Dr. Artz's Research
My primary research interest is in the Philosophy of Information
Systems. However, one does not dive directly into the Philosphy of
Information Systems without a broad understanding of information
technology and a deep understanding of the history and philsophy of
science. In addtion, one does not teach relevant courses in a
practitioner's field like Information Systems without spending endless
hours keeping up with new technologies. Sadly, the way academia is
structured, one gets no reoognition for thousands of hours spent keeping
up with emerging technologies. One only gets credit for writing papers
that are relevant only to other academics, most of whom haven't the
foggiest idea what is really going on. Nonetheless, I am not doing
this for recognition. I am doing it because it is great fun. What I do
is extremely interesting to me and I enjoy it enormously. And that is
all the justification I need. If I won the lottery tomorrow I would keep
doing exactly what I am doing although I would probably drive a better
car and be a little nicer to my colleagues in finance so they could help
me figure out what to do with all that money.
Currently, I am working on a very difficult paper on the Philosophy of
Information Systems which is almost finished and should be submitted in
early 2015. This paper represents the culmination of two decades of
research and I have high hopes for it. If it does well, I will probably
get busy on some derivative papers fleshing out the ideas in more
detail. If it doesn't do well, I will probably turn my attention to one
of my other areas of interest which include:
- Writing Stories to Explore the Ethics of Technology
- Video Games as a Model for Education and Work
- The Role of Imagination in Coping with Rapid Technological Change
If I get ambitious, I will come back and flesh these out a little more.
For examples of what I have done thus far please see my
publications
and
presentations.