Tech giants play an increasingly important role in the economy and in our everyday lives, but companies like Alphabet, Amazon and Apple are all based in the United States. In an age of heightened geopolitical tensions, some are calling for greater domestic control over the digital infrastructure we’ve all come to rely on.
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Published on: 7 Apr 2026
In a recent piece in The Conversation, Professor Emmanuelle Vaast examines the growing tensions between the use of artificial intelligence in warfare and surveillance. The discourse is prompted by a decision from AI company Anthropic, whose CEO refused to grant the U.S. military unrestricted access to its AI systems. The company established two "red lines": prohibiting the use of its technology for mass surveillance of citizens and preventing the deployment of fully autonomous weapons without having human oversight.
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Published on: 9 Mar 2026
The world of business is changing, and MBA programs are changing with it. Employers now expect new hires to arrive with strong AI skills, and since January 2025, AI has been part of the curriculum at McGill Desautels. “It’s unavoidable,” Associate Professor of Information Systems Geneviève Bassellier told Les Affaires.
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Published on: 18 Feb 2026
A surge of reports about loosened lug nuts on vehicles across Quebec has raised alarm among drivers and authorities, with some linking the dangerous trend to a resurfacing social mediamedia “lug nut challenge.” Emmanuelle Vaast, professor of information systems at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management, warns that even minimally viral trends can become dangerous.
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Published on: 9 Feb 2026
On Friday, May 13, members of the Desautels Faculty of Management gathered to celebrate the innovative and impactful research conducted by its scholars.
Fifteen professors were on hand to deliver two-minute presentations of their most interesting and research.
Before jumping into the presentations, Dean Yolande Chan took the time to highlight this year's Desautels Faculty Scholar awardees. Congratulations to this year's awardees!
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Published on: 20 May 2022
Authors: Nadège Levallet and Yolande E. Chan
Publication: European Journal of Information Systems, Forthcoming
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Published on: 17 Mar 2022
Dror Etzion, Animesh Animesh and Christopher Luederitz awarded SSHRC Partnership Development Grant
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Published on: 22 Jul 2021
Warut Khern-am-nuai, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, awarded 2021 NSERC Discovery Grant
“Helping Retail Industry Navigate the Post-Pandemic World with Artificial Intelligence”
The retail industry has significantly suffered from the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic. The overarching goal of this research program is to assist the retail industry to navigate the “new normal” of the post-pandemic world by using AI models.
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Published on: 22 Jul 2021
Emmanuelle Vaast, Professor of Information Systems and Alain Pinsonneault, Professor of Information Systems, awarded 2021 SSHRC Insight Grant
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Published on: 22 Jul 2021
Authors: Kai Zhu, Dylan Walker and Lev Muchnik
Publication: Information Systems Research, Volume 32, Issue 2, June 2020, Pages 491-509.
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Published on: 6 May 2021
Congratulations to Kai Zhu, Assistant Professor in Information Systems, whose paper won the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year.
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Published on: 3 May 2021
Authors: S. Nazir and Alain Pinsonneault
Publication: The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, Volume 30, Issue 2, June 2021, 101654
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Published on: 24 Mar 2021
Authors: A. Kim, R.L. Saha, and Warut Khern-am-nuai
Publication: Information Systems Research, Forthcoming
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Published on: 3 Mar 2021
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.
This article is brought to you by Delve, the official thought leadership publication of McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management.
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Published on: 16 Feb 2021
Authors: Y. Yu, Warut Khern-am-nuai and Alain Pinsonneault
Publication: MIS Quarterly, Forthcoming
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Published on: 9 Feb 2021
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