Next year’s HICSS will take place in early January in Hawaii, where Professor Mirbabaie will contribute two research articles. Respectively, these explore how virtual influencers have become a more frequent alternative to human influencers and discuss how to improve fairness when deploying AI-based algorithms in hiring. Virtual influencers (VIs) have become a more frequent alternative to human influencers (HIs). While it should be clear to users…

This year will mark the 33rd year of the Australasian Conference on Information Systems, which the University of Melbourne will host in early December in Melbourne. Professor Mirbabaie will attend the ACIS and contribute two research articles regarding remedying the drawbacks of remote work through emerging technologies such as meta-verses and the development of an artefact that improves cybersecurity.  To remedy the drawbacks of remote work…

In December, this year’s ICIS will take place in Copenhagen and Professor Mirbabaie will participate with two research articles. One explores the motivators for conducting digital detox, particularly regarding knowledge workers, while the other discusses the controversial usage of Persuasive System Design (PSD) that can disadvantage users. Dealing with information and communication technologies (ICT) for an extended period makes knowledge…