{"id":1235,"date":"2024-08-21T10:54:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T08:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/itm-management\/?p=1235"},"modified":"2024-08-21T10:57:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T08:57:54","slug":"campus-buzz-conferences-and-ai-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/itm-management\/2024\/08\/campus-buzz-conferences-and-ai-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus buzz, conferences and AI insights"},"content":{"rendered":"

In English further down.<\/p>\n

Campusliv, konferenser och AI-insikter<\/h2>\n

Campus sprudlar av aktiviteter f\u00f6r alla nya studenter och inom kort \u00e4r vi tillbaka i en vardag med undervisning och forskning. F\u00f6r egen del k\u00e4ndes \u00e5rets sommarledighet ovanligt l\u00e5ng. Jag var inte ledig fler veckor \u00e4n vanligt, men tror att k\u00e4nslan beror p\u00e5 att jag i \u00e5r varit b\u00e4ttre p\u00e5 att faktiskt h\u00e5lla mig borta fr\u00e5n att l\u00e4sa mejl och att inte f\u00f6rs\u00f6ka komma ikapp med v\u00e4ntande skrivande och artiklar som ska granskas. Jag hoppas att ni som upplevde att det var mycket att st\u00e5 i under v\u00e5rterminen har f\u00e5tt m\u00f6jlighet att vila upp er och ladda batterierna. Vi har fortsatt mycket f\u00f6r\u00e4ndringsarbete att hugga tag i f\u00f6r att se till att f\u00e5 v\u00e5r ekonomi i balans, b\u00e5de vad det g\u00e4ller utbildning och forskning, och jag hoppas att vi under h\u00f6sten ocks\u00e5 ska se tydliga tecken p\u00e5 att vi \u00e4r p\u00e5 r\u00e4tt v\u00e4g.<\/p>\n

I juni hade jag det stora n\u00f6jet att tillsammans med Mats Engwall st\u00e5 som v\u00e4rd f\u00f6r en stor konferens, R&D Management, som i slut\u00e4ndan kunde r\u00e4kna in \u00f6ver 700 deltagare. Tack vare utomordentliga insatser av involverade kollegor och studenter f\u00f6rfl\u00f6t hela konferensen p\u00e5 ett glimrande s\u00e4tt och vi har efter konferensen f\u00e5tt ta emot v\u00e4ldigt mycket positiv feedback. Ett speciellt tack ska riktas till INDEK-doktoranden Evelina H\u00e5den f\u00f6r hennes utomordentliga hantering av alla praktikaliteter under konferensens slutplanering och genomf\u00f6rande. Utan hennes hj\u00e4lp hade jag och min namne p\u00e5 INDEK s\u00e4kert beh\u00f6vt betydligt mer ledighet f\u00f6r att \u00e5terh\u00e4mta oss. \u00c4ven om det inneb\u00e4r en betydande anstr\u00e4ngning att organisera stora konferenser hoppas jag att vi kommer att se fler s\u00e5dana \u00a0p\u00e5 ITM-skolan fram\u00f6ver. Vi konstaterade att v\u00e5ra m\u00e5nga internationella g\u00e4ster verkligen uppskattade att bes\u00f6ka KTH och Stockholm, men det var ocks\u00e5 \u00a0gl\u00e4djande att se kollegor fr\u00e5n v\u00e4ldigt m\u00e5nga svenska l\u00e4ros\u00e4ten. Vi har en fantastisk tillg\u00e5ng i v\u00e5rt campus och jag hoppas fler tar m\u00f6jligheten att visa upp v\u00e5r milj\u00f6 och sprida bilden av ett attraktivt universitet, speciellt som rektor nu ocks\u00e5 gjort det betydligt billigare att utnyttja v\u00e5ra lokaler f\u00f6r just konferenser.<\/p>\n

