Professors Vaast and Pinsonneault awarded 2021 SSHRC Insight Grant

Emmanuelle Vaast, Professor of Information Systems and Alain Pinsonneault, Professor of Information Systems, awarded 2021 SSHRC Insight Grant

Delve - "New Normal" podcast: Life’s Good on Top, But For Everyone Else? with Samer Faraj

In episode 5 of The ‘New Normal’ hosted by Dave Kaufman, Professor Samer Faraj speaks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has created an over reliance on corporate technological behemoths.

Content Growth and Attention Contagion in Information Networks: Addressing Information Poverty on Wikipedia

Authors: Kai Zhu, Dylan Walker and Lev Muchnik

Publication: Information Systems Research, Volume 32, Issue 2, June 2020, Pages 491-509.

Professor Zhu's paper wins 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year

Congratulations to Kai Zhu, Assistant Professor in Information Systems, whose paper won the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year.

Beyond Uberization: The co-constitution of technology and organizing

Authors: Samer Faraj, and S. Pachidi Publication: Organization Theory, Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages 1-14. Abstract:

Make Way for the Algorithms: Symbolic Actions and Change in a Regime of Knowing

Authors: S. Pachidi, H. Berends, Samer Faraj, and M. Huysman Publication: Organization Science, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 18-41.

Relating agility and electronic integration: The role of knowledge and process coordination mechanisms

Authors: S. Nazir and Alain Pinsonneault Publication: The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Volume 30, Issue 2, June 2021, 101654 Abstract:

Manufacturer’s 1-Up from Used Games: Insights from the Secondhand Market for Video Games

Authors: A. Kim, R.L. Saha, and Warut Khern-am-nuai

Publication: Information Systems Research, Forthcoming Abstract:

2020 SSHRC Insight Grants awarded

Delve: Overcoming Bias in AI Technologies

A new study by Warut Khern-am-nuai, an assistant professor of information systems at McGill University, proposes a new approach to optimizing the way algorithms process data, without modifying the outcome. To eliminate discrimination in AI, algorithms should see race and gender, according to the study.

McGill professors create AI-powered tool to monitor supply and demand of essential goods

Desautels professors Maxime Cohen and Warut Khern-am-nuai are the brains behind a new technology that monitors the supply of essential goods at grocery stores.

When Paying for Reviews Pays Off: The Case of Performance-Contingent Monetary Rewards

Authors: Y. Yu, Warut Khern-am-nuai and Alain Pinsonneault Publication: MIS Quarterly, Forthcoming Abstract:

The impact of an augmented reality game on local businesses: a study of Pokémon go on restaurants

Authors: V. Pamuru, Warut Khern-am-nuai, K. N. Kannan

Publication: Information Systems Research, Forthcoming Abstract:

Aix-Marseille University awards honorary doctorate to Professor Alain Pinsonneault

In honour of his exceptional commitment to academic excellence, France’s Aix-Marseille University recently conferred the title of Doctor Honoris Causa upon Professor Alain Pinsonneault.

McGill-HEC Montreal EMBA blends online and in-person learning

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the McGill-HEC Montreal EMBA program has introduced a bimodal learning style that allows students to choose between online courses and in-person instruction.