Author:
Sherry L. Xie
Affiliation:
School of Information Resource Management, Renmin University of China, 59 Zhongguancun Ave., Beijing, China, Center for Digital Records Management Research, Beijing, China, Key Laboratory of Knowledge and Data Engineering, Ministry of Education of China and China
Keyword(s):
Pervasive Information Systems, Ubiquitous Computing, Pervasive Computing, Digital Decision, Technology Accountability, Accountability Information, Digital Records.
Abstract:
The Research on Balancing Theories and Mechanisms to Pervasive Information Systems (B2P) is one of the component studies of the Records-centered Digital Information Management Theory and Mechanisms (DI{R}Mtm) Project, which aims pointedly at synchronizing records/information related research interests with the evolution of information technologies and their joint impact on society. Due to the breakthroughs in cloud computing, big data, the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, ubiquitous/pervasive computing, conceived in 1988, has now been rapidly advanced. As its materialization in organizations, pervasive information systems (PISs) converges information technologies, data, digital operations and human actors and functions as the main channel for digital decisions. Digital decisions, therefore, are autonomous, algorithmic and penetrating, possessing influential abilities that are much greater than any single technology in human history, including the Internet. Such abiliti
es make it a strong force for societal advancement, yet, at the same time, a potential hurdle – even harm – for decision recipients who are unaware of the decision-making methods. The B2P study is conceived as a reaction to this phenomenon. This paper gives an overview of the B2P study and calls for collaborations among researchers from the various fields relevant to the aims of the study, i.e., archival science, records management, information science, pubic administration, law, social sciences, and computer sciences.
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