Welcome to my blog, where I will post some most recent news and insights related to my studies, research and public activities.
AMCIS2026 Human–AI Collaboration and Governance for Responsible and Sustainable Digital Ecosystems mini-track
As digital transformation accelerates, the convergence of AI, data governance, and ecosystem thinking is reshaping how organizations create strategic value, build competitiveness, and sustain innovation advantage. Digital and data ecosystems are increasingly complex, spanning…
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PhD Opportunity: Responsible & Sustainable AI, University of Tartu
We are planning to open fully funded 4-year PhD position(s) starting in 2026/2027 (University of Tartu · Information Systems Research Group), seeking ambitious, motivated candidates to explore the frontier of Responsible and Sustainable AI.…
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Green AI: ENFIELD Challenge & ECAI2025 Workshop
🔴🟢 Red or Green Pill? Which path will AI take? Last month, we officially launched the Green AI Challenge, part of the Horizon Europe ENFIELD – AI Network of Excellence, and October saw a…
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From “Data Quality for AI” to “AI for Data Quality Management”: Insights from BIR 2025
Back in September, our paper “From Data Quality for AI to AI for Data Quality: A Systematic Review of Tools for AI-Augmented Data Quality Management in Data Warehouses” was presented at the BIR Business…
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AI, Data, and Public Benefit: Reflections from Data for Policy CIC 2025
At Data for Policy CIC 2025 in The Hague, themed “Twin Transition in Data and Policy for a Sustainable and Inclusive Future,” we explored how emerging technologies—especially AI—and diverse data sources can support accountable,…
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Advancing Democracy & AI: Reflections from IJCAI, PRICAI, and ICA 2025 Workshops
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how societies govern, deliberate, and make collective decisions. Over the past year, our Democracy & AI workshop series—held across IJCAI, PRICAI, and ICA—has become a global forum for examining…
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Celebrating Our Contribution to the 50th Anniversary of Government Information Quarterly
Marking a half-century of shaping the field, Government Information Quarterly (GIQ) celebrates 50 years as the leading journal in digital government research—and I am honored that our latest article, “Reflections on the Nature of…
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From Krems to Linz: Reflections from EGOV 2025 and a Research Visit to Austria
September brought a truly inspiring and intense sequence of events: the EGOV 2025 from Doctoral Colloquium to Junior Faculty School, and the main IFIP EGOV 2025 conference in Krems, followed by a research stay…
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Call for Papers: Accountable and Inclusive Digital Ecosystems for Public Value Creation — dg.o 2026
Call for Papers is now open for our track “Accountable and Inclusive Digital Ecosystems for Public Value Creation” at the 27th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2026). The conference will take…
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The Evolution of Public Data Ecosystems: Our new GIQ paper
Our new paper, “Theorizing the evolution of public data ecosystems: An empirically grounded multi-generational model and future research agenda”, has been published in Government Information Quarterly. This publication marks the conclusion of a long-running…
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Turing Award winner Robert Tarjan visits University of Tartu
How often do you get to host a Turing Award winner? This week (12 May) we – University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science – hosted Robert Tarjan, who also delivered the public lecture…
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Green-Aware AI 2025 Workshop at ECAI2025
Join us – Riccardo Cantini, Luca Ferragina, Davide Mario Longo, Anastasija Nikiforova, Simona Nisticò, Francesco Scarcello, Reza Shahbazian, Dipanwita Thakur, Irina Trubitsyna, Giovanna Varricchio (University of Calabria & University of Tartu) – at the…
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IJCAI2025 Workshop on Democracy and AI (DemocrAI 2025) workshop
Join us – Jawad Haqbeen, Rafik Hadfi, Takayuki Ito, Anastasija Nikiforova (Kyoto University & University of Tartu) – at the 6th International Workshop on Democracy and AI (DemocrAI 2025) to take place conjunction with…
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HICSS2026 Sustainable and Trustworthy Digital and Data Ecosystems for Societal Transformation mini-track
The HICSS2026 mini-track invites research on “Sustainable and Trustworthy Digital and Data Ecosystems for Societal Transformation.” It seeks studies addressing the evolution of digital ecosystems focusing on AI, governance, and sustainability, exploring their role…
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EGOV2025 – IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-EPART 2025 & our Emerging Issues and Innovations Track
