Biography
Publications

Education Background

Ph. D. in Information Systems, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

M. S. in Engineering, UC Davis

B. S. in Engineering, Beijing University of Agricultural Engineering

Research Field

Human-AI Collaboration, FinTech, Blockchain Applications, Big Data Applications, Workflow Management

Biography

J. Leon Zhao is currently Area Head of Information Systems & Operations Management (Co-Chair), Director of MSc Programme in Information Management and Business Analytics (IM Concentration) at School of Management and Economics of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) and Director of Center on Blockchain and Intelligent Technology (CBIT) of Shenzhen Institute of Data Economics. Before joining CUHKSZ, he was with City University of Hong Kong as Chair Professor (2009-2020) and Head (2009-2015) of Information Systems.  Before then, he was Eller Professor in MIS, University of Arizona. He holds Ph.D. from Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. His research has been funded by NSF of US, NSFC of China, RGC and ITF of HK, Science and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen, SAP, and IBM among other funding agencies. He received IBM Faculty Award in 2005 and Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professorship at Tsinghua University in 2009 and at CUHKSZ in 2022.

1. "Understanding the Role of Lead Organizational Donor Types in Civic Crowdfunding" ,Hassna, Ghazwan; Burtch, Gordon; and Zhao, J Leon, ,,25(4), 990-1036.,2024

2. Deterring the gray market: Product diversion detection via learning disentangled representations of multivariate time series,Hao Lin, Guannan Liu, Junjie Wu, J Leon Zhao ,, 36 (2), 571-586 ,2024-3

3. SocioLink: Leveraging Relational Information in Knowledge Graphs for Startup Recommendations, Ruiyun Rayna Xu, Hailiang Chen, J Leon Zhao ,, 40 (2), 655-682 ,2023

4. "FairPlay: Detecting and Deterring Online Customer Misbehavior",J Wu, Z Zheng, JL Zhao,,32 (4), 1323-1346,2021-9

5. "Beyond the block: A novel blockchain-based technical model for long-term care insurance",W Zhang, CP Wei, Q Jiang, CH Peng, JL Zhao.,,38 (2), 374-400,2021

6. "News-induced Dynamic Networks for Market Signaling: Understanding Impact of News on Firm Equity Value",Chen, Kun; Li, Xin; Luo, Peng, Zhao, J. Leon,,32 (2), 356-377,2021

7. "FinTech as a Game Changer: Overview of Research Frontiers",T Hendershott, X Zhang, JL Zhao, Z Zheng,,32 (1), 1-17,2021

8. "Stability of Transaction Fees in Bitcoin: A Supply and Demand Perspective",Noyan Ilk, Guangzhi Shang, Shaokun Fan, and J. Leon Zhao,,45 (2), pp.563-692,2021

9. "Blockchain-secured smart manufacturing in industry 4.0: A survey",J Leng, S Ye, M Zhou, JL Zhao, Q Liu, W Guo, W Cao, L Fu,,51 (1), 237-252,2021

10. "Do Cognitive and Affective Expressions Matter in Purchase Conversion? A Live Chat Perspective",Lele Kang, Chuan Hoo Tan, J. Leon Zhao,,71(4): 436-449,2020

11. "Blockchain Security: A Survey of Techniques and Research Directions",Jiewu Leng, Man Zhou, J. Leon Zhao, Yongfeng Huang, Yiyang Bian,,pp. 2490-2510, vol. 15,2020

12. "Smart Contract Security: A Software Lifecycle Perspective",Yongfeng Huang, Yiyang Bian, Renpu Li, J. Leon Zhao, and Peizhong Shi,,7: 150184-150202,2019-10

13. "Impacts of Consensus Algorithms in Cryptocurrency: A Theoretical Analysis of PoW versus PoS in Ethereum",Dapeng Pan, J. Leon Zhao, Shaokun Fan,,1(1) (Inaugural Issue),2019-9

14. "Operationalizing regulatory focus in the digital age: evidence from an e-commerce context",Ji Wu, Liqiang Huang, and J. Leon Zhao,, Vol. 43(3): 745-764 ,2019-9

15. "ManuChain: combining permissioned blockchain with a holistic optimization model as bi-level intelligence for smart manufacturing",Jiewu Leng, Douxi Yan, Qiang Liu, Kailin Xu, J. Leon Zhao, Rui Shi, Lijun Wei, Ding Zhang, and Xin Chen,, 50 (1), 182-192 ,2019

