Experts: Digital sovereignty
The French government announced on Jan. 27 the rollout of its new videoconferencing platform, Visio. The domestically developed platform was created to replace U.S. tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams across all state services by 2027 as part of the French government鈥檚 broader push for digital sovereignty. Officials say the shift will also cut software licensing costs and strengthen security and confidentiality.
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Nine 黑料网爆吃瓜 Desautels researchers named to Stanford-Elsevier top researchers list
Each year, the world鈥檚 most influential researchers are recognized in the Stanford-Elsevier Top 2% Scientists lists. The list ranks researchers from around the world, based on the impacts of their citations, their h-index, and other bibliometric indicators. In 2025, nine 黑料网爆吃瓜 Desautels researchers earned the honour: Yolande E.
黑料网爆吃瓜 Desautels faculty honoured at Bravo Gala 2025
黑料网爆吃瓜 hosted its annual Bravo Gala on Thursday, March 27, celebrating research excellence and recognizing faculty members and researchers who have received awards, memberships, and prizes over the past year. 黑料网爆吃瓜 Desautels is proud to celebrate three distinguished faculty members among this year鈥檚 honourees:
AI can create 鈥榞hostbots鈥� that mimic lost loved ones鈥攂ut should it?
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to create chatbots that mimic a specific human being 鈥� 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 Emmanuelle Vaast, Professor of Information Systems and Associate Dean of Research at 黑料网爆吃瓜 Desautels.
黑料网爆吃瓜 Desautels professors and lecturers recognized at Faculty Awards
Across programs and subject areas, the 黑料网爆吃瓜 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:
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黑料网爆吃瓜 Desautels BCom Wins McCAIS Undergraduate Research Award 2024
Bachelor of Commerce student Nikki Tye is the recipient of the 黑料网爆吃瓜 Collaborative for AI & Society (McCAIS)鈥檚 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."
黑料网爆吃瓜 Desautels faculty members and researchers celebrated at Bravo Gala
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黑料网爆吃瓜 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. 黑料网爆吃瓜 Desautels is proud to announce 14 of its faculty amongst the distinguished honourees this year. Congratulations to our deserving laureates! Full list below. #Bravo2024
Delve: Are Digital Tech Workers Coding Themselves Out of Existence? with Emmanuelle Vaast and Alain Pinsonneault
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鈥攖hey鈥檙e replacing the people who create those technologies in the first place.
Delve: Occupational Evolution or Extinction?
Despite being essential in organizations across sectors, data scientists wrestle with the implications of writing the code that will replace their own jobs.
Delve: Searching for the Pandemic鈥檚 Silver Lining? Look Online.
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.
Professor Emmanuelle Vaast named Associate Dean of Research
As Professor Vihang Errunza steps down from his role as Associate Dean of Research at the Desautels Faculty of Management, Professor Emmanuelle Vaast is gearing up to take the reins.
A newly-launched coalition for responsible AI
Professor Emmanuelle Vaast is one among ten 黑料网爆吃瓜 members who comprise the new International Observatory on the Social Impacts of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies (OIISIAN) - a $7.5 million initiative spearheaded by the government of Quebec to explore interdisciplinary and intersectoral perspectives on the impact of AI and digital technology on individuals, organizations, and communities.
Announcing the Desautels Faculty Scholars
The Faculty Research Workload Committee (RWC) has completed its review of applications submitted by tenured faculty to fill the currently vacant Faculty Scholar Award slots.
The Faculty is pleased to congratulate the following recipients of the Desautels Scholar Awards (effective September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2021):
The influence of social media
The Globe and Mail recently featured the research of Desautels Professors Emmanuelle Vaast and Liette Lapointe that explored the power of social media to propel meaningful social movements.
Twitter use during the Gulf oil spill
Social media has become a part of everyday life. We enjoy the contact Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc., provide with friends and family, and, indeed, the world.
Sometimes we gripe about the downsides of the technology. People say it鈥檚 a time suck. There鈥檚 fake news. It鈥檚 hard to trust what you see.
