IT, Analytics and Operations
Joe and Jane Giovanini Professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations
MarketWatch
September 03, 2026
While the acquisition "could be a real game changer" for the open-source ecosystem by improving competition with closed models such as those from OpenAI and Anthropic, Ahmed Abbasi, a professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, said he sees potential tension with monetization efforts. "It remains to be seen whether Nvidia's shareholder-value pressures will cause it to follow in the footsteps of other Big Tech firms that were once ardent champions of the open-ecosystem movement, but no more," he said in emailed comments.
Bioscience
August 12, 2026
The researchers discovered that, while AI and human judges often converge on which faces look alike, three key variables shape accuracy: the ethnicity of the observer, the ethnicity of the face being evaluated, and the individual’s innate ability to recognize faces, according to Professor Ahmed Abbasi of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.
The Good Men Project
August 12, 2026
While humans and AI generally agree on facial similarity, three factors heavily influence accuracy: the race of the participant, the race of the face being viewed, and the individual’s natural recognition skill, according to Ahmed Abbasi, a professor of IT, analytics, and operations at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.