Skip to content
Department of Information Systems | Staff List

Prof. LI Xin (李昕教授)

PhD - Management Information Systems (University of Arizona)
ME - Control Theory and Control Engineering (Tsinghua University)
BE - Automation (Tsinghua Unviersity)

Professor

Prof. LI Xin (李昕教授)

Contact Information

Address: 6-266, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
City University of Hong Kong
Phone: +852 34424446
Fax: +852 34420370
E-mail:
Xin.Li@cityu.edu.hk
Personal Web:
http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/staff/xin.li/

Research Areas

  • Digital Economy
  • Machine Learning
  • Social Networks
  • Applied Econometrics

Xin is a professor in the Department of Information Systems at the City University of Hong Kong.

  • In the 2000s, he studied graph kernel and network-based data mining.
  • In the 2010s, he started to employ machine learning (text mining, image mining, and graph mining) in empirical analysis, which is applied in e-commerce, OSS, and the financial market.
  • In the 2020s, his interest expands to more topics on technology and the digital economy, such as the efficiency, fairness, and inclusiveness of AI and platforms.

He has 110+ publications, including 60+ journal papers, which are on MISQ, ISR, JMIS, INFORMS JOC, DSS, I&M, IEEE/ACM Transactions, and Nature Nanotechnology, among others. He has received about 30 external and internal grants as PI and Co-I. Please refer to his personal website (http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/staff/xin.li/) for details. His studies are also used in real-world applications.

He is a senior member of IEEE and ACM, and a member of INFORMS and AIS.

Please note that CityU Email System contains unpredictable rules in classifying and blocking emails as phishing emails, including emails from CityU accounts. If you sent me an email for important issues and I did not reply, please check with me again. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

 

