{"title":"Why Do Some STEM Doctors in Tech Companies Go Back to Academia?","authors":"Hochan Lee;Sangyoon Yi","doi":"10.1109/EMR.2025.3579538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2025.3579538","url":null,"abstract":"This qualitative study investigates why Ph.D.-qualified R&D engineers in the semiconductor industry sometimes transition back to academia or government research institutes. Using in-depth interviews with ten participants, we identified five core themes: 1) divergent priorities between academia and industry; 2) perceived underutilization of doctoral expertise; 3) constraints on sustained research productivity; 4) dissatisfaction with administrative responsibilities; and 5) favorable perceptions of academic roles. Notably, data from the Semiconductor Industry Association and the National Science Board indicate the critical yet evolving role of doctoral talent in driving semiconductor innovation. Actionable insights for managers include implementing hybrid roles that allow autonomy for deep research, adjusting intellectual property policies to support conference and journal publication, and rethinking short-term deliverables to better align with the long-term value Ph.D. holders can offer. The findings suggest that industry stakeholders must address structural and cultural issues to retain this crucial segment of talent.","PeriodicalId":35585,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering Management Review","volume":"54 1","pages":"218-224"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148511149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who Are the AI Scalers?","authors":"Jacques Bughin","doi":"10.1109/EMR.2025.3570622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2025.3570622","url":null,"abstract":"How artificial intelligence (AI) supports the performance of traditional firms remains uneven, despite firms having similar access to AI. Using a sample of global publicly quoted companies, we confirm early studies that heterogeneity in firms' ability to scale AI is related to the early orchestration of four AI-specific assets/resources (data, technology infrastructure, AI/data talent, and organizational design). Expanding on early academic work, we uncover four distinct resource-based segments, one of which operates with the full bundle of AI resources and which we call “AI Leaders.” This segment is comprised of the so-called “AI scalers,” i.e., firms for which more than 30% of their costs and revenues are already influenced by AI technologies, as they are able to capitalize on the stock of AI resources invested a few years earlier. We conclude that AI technologies are promising, but the translation of AI investments into significant macroeconomic effects will take time, given that only a small fringe of companies are AI leaders so far and that AI scaling depends on a compounding stock effect. We offer a checklist to turbocharge AI scaling based on all the findings in the research.","PeriodicalId":35585,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering Management Review","volume":"54 1","pages":"114-128"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148506060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Analysis of Patent Grants Between the Years 2015 and 2023 in Conjunction With Academic Publications to Obtain Complementary Information and Build Educator Confidence in Web3 Integration","authors":"Usharani Hareesh Govindarajan;Dhiraj Kumar Singh;Weibing Zhong;Hong-Zheng Sun-Lin","doi":"10.1109/EMR.2025.3578422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2025.3578422","url":null,"abstract":"The advent of the metaverse has sparked global interest, particularly in its potential to revolutionize various sectors, including education. This article examines the readiness of educational institutions for the transition from Web2 to Web3, focusing on the decentralized nature of the latter. It highlights the importance of analyzing both patents and academic papers to grasp the nuances of technological advancements and their implications for education. Employing a machine-learning technique known as class-based TF-IDF, the research analyzes 3317 patent grants and 4694 academic papers from 2015 to 2023. The findings reveal key technology specifications relevant to education in the Web3 era. The study adopts a four-layered approach to discuss these specifications, encompassing adaptive learning, innovative teaching methods, comprehensive evaluation, and a blend of scientific management with personalized service. The insights gained are synthesized into a proposed framework for Web3-enabled education, setting the stage for further exploration and discussion in this burgeoning field. This condensed overview serves to inform stakeholders in the education sector about the current landscape and future directions of Web3 technologies and their educational applications.","PeriodicalId":35585,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering Management Review","volume":"54 1","pages":"199-217"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148506613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Moosa Tatar;Soheila Farokhi;Arash Azizian Foumani;Emirhan Uzunlar;Ozgur M. Araz
{"title":"Application of Gemini in Public Health Amid the Artificial Intelligence Era","authors":"Moosa Tatar;Soheila Farokhi;Arash Azizian Foumani;Emirhan Uzunlar;Ozgur M. Araz","doi":"10.1109/EMR.2025.3577913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2025.3577913","url":null,"abstract":"In December 2023, Google DeepMind unveiled its large language model, Gemini, which is shown to be capable of understanding and processing multimodal information. This article explores the applications of Gemini in public health. Unlike traditional models, Gemini integrates and analyzes information through diverse modalities (text, image, video, etc.) fostering new applications. Notably, Google Gemini is presented as the first model to surpass human experts on the Massive Multitask Language Understanding benchmark, which combines multiple subjects including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, humanities, and others to test the knowledge and problem-solving abilities of artificial intelligence models. While Gemini's capabilities are claimed to surpass established