[EGOV LIST] Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: deadline extended

[Sehl Mellouli]

We apologize if you already received this call for papers

Due to several requests, we are very pleased to extend the deadline for 
papers submission to the Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence in the 
Public Sector at the Digital Government: Research and Practice journal.

*New Dates*
• Submission deadline: August 1, 2022
• First-round review decisions: October 1st, 2022
• Deadline for revision submissions: November 30, 2022
• Notification of final decisions: January 15, 2023
• Tentative publication: February 2023

Pls find below the CFP,

Best regards and thank you for considering this special issue.

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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 sector

to 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

*Important Dates*
• Submission deadline: August 1, 2022
• First-round review decisions: October 1st, 2022
• Deadline for revision submissions: November 30, 2022
• Notification of final decisions: January 15, 2023
• Tentative publication: February 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 Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector" 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*.

  
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Sehl Mellouli,
professeur titulaire/full professor
Vice-Recteur Adjoint aux Etudes et aux Affaires Etudiantes/Deputy Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs
Université Laval
Québec, Canada