Tayo Fabusuyi chaired the Economics, Markets,
and Networks Session at the INSNA Annual Conference in Hamburg, Germany. He
also made a presentation on a novel approach for studying the structure of an economy using a
combination of Network and Input–Output Analysis. The methodology employs
input-output multipliers for the visualization of economies and for the
computation of a set of network metrics which identify the inter-relationships
among industries within the economy.
A copy of the presentation is available here.
George C. Marshall Visit to Austria (Sept 2013)
Victoria Hill is a member of a team of nine experts that will be participating in this year’s George C. Marshall visit to Austria Program. The subject for this year’s visit is “Advanced Manufacturing / Access to Innovation, Securing the Talent Pipeline.” The program was established in 2007 by the Austrian government to recognize the assistance Austria received from the US after World War II. Every year, the program brings to Austria a group of decision makers from the US Congress and administration, various federal and state-level agencies, as well as think tanks and industry associations to highlight Austrian innovations in industry and technology.
South by South West (SXSW) Eco Conference (Oct 2013)
Victoria
Hill has been asked to be a speaker on a panel entitled “Engaging Youth in
Green Innovation” at SXSW Eco, a conference being held in Austin, Texas,
October 6-9, 2013. SXSW Eco hosts an international audience of thought leaders
and decision-makers working towards a sustainable and prosperous future to
solve the complex challenges facing civil society, the economy and the natural
world. The platform provides cross-sector opportunities for discussion on
critical matters towards actionable and profitable solutions.
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Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies (Jan 2013) Conference
Tayo Fabusuyi presented a practice ready paper at
the Jan meeting of the TRB in Washington D.C. The paper, co-wrote with Victoria
Hill and Robert Hampshire documents the framework utilized for both the
formative and summative evaluation of a smart parking application that provides
real time information on parking availability. The contributions of the
approach are the insights
it provides on how the key challenges created by the unique environment within
which the system was deployed were addressed. In addition, the framework was employed
in tackling response shift bias through the use of a binary system approach
that uniquely identifies distinct cohorts of respondents.
More information on
the practice ready paper is available here.
American Evaluation Association Brown bag idea exchange session (November 2012)
Tayo Fabusuyi and David Devlin – Foltz of
Aspen Institute led a small group discussion titled “Towards a Consensus on
Nomenclature and Standards on Advocacy Evaluation.” The brown bag session
examined advocacy challenges and makes the case for some structure robust
enough to capture the complexity inherent in the process.
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American Evaluation Association Mixed Methods Topical Interest Group (July 2012)
Tayo Fabusuyi and Victoria Hill contributed a blog entry on using a mixed method approach for evaluating a year-long program in Western Pennsylvania for high-school aged African American males. The framework employed was an open systems one in which three interrelated forms of behavioral changes were examined using two forms of inquiry. The approach allowed the evaluation team probe beyond program outputs to a more comprehensive assessment that takes into consideration the broader influences that often affect program outcomes of this nature. The evaluation strategy also naturally lends itself to data triangulation an attribute that helped reduce the risk of incorrect interpretations and strengthen the validity of the conclusions reached.
Predictive Parking App featured in The Parking Professional (February 2012)
Tayo Fabusuyi co-wrote an invited article with Robert Hampshire of the Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University on “Predictive Parking App” that was featured in the February 2012 issue of the “The Parking Professional”, the official magazine of the International Parking Institute.
American Evaluation Association blog on Community of Practice (January 2012)
Tayo Fabusuyi called for the establishment of a community of practice for the advocacy evaluation field, where evaluators working on advocacy and policy change evaluations can share with and learn from one another. He argued that one of the hallmarks of a nascent field, of which advocacy evaluation is one, is the absence of consensus on nomenclature and standards that most stakeholders subscribe to. It thus becomes imperative to foster a community of practice to aid in exchanging knowledge and in creating a body of work that addresses this deficit.
18th Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) World Conference (October 2011)
A demonstration
of the pilot project on parking availability within Pittsburgh’s Cultural
District was showcased at the 18th ITS World Conference in Orlando
Florida. The deliberation centered on the project’s unique characteristics that
include the collaborative efforts of funders, academia, nonprofit and
for-profit entities that were involved in the project, the environment in which
the product was deployed and the richness of the data from which the prediction
model and the robust evaluation strategy drew upon. Preliminary results from
the evaluation and next steps to be taken for a full project implementation
were also discussed.
A copy of the paper is
available here.
Risk Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands (March 2011)
Tayo Fabusuyi presented an analytics project that integrates uncertainty into the strategy formulation process at the Palisade Risk Conference in Amsterdam. The approach, applied to a manufacturing firm, combines both MCDM with Monte Carlo simulation with the objective of developing a strategic production plan that will achieve the best use of existing facilities while providing information on the possible expansion of the firm’s productive capacities. Through this approach, Numeritics was able to deliver a strategic plan that not only performs well across a broad spectrum of possibilities but is also nimble enough to respond quickly to unexpected events and contingencies.
A copy of the presentation is available here.