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Kwame Robinson

Title

Assistant Professor of Technology, Information Systems and Analytics

Email

hx4220@wayne.edu

Academic Programs

Technology, Information Systems and Analytics (TISA)

Kwame Robinson

Biography

Kwame Porter Robinson holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan's School of Information. His research was focused on ways of doing our economy differently, or community-based economies, using co-designed information systems using automation and AI.

His research emphasizes the bottom-up creation of community enterprise technology within the broader field of digital sustainability in information systems, supporting alternative approaches to economic systems.

Robinson got his start as a civilian data scientist in the Department of Defense, and transitioned to running my own data science consulting company, working with large philanthropies, non-governmental organizations, and state departments. After briefly working for a civic technology start up, he returned to academia for my Ph.D. This blend of public sector, entrepreneurial, and academic experiences informs his approach to information systems and technology design.

Education

Ph.D, Information, University of Michigan, 2024
Masters of Science, Computer Science, University of Maryland, 2012
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering (honors), New Mexico State University, 2008
Bachelor of Fine Art, Graphic Design (magna cum laude), Boston University, 2002

Publications

Ron Eglash, Kwame Porter Robinson, Audrey Bennett, Lionel Robert, Matthew Garvin (2023) “Computational Reparations as Generative Justice: Decolonial Transitions to Unalienated Circular Value Flow”, Big Data & Society
Robinson, K.P., Eglash, R., Bennett, A., Nandakumar, S. and Robert, L.P. (2020). “Authente-Kente: Enabling Authentication for Artisanal Economies with Deep Learning”, AI & Society, 10.13140/RG.2.2.27020.95362/2
Ron Eglash, Lionel P. Robert, Audrey Bennett, Kwame Porter Robinson, Michael LLachney, William Babbitt (2019) “Automation for the artisanal economy: enhancing the economic and environmental sustainability of crafting professions with human–machine collaboration”. AI & Society. DOI: 10.1007/s00146-019-00915-w

Awards

2023 Best Student Talk, From Theory to Practice: Building Ethical and Trustworthy AI, Michigan Institute for Data Science
2019 - 2024 Rackham Merit Fellowship, stipend with full tuition
2022 Rackham Professional Development Grant, ($400)
2020 Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant ($925)
2019 Rackham Conference Travel Grant($800)
2019 AWS Cloud Credits for Research (~$1,000)
2019 Amazon AWS Research Credit
2012 National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation
Department of Defense directorate level award and recognition for team