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Steven Walczak, Ph.D.
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BIO
Professor Steven Walczak, Ph.D. is a tenured Professor in the School of Information in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Florida. He earned his Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Florida and his M.S. in Computer Science and B.S. in Mathematics from the Johns Hopkins University and the Pennsylvania State University respectively. Dr. Walczak teaches in the health informatics and cybersecurity concentrations. His primary research interests are in applied artificial intelligence systems (including artificial neural networks, expert and knowledge-based systems, cognitive modeling, machine learning, and intelligent software agents), healthcare information systems, knowledge management and organizational learning, and electronic commerce specializing in online auctions and virtual presence. Recent projects involve using data science to identify note progression patterns in music for the purpose of studying musical borrowing, and using text analytics to categorize tweets from disaster zones.
Professor Doctor Walczak serves on the editorial boards of the following journals:
- International Journal of Business Environment, AE 2018-present
- International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, AE 2017-present
- International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies
- Journal of Organizational and End-User Computing, AE 2013-2015, Editor-in-Chief 2016-2018, AE 2019-present
- Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, Reviewer of the Year 2009
- The Learning Organization journal, Editor-in-Chief 2005-2007, Advisory Board 2008-present
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., University of Florida
- M.S., Johns Hopkins University
- B.S., Pennsylvania State University
Recent Publications & Research
- Walczak, S., & Velanovich, V. (2023). A neural network analysis of the effect of high and low frailty index indicators on predicting elective surgery discharge destinations. PLoS One, 18(4): e0284206. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284206.
- Walczak, S., & Moore-Pizon Jr., T. E. (2023). Detection of Musical Borrowing Using Data Science. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60(1), (London, England), 702-706.
- Walczak, S. (2021). Predicting Crime and Other Uses of Neural Networks in Police Decision Making. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 587943. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.587943.
- Sethuraman, S. C., Vijayakumar, V., & Walczak, S. (2020). Cyber Attacks on Healthcare Devices Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Journal of Medical Systems, 44(1), Article 29, doi:10.1007/s10916-019-1489-9.
- Walczak, S., & Velanovich, V. (2020). Prediction of perioperative transfusions using an artificial neural network. PLoS ONE, 15(2): e0229450. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229450.