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Michael John Sebastian Smith

Michael John Sebastian Smith

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
60
Citations
18476
World Ranking
2132
National Ranking
675

Overview

Michael John Sebastian Smith is affiliated with Google in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within the social sciences and computer science domains, with a focus on subfields such as sociology and political science, marketing, information systems, artificial intelligence, and computer science applications.

Their work covers several interconnected topics, including:

  • Copyright and Intellectual Property
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies
  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Online Learning and Analytics
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Media Influence and Politics

Smith has contributed to various publication venues, with recurrent appearances in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Management Science
  • Information Systems Research
  • MIS Quarterly
  • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Recent publications showcase the breadth of their research interests. Selected papers include:

  • "A Tangled Web: Should Online Review Portals Display Fraudulent Reviews?" (2020), published in Information Systems Research
  • "The Effect of Piracy Website Blocking on Consumer Behavior" (2020), published in MIS Quarterly
  • "Consumer Behavior in the Online Classroom: Using Video Analytics and Machine Learning to Understand the Consumption of Video Courseware" (2021), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Bestseller lists and product discovery in the subscription-based market: Evidence from music streaming" (2022), published in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
  • "Internet Governance Through Site Shutdowns: The Impact of Shutting Down Two Major Commercial Sex Advertising Sites" (2022), published in Management Science

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of Smith's research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Uttara M Ananthakrishnan
  • Brett Danaher
  • Rahul Telang
  • Naveen Basavaraj

The research portfolio reflects a strong interdisciplinary approach, integrating topics from technology, law, and social sciences to explore consumer behavior, digital environments, and policy impacts. This integration is evident in how Smith applies machine learning techniques and analytics to questions in online learning and digital marketing, as well as studies on misinformation, cybercrime, and intellectual property rights.

Best Publications

  • Frictionless Commerce? A Comparison of Internet and Conventional Retailers

    Erik Brynjolfsson;Michael D. Smith

  • Consumer Surplus in the Digital Economy: Estimating the Value of Increased Product Variety at Online Booksellers

    Erik Brynjolfsson;Yu (Jeffrey) Hu;Michael D. Smith

  • Consumer Decision‐making at an Internet Shopbot: Brand Still Matters

    Michael D. Smith;Erik Brynjolfsson

  • Understanding Digital Markets: Review and Assessment

    Michael D. Smith;Joseph Bailey;Erik Brynjolfsson

  • Automatically providing content associated with captured information, such as information captured in real-time

    Martin T. King;Redwood Stephens;Claes-Fredrik Mannby;Jesse Peterson

  • Method Of Executing Actions Correlated With Reproduction Document, Mobile Device And Readable Medium

    King Martin T;Stephens Redwood;Mannby Claes-Fredrik;Peterson Jesse

  • An Empirical Analysis of Network Externalities in Peer-to-Peer Music-Sharing Networks

    Atip Asvanund;Karen Clay;Ramayya Krishnan;Michael D. Smith

  • Internet Exchanges for Used Books: An Empirical Analysis of Product Cannibalization and Welfare Impact

    Anindya Ghose;Michael D. Smith;Rahul Telang

  • Performing error detection on DRAMs

    Suresh Natarajan Rajan;Michael John Sebastian Smith;David T. Wang

  • Competing with free: the impact of movie broadcasts on DVD sales and internet piracy 1

    Michael D. Smith;Rahul Telang

  • Converting Pirates Without Cannibalizing Purchasers: The Impact of Digital Distribution on Physical Sales and Internet Piracy

    Brett Danaher;Samita Dhanasobhon;Michael D. Smith;Rahul Telang

  • Research Commentary---Long Tails vs. Superstars: The Effect of Information Technology on Product Variety and Sales Concentration Patterns

    Erik Brynjolfsson;Yu (Jeffrey) Hu;Michael D. Smith

  • Boosting beyond static scheduling in a superscalar processor

    Michael D. Smith;Monica S. Lam;Mark A. Horowitz

  • THE ECONOMICS OF PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS

    Ramayya Krishnan;Michael D. Smith;Rahul Telang

  • Associating rendered advertisements with digital content

    Martin T. King;Redwood Stephens;Claes-Fredrik Mannby;Jesse Peterson

  • Memory circuit system and method

    Suresh Natarajan Rajan;Michael John Sebastian Smith;Keith R. Schakel;David T. Wang

  • THE EFFECT OF GRADUATED RESPONSE ANTI-PIRACY LAWS ON MUSIC SALES: EVIDENCE FROM AN EVENT STUDY IN FRANCE*

    Brett Danaher;Michael D. Smith;Rahul Telang;Siwen Chen

  • Using path profiles to predict HTTP requests

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  • Piracy or promotion? The impact of broadband Internet penetration on DVD sales

    Michael D. Smith;Rahul Telang

  • Device and method for monitoring the presence of items and issuing an alert if an item is not detected

    Eric Teller;Martin T. King;Claes-Fredrik Mannby;Michael J. Smith

  • Adjusting the timing of signals associated with a memory system

    Michael John Sebastian Smith;Daniel L. Rosenband;David T. Wang;Suresh Natarajan Rajan

  • System and method for power management in memory systems

    Suresh Natarajan Rajan;Keith R. Schakel;Michael John Sebastian Smith;David T. Wang

  • System and method for increasing capacity, performance, and flexibility of flash storage

    Radoslav Danilak;Michael J. S. Smith;Suresh Rajan

  • Storage array controller for flash-based storage devices

    Daniel L Rosenband;Michael John Sebastian Smith

  • System and method for simulating an aspect of a memory circuit

    Suresh Natarajan Rajan;Keith R. Schakel;Michael John Sebastian Smith;David T. Wang

  • Power management of memory circuits by virtual memory simulation

    Suresh Natarajan Rajan;Michael John Sebastian Smith;David T. Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin T. King
Martin T. King Google (United States)
Marc Najork
Marc Najork Google (United States)
Axel Petzold
Axel Petzold University College London

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