16. "Makerchain: A Blockchain with Chemical Signature for Self-Organizing Process in Social Manufacturing",Leng, Jiewu; Jiang, Pingyu; Xu, Kailin; Liu, Qiang; Zhao, J. Leon; Bian, Yiyang; Shi, Rui,,Volume 234. 767-778,2019-6

17. "When More Is Less: Field Evidence on Unintended Consequences of Multitasking",Paulo Goes, Ilk, Noyan, Lin, Mingfeng and Zhao, J. Leon,, Vol. 64, No. 7, pp. 3033–3054 ,2018-7

18. "Collaboration Process Pattern Approach to Improving Teamwork Performance: A Data Mining-Based Methodology",Shaokun Fan, Xin Li, J Leon Zhao,,29 (3), 438-456,2017

19. "Transformational Issues of Big Data and Analytics in Networked Business",Bart Baesens, Ravi Bapna, James R Marsden, Jan Vanthienen, J Leon Zhao,, Vol. 40 No. 4, pp. 807-818 ,2016-12

20. "Mobility-Enabled Service Selection for Composite Services",Shuiguang Deng, Longtao Huang, Daning Hu, J. Leon Zhao, and Zhaohui Wu,, 9 (3), 394-407 ,2016-5

21. "Service Selection for Composition with QoS Correlations",Shuiguang Deng, Hongyue Wu, Daning Hu, and J. Leon Zhao,, vol. 9, no. , pp. 291-303 ,2016-3

22. "Learning Context-Sensitive Domain Ontologies from Folksonomies: A Cognitively Motivated Method",Raymond Lau, J. Leon Zhao, Wenping Zhang, Yi Cai, Eric Ngai,, 27, 3, 561-578 ,2015-9

23. "Editorial: Business Process Intelligence: Connecting Data and Processes",Wil van der Aalst, J. Leon Zhao, Harry J. Wang,, Vol. 5, No. 4 ,2015-4

24. "Effective Active Learning Strategies for the Use of Large-Margin Classifiers in Semantic Annotation: An Optimal Parameter Discovery Perspective",Kaiquan Xu, Stephen Shaoyi Liao, Raymond Y. K. Lau, and J. Leon Zhao,,26/3. pp. 461-483,2014

25. "Network-based Modeling and Analysis of Systemic Risk in Banking Systems",Daning Hu, J. Leon Zhao, Zhiming Hua, and Michael Wong,, 36, 4, 1269-1291 ,2012-12

26. "Live-chat agent assignments to heterogeneous e-customers under imperfect classification",Paulo Goes, Noyan Ilk, Wei T. Yue, and J. Leon Zhao,, 2, 4, ,2011-12

27. "Guest Editorial: Introduction to the Special Issue on Modeling and Implementation of Service Enterprise Systems",Alan R. Hevner, Dongsong Zhang, J. Leon Zhao,,3(2): 86-88,2010

28. "Formulating the Data Flow Perspective for Business Process Management",Sherry X. Sun, J. Leon Zhao, Jay F. Nunamaker, Olivia R. Liu Sheng,,Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 374-391,2006-12

29. "Web Services and Service-Oriented Application Provisioning: An Analytical Study of Application Service Strategies",Hsing Kenneth Cheng, Qian Candy Tang, J. Leon Zhao,, 53, 4, pages: 520-533 ,2006-11

30. "Effective Role Resolution in Workflow Management",Daniel Zeng and J. Leon Zhao,, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 374-387 ,2005

31. “On heterogeneous database retrieval: a cognitively-guided approach”,Ramayya Krishnan, Xiaoping Li, David Steier, and J. Leon Zhao,,12(3), 286-303,2001-9

32. "Workflow-centric information distribution through email",J. Leon Zhao, Akhil Kumar, and Edward A. Stohr,,Winter 2000-2001, Volume 17, No. 3, pp. 45-72,2000

33. “Dynamic routing and operational controls in workflow management systems”, Akhil Kumar and J. Leon Zhao ,, Volume 45, No. 2, pp 253-272 ,1999-2

34. “A framework for join pattern indexing in intelligent database systems”,Arie Segev and J. Leon Zhao,, Vol. 7, No. 7, pp. 941-954 ,1995-12

35. “Rule management in expert database systems”,Arie Segev and J. Leon Zhao,,Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 685-707,1994-6