Research
My research interests lie at the intersection of artificial intelligence, information systems, and decision analysis. I work on the development and deployment of AI techniques, statistical methods, and blockchain–based systems aiming at improving business processes and decision-making.
Publications
- A Multimodal Manufacturing Safety Chatbot: Knowledge Base Design, Benchmark Development, and Evaluation of Multiple RAG Approaches
- Manufacturing Letters, forthcoming
- By R. Singh, A. Hamilton, A. White, M. Wise, I. Yousif, Arthur Carvalho, Z. Shan, R. A. Baf, M. Mayyas, L. A. Cavuoto, and Fadel M. Megahed
- TAPAT Principles for Reliable Research Data Management Enabled by Decentralized Technologies
- Communications of the Association for Information Systems, forthcoming
- By Arthur Carvalho, Chad Anderson, Mala Kaul, and Jeffrey W. Merhout
- Designing a Fair and Inclusive Digital Asset-Based NIL Marketplace
- Decision Support Systems, vol. 201, 2026
- By Arthur Carvalho, Liudmila Zavolokina, Suman Bhunia, and Gerhard Schwabe
- Staking as a Service
- Elgar Encyclopedia of Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and DLT, Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 230-233, 2026
- By Arthur Carvalho
- Staking and Proof of Stake
- Elgar Encyclopedia of Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and DLT, Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 226-229, 2026
- By Y. Ozdemir and Arthur Carvalho
- Cryptocurrency Custody
- Elgar Encyclopedia of Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and DLT, Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 52-55, 2026
- By Arthur Carvalho
- Play-to-Earn Blockchain Games
- In Proceedings of the 32nd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2026), 2026
- By Arthur Carvalho, Chad Anderson, and Mala Kaul
- Benchmarking Encoder–Decoder and Decoder-Only Models for Extremely Low-Resource English to Myaamia Translation
- In Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon 2026), 2026
- By Y. Chaudhary, Suman Bhunia, Arthur Carvalho, and D. Troy
- Provenance of AI-Generated Images: A Vector Similarity and Blockchain-based Approach
- In Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC 2026), forthcoming
- By J. Sharma, Arthur Carvalho, and Suman Bhunia
- Blockchain-based Token System for Incentivizing Peer Review: A Design Science Approach
- Decision Support Systems, vol. 197, 2025
- By Chad Anderson, P. Shrestha, Suman Bhunia, Arthur Carvalho, and G. Lee
- Lessons from the Field: Practical Frameworks for CTF Competition Success
- In Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon 2025), 2025
- By D. Middendorf, Suman Bhunia, and Arthur Carvalho
- Designing Incentives for Attracting Peer Reviewers to Information System Conferences
- Communications of the Association for Information Systems, vol. 54(1), 2024
- By Arthur Carvalho, Chad Anderson, and Liudmila Zavolokina
- On the Impact of Flexibility on Demand-Side Management: Understanding the Need for Consumer-Oriented Demand Response Programs
- International Journal of Energy Research, 2024
- By Vitor A. C. C. Almeida, Ricardo A. L. Râbelo, Arthur Carvalho, Alessandro Floris, and Virginia Pilloni
- Preface to the Special Issue on “Enterprise and Organizational Applications of Distributed Ledger Technologies”
- Electronic Markets, vol. 34, 2024
- By Liudmila Zavolokina, Andreas Hein, Arthur Carvalho, Gerhard Schwabe, and Helmut Krcmar
- A Case Study on Blockchain-based Anonymous Reviewer Incentive Token (BARIT)
- In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2024), p. 1564-1571, Kuching, Malaysia, 2024
- By P. Shrestha, Suman Bhunia, Arthur Carvalho, Chad Anderson, and G. Lee
- Verifying AI Content Authenticity Using Decentralized Technologies
- In Proceedings of the 30th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2024), Salt Lake City, USA, 2024
- By Arthur Carvalho and Suman Bhunia
- Towards Managing Design Science Knowledge with Large Language Model
- In Proceedings of the 30th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2024), Salt Lake City, USA, 2024
- By Rodrigo Folha and Arthur Carvalho
- SCeFSTA: Smart Contract enabled Fair, Secure, and Transparent Auction for Healthcare Transportation
- In Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon 2024), 2024
- By Suman Bhunia, O. Campbell, Arthur Carvalho, and V. Alluri
- Blockchain Innovation for Consent Self-Management in Health Information Exchanges
- Decision Support Systems, 2023
- By Chad Anderson, Arthur Carvalho, Mala Kaul, and Jeffrey W. Merhout
- Promoting Inclusiveness and Fairness through NFTs: The Case of Student-Athletes and NILs
- Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’23), 2023
- By Arthur Carvalho, Liudmila Zavolokina, Suman Bhunia, Monu Chaudhary, and Nitharsan Yoganathan
- Selecting the Optimal Number of Crowd Workers for Forecasting Tasks
- Proceedings of the 29th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS’ 23), 2023
