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xLab Students Explore Uses of Smart Home Technology
May 06, 2025This spring, an xLab student research team partnered with a large insurance company to explore how smart home technology could power a digital twin of customers’…
xLab and the West Side Market Partner on Customer Exploration Project
April 23, 2025Congratulations to the West Side Market – winner of the 2025 xLab Nonprofit Pitch Competition!
Meet an xLab Student who will present at the Weatherhead AI Symposium!
April 02, 2025Ruihuang Yang has worked with xLab for several semesters, first as an undergraduate computer science student, and currently as an MBA candidate. He has been the…
Empowering Personal Data Control: Introducing Halo Harbor – A New Era in Decentralized Data Management
April 01, 2025In today’s digital world, personal data is scattered across various platforms, often stored in centralized databases that expose users to security vulnerabilities…Beyond Coding: Why K-12 Education Must Expand Its Focus in the Age of AI
March 04, 2025Over the past couple of decades, K-12 education has made a significant shift towards STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Schools have embraced…
Open-Source AI: The Promise and Risks: Reflections on DeepSeek R1
February 04, 2025The AI community has been buzzing with excitement in the past week over the remarkable strides made by DeepSeek R1, a newly unveiled model that has rapidly gained…
AI is Eating the World: Why Ubiquitous Intelligence is Inevitable and How It Will Happen
January 07, 2025More than three decades ago, Mark Weiser envisioned a world where computing would seamlessly integrate into everyday life, becoming invisible and omnipresent. He…
AI or Human: Watermarking LLM-Generated Text
December 03, 2024The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) in recent years has allowed for the development of large language models (…Meet the Student Leaders of xLab
December 03, 2024Each semester, xLab works with a team of students who help support both client project work and research projects with xLab faculty. Just like other xLab student…
Unlocking the potential of AI for business transformation: A pathway for growth and resilience
November 06, 2024As AI reshapes industries, companies of all sizes are seeking ways to leverage its power to secure and expand their competitive edge.
xLab Student Team Working with Faculty Startup
November 06, 2024An xLab student team is partnering with Dr. Fred Collopy, emeritus professor from Weatherhead, for his startup application, Imager.Open Data 2.0: A Digital Revolution for All
September 12, 2024At the heart of the AI revolution is data. Without data, AI is nothing. As Kallinikos and Alaimo (2024) say in their excellent book,…
xLab and AI23 Launch Groundbreaking Student Project
September 12, 2024xLab and AI23 are teaming up this semester on a project with Weatherhead graduate students to integrate generative artificial intelligence (AI) with human…
LG Executives Tour xLab, Explore the Future of Smart Technology
September 12, 2024This summer, faculty and collaborators from xLab hosted executives from the LG headquarters in Seoul, for a four-day immersive experience probing the future…
Customer Service Training using Generative AI
May 09, 2024This semester an xLab team worked on a project for Progressive Insurance. It was the first semester of the project, and the team was tasked to create a tool to…
Exploring the Truck Rental Experience with Penske Transportation Solutions
May 09, 2024This spring, the xLab team has been working closely with Penske Transportation Solutions to explore the truck rental experience with an emphasis on pick up and…
Halo Harbor Privacy Preserving Architecture
May 09, 2024This semester, a team from xLab is working to develop a privacy-preserving web-based application that provides users control over their personal data while…
Innovating Smart Home Strategies for Millennials
May 09, 2024This semester, the xLab team has continued looking into how to innovate smart home products and appliances to be more exciting for millennials. The team includes…
Maturing with AI
May 06, 2024Authored by Youngjin Yoo, Associate Dean of Research; xLab Co-Faculty Director
Leveraging in the Age of AI: AI Symposium Recap
May 06, 2024How can an organization effectively harness the value of artificial intelligence to further their organization and their people? This question was explored by…
Weatherhead Student Showcase
May 06, 2024On April 26th, the inaugural Student Showcase event at the Weatherhead School of Management marked a milestone as both graduate and undergraduate students from…
Design thinking supported by generative AI: How far can we go?