F\u00f6r tv\u00e5 veckor sedan hade jag tillsammans med en handfull kollegor f\u00f6rm\u00e5nen att ist\u00e4llet sj\u00e4lv vara konferensdeltagare p\u00e5 Academy of Management\u00a0 i Chicago, tillsammans med\u00a0 ungef\u00e4r 10 000 andra forskare fr\u00e5n hela v\u00e4rlden. Vanligtvis \u00e4r den dominerande k\u00e4nslan n\u00e4r man \u00e4r p\u00e5 denna konferens att man missar n\u00e4stan allt. Det g\u00e5r ju bara att vara med p\u00e5 en br\u00e5kdel av alla intressanta sessioner och det \u00e4r s\u00e5ledes oundvikligt att man missar en massa intressanta artiklar, workshops och paneldiskussioner. I \u00e5r var dock det starkaste intrycket att allting genomsyrades av artificiell intelligens. Ungef\u00e4r en tredjedel av konferensinneh\u00e5llet ber\u00f6rde olika aspekter av hur AI p\u00e5verkar hur vi leder och organiserar arbete, och d\u00e5 i synnerhet kunskapsarbete s\u00e5som forskning och utveckling. M\u00f6jligen \u00e4r detta intresse f\u00f6r AI s\u00e5 stort just f\u00f6r att v\u00e5r egen verksamhet kan komma att p\u00e5verkas p\u00e5 ett genomgripande s\u00e4tt av dessa nya teknologier. Det kan s\u00e4kert vara s\u00e5 att alla f\u00f6rhoppningar (?) om AI-l\u00f6sningar inte kommer att infrias och att utvecklingen kommer att ta lite l\u00e4ngre tid \u00e4n f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntat, men baserat p\u00e5 de exempel som kommer upp till ytan st\u00e5r vi inf\u00f6r en b\u00e5de sp\u00e4nnande och utmanande framtid\u00a0 i v\u00e5r bransch. En tydlig l\u00e4rdom fr\u00e5n konferensen var att det inte verkar speciellt framg\u00e5ngsrikt att tvinga p\u00e5 AI p\u00e5 medarbetare utan n\u00e4stan alla lyckade exempel byggde p\u00e5 personliga initiativ som successivt kunde utvecklas och spridas till andra. Jag hoppas att \u00e5tskilliga s\u00e5dana experiment redan \u00e4r p\u00e5 g\u00e5ng hos m\u00e5nga p\u00e5 ITM, b\u00e5de inom utbildning och forskning, och att vi inom kort kan sprida l\u00e4rdomar fr\u00e5n dessa \u00f6ver institutioner och skolor.<\/p>\n

\/Mats Magnusson, andre vice skolchef p\u00e5 ITM<\/p>\n

Campus buzz, conferences and AI insights<\/h2>\n

The campus is buzzing with activities for our new students, and soon we’ll be back in the daily routine of teaching and research. This year, my summer vacation felt unusually long. I didn’t take more time off than usual, but I think the feeling stems from the fact that I was better at truly disconnecting \u2013 staying away from emails and not trying to catch up on pending writing or article reviews. I hope those of you who found the spring semester particularly busy had the chance to rest and recharge. We still have significant work ahead to ensure our finances are balanced, both in education and research. I\u2019m hopeful that this fall, we’ll start to see clear signs that we\u2019re on the right track.<\/p>\n

In June, I had the great pleasure of co-hosting the R&D Management conference with Mats Engwall, which ultimately attracted over 700 participants. Thanks to the outstanding efforts of our colleagues and students, the entire event ran smoothly, and we received a lot of positive feedback. A special thanks goes to Evelina H\u00e5den, a PhD student at INDEK, for her excellent management of all the practical details during the final planning and execution of the conference. Without her help, Mats and I would have certainly needed significantly more time off to recover. Although organizing large conferences is a major undertaking, I hope we\u2019ll see more of them at the ITM School in the future. It was clear that our international guests thoroughly enjoyed visiting KTH and Stockholm, and it was equally gratifying to see so many colleagues from Swedish universities. Our campus is a fantastic asset, and I hope more people take the opportunity to showcase our environment and promote the image of an attractive university, especially now that president Anders has made it much more affordable to use our facilities for conferences.<\/p>\n

Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending the Academy of Management conference in Chicago, along with a handful of colleagues and about 10,000 other researchers from around the world. Usually, the overwhelming feeling at this conference is that you\u2019re missing out on almost everything. You can only attend a fraction of the fascinating sessions, inevitably missing out on many interesting papers, workshops, and panel discussions. However, this year, the most striking impression was how pervasive artificial intelligence was throughout the conference. About a third of the content touched on various aspects of how AI is transforming the way we manage and organize work, particularly knowledge work such as research and development. Perhaps the intense focus on AI is due to the profound impact these new technologies may have on our own activities. While not all the hopes for AI solutions may materialize as quickly as anticipated, the examples emerging suggest we are heading into an exciting and challenging future in our field.<\/p>\n

A key takeaway from the conference was that imposing AI on employees doesn\u2019t seem to be very effective. Instead, nearly all successful examples were driven by personal initiatives that gradually developed and spread. I hope many such experiments are already underway at ITM, both in education and research, and that we can soon share these insights across departments and schools.<\/p>\n

\/Mats Magnusson, Second Deputy Head of the ITM School<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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