- By Arthur Carvalho and Majid Karimi
- A Data-Driven Approach to Managing Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in Parking Lots
- Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2022
- By Jurica Babic, Arthur Carvalho, Wolfgang Ketter, and Vedran Podobnik
- Deriving and Validating Emotional Dimensions from Textual Data
- Expert Systems with Applications, 2022
- By Demijan Grgić, Vedran Podobnik, and Arthur Carvalho
- FoodChain: A Food Delivery Platform Based on Blockchain for Keeping Data Privacy
- Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, 2022
- By Rodrigo Folha, Valeria Times, Arthur Carvalho, Andre Araujo, Henrique Couto, and Flaviano Viana
- Towards a Novel Business Process Model for Food Delivery Services Using Blockchain Technology
- Proceedings of the 26th Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2022
- By Rodrigo Folha, Valeria Times, Arthur Carvalho, Andre Araujo, Flaviano Viana, and Henrique Couto
- Patient Consent for Health Information Exchange: Blockchain-driven Innovation
- Proceedings of the 26th Americas Conference on Information Systems, 2022
- By Chad Anderson, Arthur Carvalho, and Jeffrey W. Merhout
- Towards Consumer- Oriented Demand Response Systems
- Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies, 2022
- By Vitor Cortez, Ricardo Rabelo, Arthur Carvalho, and Virginia Pilloni
- Aligning the Interests of Prosumers and Utilities Through a Two-Step Demand-Response Approach
- Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021
- By Vitor A. C. C. Almeidaa, Ricardo de A. L. Rabêlo, Arthur Carvalho, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, and Petar Solic
- Aligning the Interests of Newsvendors and Forecasters Through Blockchain-Based Smart Contracts and Proper Scoring Rules
- Decision Support Systems, 2021
- By Arthur Carvalho and Majid Karimi
- Seat Assignments With Physical Distancing in Single-Destination Public Transit Settings
- IEEE Access, vol. 9, 2021
- By Jane F. Moore, Arthur Carvalho, Gerard A. Davis, Yousif Abulhassan, and Fadel M. Megahed
- Bringing Transparency and Trustworthiness to Loot Boxes with Blockchain and Smart Contracts
- Decision Support Systems, vol. 144, 2021
- By Arthur Carvalho
- When Good Blocks Go Bad: Managing Unwanted Blockchain Data
- International Journal of Information Management, vol. 57, 2021
- By Arthur Carvalho, Jeffrey W. Merhout, Yogesh Kadiyala, and John Bentley II
- Studies on the Accuracy of Ensembles of Cloud-Based Technologies for Sentiment Analysis
- In Proceedings of the 27th American Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2021), USA, 2020.
- By Arthur Carvalho and Jiaozhe Xu
- A Survey-Based Assessment of How Existing and Potential Electric Vehicle Owners Perceive Range Anxiety
- Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 276, 2020
- By Dario Pevec, Jurica Babic, Arthur Carvalho, Yashar Ghiassi-Farrokhfal, Wolfgang Ketter, and Vedran Podobnik
- A Preference-Based Demand Response Mechanism for Energy Management in a Microgrid
- Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 255, 2020
- By Igor Silva, Ricardo Rabelo, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, Petar Solic, and Arthur Carvalho
- A Permissioned Blockchain-Based Implementation of LMSR Prediction Markets
- Decision Support Systems, vol. 130, 2020
- By Arthur Carvalho
- What the History of Linux Says About the Future of Cryptocurrencies
- Communications of the Association for Information Systems, vol. 46., p. 18-29, 2020
- By Arthur Carvalho, Chaitanya Sambhara, and Patrick Young
- How Blockchain Can Bring Trust and Transparency to the Payment of Crowd Forecasters
- In Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2020), India, 2020
- By Arthur Carvalho and Majid Karimi
- A Multi-Objective Approach for Energy Management in a Microgrid Scenario
- In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech 2020), Split, Croatia, 2020
- By Igor R. S. da Silva, Ricardo de A. L. Rabelo, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, and Arthur Carvalho
- Off-the-Shelf Technologies for Sentiment Analysis of Social Media Data: Two Empirical Studies
- In Proceedings of the 26th American Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2020), USA, 2020.
- By Arthur Carvalho and Lucas Harris
- Off-The-Shelf Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Sentiment and Emotion Analysis: A Tutorial on Using IBM Natural Language Processing
- Communications of the Association for Information Systems, vol. 44, p. 918-943, 2019
- By Arthur Carvalho, Adam Levitt, Seth Levitt, Edward Khaddam, and John Benamati
- Do Healthcare Workers Need Cognitive Computing Technologies? A Qualitative Study Involving IBM Watson and Dutch Professionals
- Journal of the Midwest Association for Information Systems, vol. 6(1), p. 51-68, 2019
- By Roxanne Vroegindeweij and Arthur Carvalho
- Electric Vehicle Range Anxiety: An Obstacle for the Personal Transportation (R)evolution?
