Michael J. Ahn is an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston, specializing in smart cities, e-government, and artificial intelligence in government. He identifies organizational and institutional factors that enable ongoing and significant IT innovation in government. Michael has published extensively in leading journals and co-edited the Routledge Handbook of Information Technology in Government and special issues on Smart Cities and AI. His co-authored article on Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration received the Best Public Management Paper Award from the Digital Government Society (2020). His op-ed works have been published at Brookings Institution and the Conversation. Michael serves as a National Council Member of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and editorial board member of several journals, including the American Review of Public Administration. He holds a Master of Public Administration and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from Syracuse University.