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
Biography
J. Leon ZHAO is currently Presidential Chair Professor at School of Management and Economics, Area Head of Information Systems & Operations Management (Co-Chair), Director of MSc Programme in Information Management and Business Analytics (IM Concentration), 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. FairPlay: Detecting and Deterring Online Customer Misbehavior,J Wu, Z Zheng, JL Zhao,,Published online,2021-9
2. 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.
3. "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.
4. FinTech as a Game Changer: Overview of Research Frontiers,T Hendershott, X Zhang, JL Zhao, Z Zheng,,32 (1), 1-17, 2021
5. "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
6. 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
7. "Blockchain Security: A Survey of Techniques and Research Directions",Jiewu Leng, Man Zhou, J. Leon Zhao, Yongfeng Huang, Yiyang Bian,,2020 IF 6.84
8. "Smart Contract Security: A Software Lifecycle Perspective",Yongfeng Huang, Yiyang Bian, Renpu Li, J. Leon Zhao, and Peizhong Shi,,October 2019 (published online)
9. "Impacts of Consensus Algorithms in Cryptocurrency: A Theoretical Analysis of PoW versus PoS in Ethereum",Dapeng Pan, J. Leon Zhao, Shaokun Fan,,September 2019, 1(1) (Inaugural Issue)
10. "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. September 2019
11. "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
12. "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. June 2019
13. "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, July 2018, pp. 3033–3054
14. "Do Cognitive and Affective Expressions Matter in Purchase Conversion? A Live Chat Perspective",Lele Kang, Chuan Hoo Tan, J. Leon Zhao,,May 2019 (online version)
15. "Collaboration Process Pattern Approach to Improving Teamwork Performance: A Data Mining-Based Methodology",Shaokun Fan, Xin Li, J Leon Zhao,,2017, 29 (3), 438-456
16. "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/December 2016
17. "Mobility-Enabled Service Selection for Composite Services",Shuiguang Deng, Longtao Huang, Daning Hu, J. Leon Zhao, and Zhaohui Wu,,9 (3), 394-407, May-June 2016
18. "Service Selection for Composition with QoS Correlations",Shuiguang Deng, Hongyue Wu, Daning Hu, and J. Leon Zhao,,vol. 9, no. , pp. 291-303, March-April 2016
19. "Learning Context-Sensitive Domain Ontologies from Folksonomies: A Cognitively Motivated Method",Raymond Lau, J. Leon Zhao, Wenping Zhang, Yi Cai, Eric Ngai,,27, 3, (September 2015), 561-578
20. "Editorial: Business Process Intelligence: Connecting Data and Processes",Wil van der Aalst, J. Leon Zhao, Harry J. Wang,,Vol. 5, No. 4, April 2015
21. "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. Summer 2014, pp. 461-483
22. "Network-based Modeling and Analysis of Systemic Risk in Banking Systems",Daning Hu, J. Leon Zhao, Zhiming Hua, and Michael Wong,,December 2012, 36, 4, 1269-1291
23. "Live-chat agent assignments to heterogeneous e-customers under imperfect classification",Paulo Goes, Noyan Ilk, Wei T. Yue, and J. Leon Zhao,,2, 4, December 2011
24. "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)
25. "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, December 2006, pp. 374-391
26. "Web Services and Service-Oriented Application Provisioning: An Analytical Study of Application Service Strategies",Hsing Kenneth Cheng, Qian Candy Tang, J. Leon Zhao,,Nov. 2006, 53, 4, pages: 520-533
27. "Effective Role Resolution in Workflow Management",Daniel Zeng and J. Leon Zhao,,Vol. 17, No. 3, Summer 2005, pp. 374-387
28. “On heterogeneous database retrieval: a cognitively-guided approach”,Ramayya Krishnan, Xiaoping Li, David Steier, and J. Leon Zhao,,12(3), 286-303, September 2001
29. "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
30. “Dynamic routing and operational controls in workflow management systems”,Akhil Kumar and J. Leon Zhao,,Volume 45, No. 2, February 1999, pp 253-272
31. “A framework for join pattern indexing in intelligent database systems”,Arie Segev and J. Leon Zhao,,Vol. 7, No. 7, pp. 941-954, December, 1995
32. “Rule management in expert database systems”,Arie Segev and J. Leon Zhao,,Vol. 40, No. 6, pp. 685-707, June 1994