Are you focusing on new topics emerging in the field of ICT and public sector, incl. public-private ecosystems? Then it is time to start preparing your submission for EGOV2025 – IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-EPART Emerging Issues…
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Wrapping up 2024!🍾🥂🎇
It is already a good tradition at the end of the year to take a moment and wrap up the year, thus reminding myself of what was actually done, thus explaining to myself that…
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45th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS2024)
As the year comes to an end, so does the 45th edition of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS2024) —a conference filled with presentations, countless chats with old colleagues and friends and meeting…
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CFP for AMCIS2025 “Sustainable Digital and Data Ecosystems – Navigating the Age of AI” mini-track
The Association for Information Systems (AIS) organized America’s Conference on Information Systems is coming! This year it will be held in Montreal (Canada), running under the general theme of “Intelligent technologies for a better…
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Data for Policy 2025 Europe Edition
And we are back with the new edition of Data for Policy 2025 Conference, preparation to which are in full swing! And as part of these preparations, we 📣 Call for Special Tracks for…
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DGO 2025 “Sustainable Public and Open Data Ecosystems for inclusive and innovative government” track
26th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o2025) is coming with continuation of the track we launched the last time – “Sustainable Public and Open Data Ecosystems for inclusive and innovative government” track (chairs: Anastasija…
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Panel on Trust in AI @Digital Life Norway: In AI we trust!? (or don’t we? / should we?)
This October, I had an opportunity to participate in the panel on Trust in AI that took place as part of Digital Life Norway conference organized by Centre for Digital Life Norway (Norwegian University…
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27th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2024): Celebrating the past, inspiring the future
This October was one of the busiest yet most rewarding months of the year for me. Among several work trips, the highlight was attending the 27th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2024) in…
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The Estonian Open Data Forum – Celebrating Progress and Recognizing Achievements
This October, I had the distinct honor of participating in Estonia’s premier event on open data, the Open Data Forum (Avaandmete foorum), organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia, invited…
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The University of Tartu ranks among the top 1% the world’s most highly-cited research institutions & Stanford Elsevier Top Scientists List
Did you know that the University of Tartu ranks among the top 1% the world’s most highly-cited research institutions in the world? This [but not only, of course] makes it one of Northern Europe’s leading universities…
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CFP for Special Issue in IEEE Transactions on Technology & Society: Trustworthy Data Ecosystems for Digital Societies
IEEE Transactions on Technology & Society launches the new Special Issue on the “Trustworthy Data Ecosystems for Digital Societies”, edited by Asif Gill, Anastasija Nikiforova, Ina M. Sebastian, Martin Lnenicka, Anushri Gupta. On behalf…
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European Open Science Cloud “FAIR Metrics and Digital Objects Task Force” or the 2nd chapter of my participation with EOSC TFs
From 2021 to 2024, I had the privilege of being part of the “FAIR Metrics and Data Quality” Task Force, where we made strides in advancing the FAIR principles and improving data quality across…
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The 25th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (DGO2024): a brief summary on presenter, track chair, panel organizer, and moderator roles
Last week, I had the pleasure of participating in the 25th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (DGO2024), organized by the Digital Government Society and hosted by National Taiwan University in the beautiful…
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Estonian Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (EXAI)
A pivotal moment for AI research and application in Estonia – opening of the Estonian Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence (EXAI) that brings together 13 research groups from the University of Tartu, Tallinn…
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International Week in Babeș-Bolyai University 🇷🇴 any 6-hour long course on “Crafting Success: The Art of Business Process Management”
This May, I had a pleasure to take part in International Week in Babeș-Bolyai University (Romania) 🇷🇴 delivering 6-hour long “Crafting Success: The Art of Business Process Management” course for undergraduates, Master and PhD…
