arise due to these unique capabilities.