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5 technologies remaking the supply chain
Artificial intelligence, blockchain, robotics, 3D printing, and the internet of things are set to supercharge supply chains.
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Stuart Madnick is the John Norris Maguire Professor of Information Technologies, Emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Founding Director of Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan: the Interdisciplinary Consortium for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.Madnick’s involvement in cybersecurity research goes back to 1979, when he coauthored the book Computer Security. Currently, he heads the Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan Initiative, formerly called the Interdisciplinary Consortium for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, aka (IC)3.
Madnick holds a PhD in computer science from MIT and has been an MIT faculty member since 1972. He served as the head of MIT's Information Technologies Group in the Sloan School of Management for more than 20 years. He is the author or coauthor of more than 300 books, articles, and reports. Besides cybersecurity, his other research interests include Big Data, semantic connectivity, database technology, software project management, and the strategic use of information technology.Madnick has served as a consultant to major corporations and has been the cofounder of five high-tech firms. He currently operates the 14th-century Langley Castle Hotel in England.
Madnick, Stuart. Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2018.
Madnick, Stuart. Harvard Business Review, May 2017.
Madnick, Stuart. MIT Sloan Management Review, November 2019. Download Paper.
Houghton, James, Michael Siegel, Stuart Madnick, Nobuaki Tounaka, Kazutaka Nakamura, Takaaki Sugiyama, Daisuke Nakagawa, Buyanjargal Shirnen. Sociological Methods and Research Vol. 48, No. 3 (2019): 588-607. Download Paper.
Huang, Keman, Michael Siegel, Keri Pearlson, and Stuart Madnick. MIT Sloan Management Review, July 2019.
Jalali, Mohammad S., Michael Siegel, and Stuart Madnick. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems Vol. 28, No. 1 (2019): 66-82. Download Paper.
The details and implications are complex and barely touched on by the frequent 30 second television spots by both the pro and con groups.
Artificial intelligence, blockchain, robotics, 3D printing, and the internet of things are set to supercharge supply chains.
Source: The Wall Street Journal (Video)
TikTok has been labelled a national-security threat by the U.S., but it's not unique in the data it collects.
Source: WCAI
CAI’s The Point talks with those in opposition and in support of the initiatives, and takes listener questions and comments.
Source: Harvard Business Review (Opinion Piece)
"Setting a precedent of banning everyday technologies could quickly spiral out of control and seriously disrupt almost all international trade.”
Source: Harvard Business Review (Opinion Piece)
Keman Huang and Stuart Madnick write: "Importantly, a cyberattack is a crisis, but it can also be an opportunity."