- In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech 2019), Split, Croatia, 2019
- Dario Pevec, Jurica Babic, Arthur Carvalho, Yashar Ghiassi-Farrokhfal, Wolfgang Ketter, and Vedran Podobnik
- On Proper Scoring Rules and Cumulative Prospect Theory
- EURO Journal on Decision Processes, vol. 6(3-4), p. 343-376, 2018
- By Arthur Carvalho, Stanko Dimitrov, and Kate Larson
- A Data-Driven Statistical Approach for Extending Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
- International Journal of Energy Research, vol. 42, p. 3102-3120, 2018
- By Dario Pevec, Jurica Babic, Martin A. Kayser, Arthur Carvalho, Yashar Ghiassi-Farrokhfal, and Vedran Podobnik
- Evaluating Parking Policies for Parking Lots Handling Electric Vehicles
- IEEE Access, vol. 6(1), p. 944-961, 2018
- By Jurica Babic, Arthur Carvalho, Wolfgang Ketter, and Vedran Podobnik
- Smart Contracts: Legal Considerations
- In Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE Big Data 2018), p. 3277-3281, Seattle, USA, 2018
- By Jack Gilcrest and Arthur Carvalho
- Understanding What Drives Bitcoin Trading Activities
- In Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI 2018), p. 1864-1872, Chicago, USA, 2018.
- Natalia Jerdack, Akmaral Dauletbek, Meredith Divine, Michael Hult, and Arthur Carvalho
- A Study on the Behavior of Crowd Workers when Reporting Forecasts under Proper Scoring Rules
- In Proceedings of the 24th American Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2018), New Orleans, USA, 2018
- By Arthur Carvalho and Denise Kroon
- On a Participation Structure that Ensures Representative Prices in Prediction Markets
- Decision Support Systems, vol. 104, p. 13-25, 2017
- By Arthur Carvalho
- Inducing Honest Reporting of Private Information in the Presence of Social Projection
- Decision, vol. 4(1), p. 25-51, 2017
- By Arthur Carvalho, Stanko Dimitrov, and Kate Larson
- A Computational Framework for Managing Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure
- In Proceedings of the 9th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-9). p. 336-345, Split, Croatia, 2017
- By Dario Pevec, Martin A. Kayser, Jurica Babic, Arthur Carvalho, Yashar Ghiassi-Farrokhfal, and Vedran Podobnik
- Electricity Trading Agent for EV-enabled Parking Lots
- In Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce. Series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 271, Springer, p. 35-49, 2017
- By Jurica Babic, Arthur Carvalho, Wolfgang Ketter, and Vedran Podobnik
- A Note on Sandroni-Shmaya Belief Elicitation Mechanism
- The Journal of Prediction Markets, vol. 10(2), p. 14-21, 2016
- By Arthur Carvalho
- An Overview of Applications of Proper Scoring Rules
- Decision Analysis, vol. 13(4), p. 223-242, 2016
- By Arthur Carvalho
- How Many Crowdsourced Workers Should a Requester Hire?
- Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, vol. 78(1), p. 45–72, 2016
- By Arthur Carvalho, Stanko Dimitrov, and Kate Larson
- Tailored Proper Scoring Rules Elicit Decision Weights
- Judgement and Decision Making, vol. 10(1), p. 86-96, 2015
- By Arthur Carvalho
- A Study on the Influence of the Number of MTurkers on the Quality of the Aggregate Output
- In Multi-Agent Systems. Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8953, Springer International Publishing, p. 285-300, 2015
- By Arthur Carvalho, Stanko Dimitrov, and Kate Larson
- The Output-Agreement Method Induces Honest Behavior in the Presence of Social Projection
- ACM SIGecom Exchanges, vol. 13(1), p. 77-81, 2014
- By Arthur Carvalho, Stanko Dimitrov, and Kate Larson
- A Consensual Linear Opinion Pool
- In Proceedings of the 23rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), p. 2518-2524, Beijing, China, 2013
- By Arthur Carvalho and Kate Larson
- Sharing Rewards Among Strangers Based on Peer Evaluations
- Decision Analysis, vol. 9(3), p. 253-273, 2012
- By Arthur Carvalho and Kate Larson
- A Truth Serum for Sharing Rewards
- In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), p. 635-642, Taipei, Taiwan, 2011
- By Arthur Carvalho and Kate Larson
- Reinforcement Learning for the Soccer Dribbling Task
- In Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, p. 95-101, Seoul, South Korea, 2011
- By Arthur Carvalho and Renato Oliveira
- A Cooperative Coevolutionary Genetic Algorithm for Learning Bayesian Network Structures
- In Proceedings of the 13th Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), p. 1131-1138, Dublin, Ireland, 2011
- By Arthur Carvalho
- Sharing a Reward Based on Peer Evaluations
- In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), p. 1455-1456, Toronto, Canada, 2010
- By Arthur Carvalho and Kate Larson
- A Data Mining Approach to Solve the Goal Scoring Problem
- In Proceedings of the 22nd International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), p. 2347-2352, Atlanta, USA, 2009
- By Renato Oliveira, Paulo Adeodato, Arthur Carvalho, Icamaan Silva, Christian Daniel, and Tsang Ing Ren
- Improving NSGA-II with an Adaptive Mutation Operator
- In Proceedings of the 11th Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), p. 2697-2700, Montreal, Canada, 2009
- By Arthur Carvalho and Aluizio Araujo