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Contrary to the common caricature, the academic world has long been defined more by tech than by tweed. From the typewriting of manuscripts in the 60s to the launch of the first online humanities journal, Postmodern Culture, in 1990,and the founding of JSTOR in 1994, scholarship has consistently embraced contemporary innovations in ways that enhance its rigour and reach.
Read MoreThe introduction of the ChatGPT by Open AI has created a major disruption to the entire economy around the globe. In its short tenure, ChatGPT and alternative generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tools showed tremendous opportunities as well as challenges for overall economy and all industries. Certainly, hospitality, tourism, and travel industries are not immune to this major disruption.
Read MoreTechnology and automation have contributed to efficiencies in many sectors, and healthcare is no exception. The need to rapidly vaccinate millions of people against COVID-19 has led to the development and widespread adoption of online booking platforms for scheduling vaccination appointments. Our team was interested in testing the coupling of a brief vaccination screening to an online scheduling platform.
Read MoreLung cancer was the leading cause of cancer-related death in 2020. Nearly half of those patients diagnosed were found to be late-stage. There has been ongoing work to increase screening for lung cancer in at-risk patients with enhanced imaging. However, after identification of suspicious masses, there remains the task of diagnosing any cancerous lesions. Unfortunately, obtaining accurate biopsy results has been a challenge either due to inaccurate results from conventional bronchoscopy, or risk from alternative mechanisms of biopsy.
Read MoreThe Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment is excited to formally announce the launch of the Junior Guest Editor Program to address the needs of ECRs and offer a truly unique experience. This program provides ECRs like you in the field of cancer research with an exceptional opportunity to curate and shape Special Collections within our esteemed journal. The Junior Guest Editor Program is an innovative addition to our journal's offerings, designed to support and empower all oncology ECRs in their academic journey. Read on for more details about the program, its benefits, and why you should consider participating.
Read MoreArtificial intelligence is introducing significant structural and institutional changes by challenging existing laws and regulations, industry practices, emerging organizational forms, new forms of labor, and leadership roles. How can we harness AI's power through governance so as to help solve societal problems without amplifying existing inequalities or creating new ones?
Read MoreWe need a diverse STEM workforce so that innovation and technologies meet the needs of our diverse population. Our study challenges the idea that people with neurodevelopmental disabilities lack potential or interest in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We use national data on more than 15,000 young adults to find that undergraduates with autism or medicated ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) are actually more likely to select a STEM major than undergraduates without neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Read MoreIn the first article of the ILR Review’s new series on “Novel Technologies at Work”, Diane Bailey provides a critical view on conventional wisdom that technological change is an unstoppable force—a wave of “creative destruction.” Mark Zuckerberg’s motto of “move fast and break things” crystalizes this idea. So, when emerging technologies have negative consequences, many feel powerless to alter these tsunamis of invention. According to Bailey, however, this does not need to be the case. But first we need to understand the problem at hand.
Read More‘I don’t think there’s a task you can name that a machine can’t do—in principle. If you can define a task and a human can do it, then a machine can, at least in theory’
The days of decisions based on heuristics/intuition are numbered thanks to AI-based interventions.
Read MoreThe mobile phone has become a repository for many of the things that make us who we are. The mobile phone is where we play games with fellow enthusiasts, comment on our favourite musical acts, access our bank accounts, stay in touch with and remain visible to our network of friends, assess self-tracking information through step counters, pulse meters and sleep apps. We might even answer work e-mails when on the go. Real-world encounters draw in our mobile phones as we use WhatsApp and GPS tracking to locate each other in crowded spaces or engage with the evermore prominent Internet of Things and Augmented Reality.
Read MoreThe numbers of female engineers have increased over the years but not at the rate that other professions have seen. For example, new medical school and law school admissions are much more evenly balanced by male/female admissions compared to most of engineering, which hovers around 10-15% female enrollment.
Read MoreAre you spending too much time on your smartphone? Do you ever feel like you’re missing out if you have not checked your phone in a while? If that is the case, you are not the only one. But do you know what to do about it? Ironically, there are apps that could help you.
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