April 04, 2024Stefan Agamanolis, associate director of strategic research initiatives, Weatherhead School of Management
In the rapidly evolving landscape of…
AI Governance: Pulling the Pieces Together
March 13, 2024As AI accelerates along an exponential curve of features and intelligence, there are hidden risks and opportunities that require active governance strong enough…
Leading in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Symposium to be held March 1
January 19, 2024Join Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management for a Leading in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Symposium on Friday, March 1,…
Mark P. Dangelo: The Path to 2024 Growth–A Sea Change of AI Transformations and Upskilling
December 05, 2023By Mark P. Dangelo
The year 2023 - the year of generative AI
December 05, 2023By Youngjin Yoo,
Faculty Co-Director, xLab
Associate Dean of Research, Weatherhead School of ManagementAs we close the year…
Fall 2023 xLab student projects
November 30, 2023Over the fall semester of 2023, students who participated in xLab projects were partnered with companies to work on real-world digital innovation projects…
Driving health discoveries with non-health data
October 31, 2023By Stefan Agamanolis, associate director of strategic research programs, Weatherhead School of Management
In his article last March, xLab…
Meet Margaux Johnstone
October 31, 2023Meet Margaux Johnstone, who is currently working with xLab as a teaching assistant, after taking xLab as a course in a previous semester. She is a third-year…
Fourth-year computer science majors win Future of Baseball Fanship Innovation Challenge
October 02, 2023Weatherhead School of Management’s xLab hosted its inaugural pitch competition, Future of…
Research: "Accelerating Genomic Data Sharing and Collaborative Research with Privacy Protection"
October 02, 2023xLab faculty co-director and associate professor of computer science, Dr.…
Meet Rob Relief, xLab project coach
September 29, 2023Meet Weatherhead School of Management alumnus and xLab project coach, Rob Relief (MGT '19). He is currently the lead senior product manager of the customer…
AI-enabled regtech in action: KPMG perspectives
August 29, 2023By Mark Dangelo
In the world of artificial intelligence- (AI-) enabled solutions, the quantum advancements surrounding innovative…
In an AI reimagined financial world, it begins with the consumer (part three)
July 06, 2023Sustainable customer-centric AI for BFSI industry operations requires not just quality data and system interoperability—it demands shifts in mindsets. AI’s…
In an AI reimagined financial world, it begins with the consumer (part two)
June 08, 2023What happens when those breathtaking artificial intelligence (#AI) solutions are wrong? Moreover, when AI systems “talk” or cascade to other downstream AI…
In an AI reimagined financial world, it begins with the consumer (part one)
May 24, 2023AI is undergoing its “Halo and Horns Effect”—everything it touches is anticipated to turn into a pot of gold or end civilization. However, while the promise…
Meet xLab Advisor Mike Fisher
March 22, 2023Michael Fisher, former CTO of Etsy, has joined xLab as a technical advisor for several student projects. Fisher is currently working with three xLab teams…
xLab member spotlight: Natalie Smolenski
February 14, 2023Natalie Smolenski has been partnering with xLab since 2021. She is a business development executive at Hyland and an xLab corporate member. Natalie is also an…
Faculty Director Youngjin Yoo discusses how ChatGPT is shaking up the classroom in Northeast Ohio
February 09, 2023ideastream: Youngjin Yoo, the Elizabeth M. and…
Preparing for 2023: How business leaders should navigate the impact of AI development with ChatGPT-3
January 23, 2023As we approach the year 2023, it's important for business leaders to start thinking about how to prepare for the impact of artificial intelligence (AI)…
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Q&A with Nikita Tayal, MBA student
December 13, 2022This semester, Nikita Tayal, a Weatherhead School of Management MBA student with a concentration in design, analytics and fintech, has been working with xLab on…
Hyland Software Phase 3
October 07, 2022The partnership between Hyland Software and xLab is continuing into its third semester. Students who are new to xLab are working with students from past…
Members’ Day recap
October 07, 2022xLab hosted its first ever Members’ Day in September, a couple weeks into the semester. Representatives from Hyland Software, Progressive Insurance, Avery…
Progressive Insurance: Employee wellness in the call center
October 07, 2022This semester, students from xLab are working closely with Progressive Insurance to better understand factors that contribute to employee wellness and resilience…
xLab welcomes Ray Leach, CEO of JumpStart, to the advisory board!
