AI for Social Good: How Do We Get There?
Join us for an inspiring virtual event, "AI for Social Good: How Do We Get There?" featuring distinguished speaker Ahmed Abbasi, Joe and Jane Giovanini Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations at Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. Professor Abbasi will illuminate pathways to leverage AI for societal benefit, addressing ethical considerations, responsible deployment, and impactful applications in areas such as healthcare, education, and sustainability. Gain valuable insights into harnessing the transformative potential of AI to address pressing social challenges. Don't miss this opportunity to explore how we can collectively advance towards a future where AI serves the greater good.***
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Friday, February 23, 2024 12:00 pm
Join us for an inspiring virtual event, “AI for Social Good: How Do We Get There?” featuring distinguished speaker Ahmed Abbasi, Joe and Jane Giovanini Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. Professor Abbasi will illuminate pathways to leverage AI for societal benefit, addressing ethical considerations, responsible deployment, and impactful applications in areas such as healthcare, education, and sustainability. Gain valuable insights into harnessing the transformative potential of AI to address pressing social challenges. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore how we can collectively advance towards a future where AI serves the greater good.***
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MoreMeet the Faculty: James S. O'Rourke '68
James S. O’Rourke ’68 is an American rhetorician who teaches management and corporate communication, as well as business writing and speaking, at the University of Notre Dame. He is a Teaching Professor of Management and, from 1990 to 2017 was the Arthur F. and Mary J. O’Neil Director of the Fanning Center for Business Communication. He earned a BBA in Management from Notre Dame, an MS in Mass Communication from Temple University, an MA in Speech Communication from the University of New Mexico, and a Ph.D. in Public Communication from Syracuse University. He is the author of 23 prominent textbooks, including Management Communication, 6/e Routledge (Abingdon, Oxfordshire) and The Truth About Confident Presenting, 2/e Anthem Press (London). He is principal author or directing editor of more than 375 case studies in management and corporate communication. O’Rourke is a former trustee of both the Arthur W. Page Society and the Institute for Public Relations. He is also a member of the Management Communication Association, and a regular consultant to Fortune 500 and mid-size businesses throughout North America. During Spring 2018, he served as faculty-in-residence in Notre Dame’s M.K. Fischer Hall in London.
Meet the Faculty: Ahmed Abbasi
Ahmed Abbasi is the Joe and Jane Giovanini Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations at the University of Notre Dame. He serves as Director of the Analytics Ph.D. program and Co-Director of the Human-centered Analytics Lab. Ahmed completed his Ph.D. work in Information Systems at the University of Arizona’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab.
He attained an M.B.A. and B.S. in Information Technology from Virginia Tech. His research interests relate to text and predictive analytics. Ahmed has published nearly one hundred articles in journals and conferences, including several in top-tier outlets such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research (ISR), Journal of MIS, ACM TOIS, IEEE TKDE, and IEEE Intelligent Systems.
His work has been funded by over a dozen grants from the National Science Foundation and industry partners such as Microsoft, eBay, Deloitte, and Oracle. Ahmed serves as Senior Editor for ISR and Associate Editor for ACM TMIS and IEEE Intelligent Systems.
He is a recipient of the IEEE Technical Achievement Award, INFORMS Design Science Award, and IBM Faculty Award. Ahmed’s work has been featured in various media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, the Associated Press, WIRED, CBS, and Fox.