models, such as ChatGPT, offering improved accuracy, efficiency, and interdisciplinary research integration, its utilization in research is still limited. A wide range of applications, including healthcare communication and delivery, medical diagnosis and decision-making, early disease diagnosis, public health surveillance, interventions, and education, drug research, and adverse effects prevention, can benefit from Gemini's features. By extracting insights from sizable datasets and comprehending complex medical information, Gemini enables researchers and practitioners. However, responsible use with expert oversight is crucial. Overall, Gemini's capabilities offer new opportunities for improving public health research, practice, and ultimately, population health outcomes.","PeriodicalId":35585,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering Management Review","volume":"54 1","pages":"21-27"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148510595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial: How to Make It Into a Peer-Reviewed Journal? Some Basic Recommendations That Can Make a Difference","authors":"Alexander Brem","doi":"10.1109/EMR.2026.3667248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2026.3667248","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35585,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering Management Review","volume":"54 1","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11433698","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148511150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Intuition to Insight: Leveraging AI to Forecast New Product Success","authors":"Robert g. Cooper","doi":"10.1109/EMR.2025.3559770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2025.3559770","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial intelligence (AI) holds transformative potential for decision making in new product development (NPD), yet firms remain hesitant to entrust investment Go/No-Go project decisions entirely to AI. This article explores how AI can address critical challenges in NPD, particularly by predicting product success using data-driven models. The author introduces an AI product risk and innovation success model (PRISM), an innovative seven-factor scorecard model powered by AI, designed to systematically assess NPD projects, fill information gaps, and provide unbiased success probabilities. AI-PRISM leverages external data sources and rigorous analysis to overcome the limitations of traditional methods, such as human biases and incomplete data. Validation tests demonstrate its reliability and accuracy, outperforming human evaluators in consistency. By integrating success probabilities into financial metrics, such as expected commercial value, AI-PRISM enhances the accuracy of Go/No-Go decisions, potentially doubling productivity in RD&E.","PeriodicalId":35585,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering Management Review","volume":"54 1","pages":"8-13"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148511152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Continuous Improvement Framework to Enhance Supply Chain Efficiency in Third-Party Logistics Companies","authors":"Yesim Sireli;Aniket Naik","doi":"10.1109/EMR.2025.3574105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2025.3574105","url":null,"abstract":"The article provides a comprehensive overview of supply chain optimization techniques and their impact on business performance and efficiency. It proposes an enhancement framework for supply chain processes using Six Sigma principles. The utilized framework, called Simple Process Improvement Needed (SPIN), essentially serves as a model for optimizing supply chain operations within the process. Our approach to supply chain optimization involves systematic data analysis and performance measurement with a focus on implementing Lean tools and techniques, as well as problem-solving methods of Lean Six Sigma. This study utilizes the SPIN framework to examine the implementation and execution of continuous improvement processes in the supply chain of a Third-Party Logistics and fulfillment services company. Although the benefits of continuous improvement are widely acknowledged, there is less understanding about its specific mechanisms for driving performance. This study addresses this gap by analyzing the mediating role of supply chain integration in relation to continuous improvement's impact on performance. The results show significant improvements in supply chain efficiency, with a 10% reduction in order processing time, a 25% decrease in average delivery time, and cost savings of 5%. This article presents valuable insights for professionals seeking to optimize their supply chains through continuous improvement. This framework and optimization model provides practical guidance for implementing continuous improvement initiatives and achieving sustainable performance enhancements.","PeriodicalId":35585,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering Management Review","volume":"54 1","pages":"180-198"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148506612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Brain Rot—The 2024 Oxford English Dictionary Word of the Year: Why Should Technology Leaders Care?","authors":"Alexander Serenko","doi":"10.1109/EMR.2025.3583977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2025.3583977","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses the 2024 Word of the Year—<italic>brain rot</i>—whose sudden popularity reflects deeper issues underlying contemporary social media. Brain rot is a colloquial term that refers to the negative cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects resulting from the purposeless, repetitive, and excessive consumption of trivial, unchallenging, and low-quality digital media content, primarily for short-form entertainment. This article defines the controversial term, explains its popularity, and explores its implications for technology leaders.","PeriodicalId":35585,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Engineering Management Review","volume":"54 1","pages":"14-20"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148511494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}