October 07, 2022Ray Leach is the founding CEO of JumpStart Inc., a Cleveland-based non-profit venture development organization that has gained a national best-in-class…
Ryan Tatton, Erman Ayday, Youngjin Yoo and Anisa Halimi to have research published in the IEEE Health Com 2022
September 02, 2022ShareTrace: Contact Tracing with the Actor Model
IEEE HealthCom 2022
Ryan Tatton, Erman Ayday,…xLab project update for the fall semester
September 02, 2022Universal Learning and Employment (LER) Ecosystem: Privacy-Preserving Verifiable Credentialing Solution
Earlier in the year, xLab…
Erman Ayday receives NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program grant
September 02, 2022Congratulations to Erman Ayday, xLab professor and assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Data Science, for being awarded a National Science…
Youngjin Yoo given awards from Case Western Reserve and Academy of Management
September 02, 2022Congratulations to xLab founder and faculty director, Youngjin Yoo, on two recent awards: the 2022 Faculty Distinguished Research Award from Case Western Reserve…
xLab partners with Hyland Software and Dataswift to develop solution for digital credentials
May 17, 2022Hyland, Dataswift, and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) xLab students continued their partnership this semester in developing a solution for storing and…
xLab partners with global electronics manufacturer to evaluate household robots in the US
May 17, 2022This semester, students from xLab teamed up with a global electronics manufacturer to evaluate how two of its consumer robots could be used in households in the…
Interview with xLab advisory board member, Greg Gumbs
May 17, 2022Greg Gumbs is the president and CEO of Bosch - Rexroth North America, an organization of…
Toward A Universal Learning and Employment Record (LER) Ecosystem: A Privacy-Preserving Verifiable Credentialing Solution
April 22, 2022Youngjin Yoo, the Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Professor of Entrepreneurship and faculty director of xLab, and Erman Ayday, assistant professor,…
How did software eat the world?
April 19, 2022Youngjin Yoo
"In short, software is eating the world... Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming.…
Digital-First Strategy: Technology
February 17, 2022It is almost cliche to say that "digital innovation is NOT about technology.” Yes, it is true. But, no digital innovation can succeed without a sound technology…
Spotlight: Meet Lauren Nelson, xLab Project Coach
February 17, 2022Each xLab student project team includes a project coach who is an industry professional, to help mentor and guide through the different stages of a client project.A Manufacturing-Driven Approach to Advancing Community in Northeast Ohio
February 17, 2022This team is going to to create a smart and connected community in Northeast Ohio by forging a strategic alliance between the community and small-to-mid-sized-…xLab Teamed Up with Progressive to Solve Consumer Problems
February 17, 2022Progressive Insurance and students from xLab teamed up last semester to explore and prototype concepts in the car-maintenance space that could solve consumer…
Digital-First Strategy: Framework
January 20, 2022In this issue, we begin with the strategy dimension. The next two issues will review people and technology dimensions, respectively. A digital-first strategy…
Digital-First Strategy: People
January 20, 2022No digital transformation can be accomplished without significant investment in people. Digital tools and assets without people who can effectively use them…
xLab Introduces its Spring 2022 Projects
January 19, 2022The xLab student project teams are working on two exciting, but very different projects this semester—one building on research from last semester for Hyland…
Analyzing How AI Technology Evolves through Diffusion
January 19, 2022Artificial intelligence (AI) is arguably one of the most significant technological innovations as it reshapes the way we think about work, organizing and…Student Bailey Kaplan Helps Lead Spring xLab Projects
January 19, 2022Bailey Kaplan is a senior at Case Western Reserve University, triple majoring in computer science, cognitive science and psychology. She has been with xLab since…