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Guest Lecture for the Federal University of Technology – Paraná (UTFPR) on “Unlocking the symbiotic relationship of Artificial Intelligence, Data Intelligence, Collaborative Intelligence, and Embodied Intelligence for innovative urban planning and governance of Smart Cities”
This May, I had a pleasure to deliver one more guest lecture for master and doctoral students of the Federal University of Technology – Paraná (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR)) as part of…
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CFP for The IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Communication, Networking and Services (ICCNS2024)
On behalf of the organizers (Technical Program Chair, Steering Committee, and finally publicity chair) of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Communication, Networking and Services (ICCNS2024), I am inviting everyone, who is conducting…
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Online International Training and Capacity Building Program-2024 (ITCBP-2024) for the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and my talk on “Data Management for AI Cities”
Yesterday, I had the honor of serving as an Expert speaker for an Online International Training and Capacity Building Program-2024 (ITCBP-2024) on “Data Management for AI Cities”, organised by the School of Planning and…
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Generative AI Role in Shaping the Future of Open Data Ecosystems: Synergies amidst Paradoxes
The role of Generative AI is the subject for debates in almost every domain today, and the open data (ecosystem) domain is no exception. Here’s my two cents on this with the blog post…
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Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Information Management (IJIM)
As of February 2024, I am an Editorial Board Member of the probably the most prestigious journal in my area – International Journal of Information Management (IJIM) (SJR Q1, ABDC: A*, IF 21), which…
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📢✍️🗞️New paper alert! “Sustainable open data ecosystems in smart cities: A platform theory-based analysis of 19 European cities”, Cities (Elsevier)
With this post I would like to introduce our new paper entitled “Sustainable open data ecosystems in smart cities: A platform theory-based analysis of 19 European cities” (authors: M. Lnenicka, A. Nikiforova, A. Clarinval,…
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Data Quality as a prerequisite for sustainable success of business and not only: no data quality, no party!
In response to several requests, I finally completed the very first blog post on data quality management. In this post, I’ve mainly “set the scene” with the intention of publishing several more in-depth blog…
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The United Nations University EGOV’s repository platform and five of my articles it recommends 📖📚🧐
Recently, the United Nations University announced the launch of the United Nations University EGOV’s repository platform – a centralized hub of specialized repositories tackling global challenges, which is dedicated to two topics – EGOV…
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Wrapping up 2023 🎆🎄🍾🥂🎇
The very last days of the year give us all time to reflect on what the past year has brought us. This years and these very last days of it are no exception. As…
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“Meet the publishers” or “Meet me with the Data & Policy” (Cambridge University Press) at CUDAN2023
Cultural Data Analytics Conference 2023 (CUDAN 2023) took place this week at Tallinn University, where I was kindly invited by the organizers to take part in the Meet The Publishers session representing Data &…
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📢✍️🗞️New paper alert! “Identifying patterns and recommendations of and for sustainable open data initiatives: A benchmarking-driven analysis of open government data initiatives among European countries”, GIQ
With this post I would like to introduce our new paper entitled “Identifying patterns and recommendations of and for sustainable open data initiatives: A benchmarking-driven analysis of open government data initiatives among European countries”…
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EGOV2024 – IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-EPART 2024 & our Emerging Issues and Innovations Track
Are you focusing on new topics emerging in the field of ICT and public sector, incl. public-private ecosystems? Then it is time to start preparing your submission for EGOV2023 – IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-EPART Emerging Issues…
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On my keynote “Unlocking the symbiotic relationship of Artificial Intelligence, Data Intelligence, and Collaborative Intelligence for Innovative Decision-Making and Problem Solving” (DemocrAI / PRICAI)
This November I was glad to deliver a keynote at The 3rd International Workshop on Democracy and AI (DemocrAI2023) held in conjunction with the 20th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI2023), which…
