[EGOV LIST] Call for Papers: DGOV Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector

[Sehl Mellouli]

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Digital Government: Research and Practice

Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector

Guest Editors:
• Sehl Mellouli, Université Laval, sehl.mellouli at fsa.ulaval.ca

• Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, 
M.F.W.H.A.Janssen at tudelft.nl

• Adegboyega Ojo, Maynooth University, Adegboyega.Ojo at mu.ie

The digital transformation is evolving rapidly, and new AI-based 
solutions are constantly emerging in public sectorto help governments 
provide better services to their citizens and improving their internal 
processes. AI is now considered as a key enabler for digital innovation 
in the public sector. In this context, Artificial intelligence (AI) 
represents a new major research area in the field of digital government. 
It brings new techniques and tools such as machine learning, natural 
language processing, robotics, that can used to improve the government. 
With the promises of AI, governments are paying greater attention to 
this technology. Governments are not only looking at the applications of 
AI, but also how to transform their different organizations by taking 
advantages of AI and mitigating the risks associated with its adoption. 
In addition, policy makers are seeking to understand the impacts that AI 
can have on different levels of governments. However, AI does not only 
bring advantages to government; it also creates social, ethical, and 
legal challenges. These challenges need to be addressed and solutions 
need to be provided to overcome them.

We invite high-quality submissions that employ quantitative, 
qualitative, and mixed-method research approaches. We encourage the 
submission of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research. Finally, 
we also welcome submissions that deploy computer simulations based on AI 
and machine-learning techniques.

Topics

The topics of this track are, but are not limited to:

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    Impact and evaluation of AI

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    AI enabling transformation

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    AI machine learning techniques, natural language processing
    techniques and deep learning techniques

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    AI adoption and acceptance

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    AI for decision and policy-making

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    Legal issues related to AI

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    AI and data quality

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    AI and privacy & security

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    AI and governments’ services and policies

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    AI impacts on (IT) teams, transparency, accountability, fairness and
    trustworthiness

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    AI maturity models

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    Value sensitive design and public values in AI

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    Ethical considerations and challenges

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    Bots for governments

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    Comparative studies of AI adoption

CALL FOR PAPERS

Important Dates

• Submission deadline: June 30, 2022
• First-round review decisions: September 1st, 2022
• Deadline for revision submissions: October 30, 2022 • Notification of 
final decisions: November 30, 2022
• Tentative publication: January 2023

Submission Information

• Regular SI papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit their 
manuscripts electronically by the deadline listed above and should 
adhere to the ACM Digital Government: Research and Practice guidelines 
(dl.acm.org/journal/dgov/author-guidelines).
Please submit your papers through the online system 
(mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dgov) and be sure to select the "Special Issue 
on New Trends of Building Digital Government in China" option for the 
paper- type. We expect 10-15 papers to be featured in this special issue.

• Commentaries: In addition to full paper submissions, we invite 
international colleagues to submit commentaries to enrich and facilitate 
discussions of the topics above and beyond. This submission type should 
be within 1,000-2,500 words.

Review Process:
The submitted manuscripts will receive at least three reviews by the 
DGOV editorial board and other international colleagues. The 
commentaries will be reviewed by two editorial board members, including 
the special issue editors.

For questions and further information, please contact Sehl Mellouli at 
sehl.mellouli at fsa.ulaval.ca.



-- 
Sehl Mellouli, professeur titulaire/full professor

Vice-Recteur Adjoint aux Etudes et aux Affaires Etudiantes/Deputy Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs

Universite Laval

G1V 0A6, Quebec, Quebec, Canada