Spotlight: Jim Treleaven, Chair of the xLab Advisory Board
January 19, 2022Treleaven is a CWRU alum, having earned both his BS in computer engineering and his PhD in management in information and decision sciences from the university.Hack from Home Elyria awards prizes to four innovative ideas
November 30, 2021xLab was proud to support the City of Elyria—together with its strategic partner Data swift and other partners including SpeedeonData, Kinetic by Windstream and…
Hyland, Dataswift and Case Western Reserve University partner to advance web-based verifiable credential storage
November 18, 2021Hyland, Dataswift and students from Case Western Reserve University’s xLab initiative have partnered to advance the development of open standards for blockchain-…Industry Leaders, Partners to Advise xLab on Strategic Vision
August 16, 2021xLab is proud to announce the formation of the xLab Advisory Board, an esteemed group of executives and partners chosen to counsel the program by shaping its…
Overcoming Pilot Paralysis in Digital Transformation
April 27, 2021Established organizations with legacy systems and people have now understood that the creation of new products, services, and business models through the innovative…Empire Strikes Back by Youngjin Yoo
February 17, 2021As the economy recovers from the pandemic, 2021 will likely be marked as the year legacy companies got serious about their digital strategy and moved beyond small…Managing infection risk and privacy, ShareTrace gives people security to return to work and social life
June 03, 2020The ShareTrace app is a smart digital risk assessment service that provides contact tracing in a privacy-preserving way and offers additional personalized infection…Tomorrow has Come, Time to Embrace Digital Transformation
April 21, 2020For a long time, digital transformation has been an agenda for tomorrow, and companies believed they did not have to change any time soon. Yet COVID-19 is…
Winning Hack-from-Home team develops ‘traffic light’ app to help end Coronavirus lockdown
April 17, 2020Health Traffic Light, a project formed by a multidisciplinary team of designers, data scientists and academics, including members of the Case Western Reserve…Fighting Covid-19 without turning into a surveillance state
April 01, 2020Dataswift launches virtual Hack from Home hackathon
April 01, 2020Hackathon launched to help fight coronavirus pandemic
April 01, 2020Weatherhead’s xLab Partners on Global Hackathon to Build Technology Solutions Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
March 30, 2020The hackathon, which will be held remotely April 4-5, 2020, is calling all technologists, designers, activists, scholars, scientists, medical professionals,…xLab to Partner with HAT-LAB to Champion Ethical Innovation in Personal Data
March 09, 2020The HAT (the Hub-of-All-Things) is an economic ecosystem of personal data accounts and exchange platforms. HAT Community Foundation, a not for profit enterprise,…Mickey McManus, xLab Quarterly Roundtable Guest Speaker
December 02, 2019Mickey McManus is a senior advisor to the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and a visiting research fellow at Autodesk's Office of the CTO. He is a pioneer in pervasive…Panel Discusses How Manufacturers can Benefit from Digital Strategy
November 11, 2019The Akron Art Museum is on its Game in Exploring Digital Culture
November 11, 2019Execs will convene at Case Western to talk tech in manufacturing
October 08, 2019"Technology is fundamentally transforming the way value is created and captured in the economy," Yoo said. "Digital assets are the primary source of value creation."Introducing xLab
August 26, 2019Interview with Dr. Tae-Hyun Hwang
June 25, 2019xLab and Hwang Lab will collaborate to work on training workshops, seminars, and client projects combining design thinking and digital business competencies of xLab…Interview with xLab Launch Director Jennifer Thomas
June 25, 2019With the successful launch, we are thanking Jennifer Thomas who has worked with us tirelessly as a launch director. We sat down with her to talk about her…