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Latvian Open Data Hackathon 2023 winners are announced
The annual Open Data Hackathon and Idea Generator of the Latvian Open Technologies Association (LATA), this year dedicated to the digital wallet, is over and we finally know the winners: We also greet a…
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📢📜New paper alert! Framework for understanding quantum computing use cases from a multidisciplinary perspective and future research directions
This post is dedicated to the “Framework for understanding quantum computing use cases from a multidisciplinary perspective and future research directions” (Ukpabi, D.C., Karjaluoto, H., Botticher, A., Nikiforova, A., Petrescu, D.I., Schindler, P., Valtenbergs,…
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CyberCommando’s meetup and my talk on Internet of Things Search Engines and their role in detecting vulnerable open data sources
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, as part of which CyberCommando’s meetup 2023 took place in the very heart of Latvia – Riga, where I was invited to deliver an invited talk that I devoted…
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CFP for The International Symposium on Foundation and Large Language Models (FLLM2023)
On behalf of the organizers of the The International Symposium on Foundation and Large Language Models (FLLM2023) co-located with The 10th International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security(SNAMS-2023), I am inviting everyone,…
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Stanford University’s database of top-cited scientists for 2022 is published
A few months ago, I celebrated 5 years since my first scientific publication – the time it took for me to get listed in the Stanford University’s database of top 2% scientists! To be honest,…
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CFP for Data For Policy 2024 is open!
And CFP for Data For Policy 2024 scheduled for 9-11 July, 2024 is open! All submissions are welcome with the deadline of 27 November, 2023. This year Data For Policy conference, which is organized…
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The International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies & Applications (iMeta) and the 8th IEEE International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC) in Tartu
This year we – University of Tartu, Institute of Computer Science – have a pleasure to host FMEC2023, taking place in conjunction with iMETA, where iMETA, as you can assume, is associated with the…
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CFP for a new dg.o2024 SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC AND OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEMS track
25th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o2024) is coming with the revised list of tracks, where the special attention I invite you to draw to is a new track “Sustainable Public and…
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IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-EPART 2023 – retrospective on how it was? From Metaverse to wine tasting
It finally took place! EGOV2023 – IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-EPART – one of the most recognized conference in e-Government, ICT and public administration and related topics (incl., Smart Cities, Sustainability, Innovation and many more) that lasted 3…
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📢New paper alert 📢“Predictive Analytics intelligent decision-making framework and testing it through sentiment analysis on Twitter data” or what people do and will think about ChatGPT?
This paper alert is dedicated to “Predictive Analytics intelligent decision-making framework and testing it through sentiment analysis on Twitter data” (authors: Otmane Azeroual, Radka Nacheva, Anastasija Nikiforova, Uta Störl, Amel Fraisse) paper, which is…
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🗓️🗓️🗓️ Save the date for “PPPS’2023 – Proactive and Personalised Public Services: Searching for Meaningful Human Control in Algorithmic Government” workshop
🗓️ 🗓️🗓️ Save the date – September 6th – for “PPPS’2023 – Proactive and Personalised Public Services: Searching for Meaningful Human Control in Algorithmic Government” workshop as part of International Federation for Information Processing…
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24th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: from the former President of Poland & Nobel Prize laureate Lech Wałęsa to the 3rd edition of our workshop on HVD
The week was full of impressions (positive) from the the 24th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research in the charming Gdańsk (Poland), which started with our workshop, followed by the keynote talk delivered by…
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Keynote at the 5th International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA 2023)
June 28 I had the honor to participate in the opening of CARMA2023 – 5th International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics “Internet and Big Data in Economics and Social Sciences” delivering my…
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Anastasija Nikiforova, PhD 