Selected Publications

Some Journal Papers
  • Liu, Yidi; Li, Xin; Zheng, Zhiqiang / Consequences of China’s 2018 Online Lending Regulation and the Promise of PolicyTech. 2023; In: Information Systems Research. (forthcoming)
  • Liu, Yidi; Li, Xin; Zheng, Zhiqiang / Smart Natural Disaster Relief: Assisting Victims with Artificial Intelligence in Lending. 2023; In: Information Systems Research. (forthcoming)
  • Zhou, Jiaqi; Zhang, Qingpeng; Zhou, Sijia; Li, Xin; Zhang, X. Michael / Unintended Emotional Effects of Online Health Communities: A Text Mining-Supported Empirical Study. 2023; In: MIS Quarterly. Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 195-226
  • Chen, Kun; Li, Xin; Luo, Peng, Zhao, J. Leon / News-induced Dynamic Networks for Market Signaling: Understanding Impact of News on Firm Equity Value. 2021; In: Information Systems Research. Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 356-377
  • Feng, Juan; Li, Xin; Zhang, X. Michael / Online Product Reviews-Triggered Dynamic Pricing: Theory and Evidence. 2019; In: Information Systems Research. Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 1107-1123
  • Chen, Weiyun; Li, Xin; Zeng, Daniel / Modeling Fixed Odds Betting for Future Event Prediction. 2017; In: MIS Quarterly. Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 645-665
  • Fan, Shaokun; Li, Xin; Zhao, J. Leon / Collaboration Process Pattern Approach to Improving Teamwork Performance: A Data Mining-Based Methodology. 2017; In: INFORMS Journal on Computing. Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 438-456
  • Li, Xin; Chen, Kun; Sun, Sherry X.; Fung, Terrance; Wang, Huaiqing; Zeng, Daniel D. / A Commonsense Knowledge-Enabled Textual Analysis Approach for Financial Market Surveillance. 2016; In: INFORMS Journal on Computing. Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 278-294
  • Li, Xin; Sun, Sherry X.; Chen, Kun; Fung, Terrance; Wang, Huaiqing / Design Theory for Market Surveillance Systems. 2015; In: Journal of Management Information Systems. Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 278-313
  • Li, Xin; Chen, Hsinchun; Zhang, Zhu; Li, Jiexun; Nunamaker, Jay / Managing Knowledge in Light of Its Evolution Process: An Empirical Study on Citation Network-based Patent Classification. 2009; In: Journal of Management Information Systems. Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 129-153
  • Chen, Hsinchun; Roco, Mihail C.; Li, Xin; Lin, Yiling / Trends in Nanotechnology Patents. 2008; In: Nature Nanotechnology. Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 123-125
Some Other Journal Papers
  • Xu, Huasi; Liu, Yidi; Song, Bingqing; Yin Xueyan; Li, Xin / Local social network structure and promotion effectiveness in social commerce. Jan 2023; In: Information Technology and People.
  • Zhang, Xue; Liu, Yezheng; Li, Xin; Sun, Jianshan / Health IT in our daily life: impact of mobile phone use on the emotions and compliance of diabetes patients. December 2022; In: Information Technology and People.
  • Wang, Mengyue; Li, Xin; Chau, Patrick / Leveraging Image-Processing Techniques for Empirical Research: Feasibility and Reliability in Online Shopping Context. 2021, In: Information Systems Frontiers, Vol 23, pp 607–626
  • Zhou, Sijia; Li, Xin / Feature Engineering vs. Deep Learning for Paper Section Identification: Toward Applications in Chinese Medical Literature. 2020; In: Information Processing and Management, Vol, 57, No. 3, 102206
  • Yan, Jiaqi; Li, Xin; Shi, Yani; Sun, X Sherry; Wang, Huaiqing / The Effect of Intention Analysis-based Fraud Detection Systems in Repeated Supply Chain Quality Inspection: A Context of Learning and Contract. 2020; In: Information and Management, Vol. 57, No. 3, 103177
  • Yu, Yan; Li, Min; Li, Xin; Zhao, Jianliang Leon; Zhao, Dingtao / Effects of Entrepreneurship and IT fashion on SMEs’ Transformation toward Cloud Service through Mediation of Trust. 2018; In: Information and Management. Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 245-257
  • Zhang, Haidong; Ni, Wancheng; Li, Xin; Yang, Yiping / Modeling the Heterogeneous Duration of User Interest in Time-Dependent Recommendation: A Hidden Semi-Markov Approach. 2018; In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems. Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 177-194
  • Li, Xin; Wang, Chong Alex / The Technology and Economic Determinants of Cryptocurrency Exchange Rates: The Case of Bitcoin. 2017; In: Decision Support Systems. Vol. 95, pp. 49-60
  • Li, Jiexun; Li, Xin; Zhu, Bin / User Opinion Classification in Social Media: A Global Consistency Maximization Approach. 2016; In: Information and Management. Vol. 53, No. 8, pp. 987-996
  • Liang, TP; Li, Xin; Yang, Chin-Tsung; Wang, Mengyue / What in Consumer Reviews Affects the Sales of Mobile Apps: A Multi-Facet Sentiment Analysis Approach. 2015; In: International Journal of Electronic Commerce. Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 236-260
  • Li, Xin; Wang, Mengyue; Liang, T. P. / A Multi-theoretical Kernel-based Approach to Social Network-based Recommendation. 2014; In: Decision Support Systems. Vol. 65, No. C, pp. 95-104
  • Zhang, Jie; Yang, Yanwu; Li, Xin; Qin, Rui; Zeng, Daniel / Dynamic Dual Adjustment of Daily Budgets and Bids in Sponsored Search Auctions. 2014; In: Decision Support Systems. Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 105-114
  • Li, Xin; Chen, Hsinchun / Recommendation as Link Prediction in Bipartite Graphs: A Graph Kernel-based Machine Learning Approach.  2013; In: Decision Support Systems. Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 880-890
  • Zhang, Zhu, Li, Xin; Chen, Yubo / Deciphering “Word”-of-Mouth in Social Media: Text-based Metrics of Consumer Reviews. 2012; In: ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems. Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 5
  • Li, Jiexun; Zhang, Zhu; Li, Xin; Chen, Hsinchun / Kernel-based Learning for Biomedical Relation Extraction. 2008; In: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Vol. 59, No. 5, pp. 756-769
Some Conference Papers
  • Li, Xin; Rai, Arun; Song, Qingping; Xu, Xin / Between Attention and Portfolio Adjustment: Insights from Machine Learning-based Risk Preference Assessment. 2023; International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2023.
  • Wang, Mengyue; Li, Xin; Chau, Patrick / Image Analysis to Assess the Impact of Photo Aesthetics on Online Consumer Click-through: An Empirical Study. 2016; International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2016.
  • Zhang, Haidong; Ni, Wancheng; Li, Xin; Yang, Yiping / Modeling Idle Customers to Tackle the Sparsity Problem in Time-dependent Recommendation. 2016; International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2016.
  • Li, Xin; Wang, Mengyue / A Multi-theoretical Framework for Social Network-based Recommendation. 2012; International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2012. Vol. 4, pp. 3413-3426
  • Li, Min; Yu, Yan; Zhao, J. Leon; Li, Xin / Drivers for Strategic Choice of Cloud Computing as Online Service in SMEs. 2012; International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2012. Vol. 4, pp. 3529-3539
  • Feng, Juan; Li, Xin / Rising or Dropping: The Consumer Review-oriented Pricing Paradox. 2011; International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011. Vol. 5, pp. 3604-3615
  • Zimbra, David ; Fu, Tianjun; Li, Xin / Assessing Public Opinions through Web 2.0: A Case Study on Wal-Mart. 2009;  International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2009.

All Publications

http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/staff/xin.li/publications.html

Professional Qualifications

Qualification Certifying Organization
Oracle Certificated Professional in Database (2003) Oracle
IBM Certificated AS/400 Associate System Operator (1998) IBM

Awards

Award Title Institution
CityU 2022 Stanford's list of top 2% most cited scientists (single year) City University of Hong Kong
Dean’s Research Excellence Award (2018) City University of Hong Kong (College of Business)

Supervisory Experience

Period Nature
2018 - 2022 PhD Thesis - Huasi Xu, Two Essays on Online Social Communities: Social Network and Social Recognition.
2017 - 2021 PhD Thesis - Sijia Zhou, Balance, Interference, and Complementation: Three Essays on Online Healthcare Platforms.
(CB PhD Research Excellence Award 2021)
2017 - 2021 PhD Thesis - Wenjie Huang, Management Signals in Social Media on P2P Firms' Operation Health.
2017 - 2022 PhD Thesis - Yidi Liu, Artificial Intelligence in Lending: Social and Regulation Implications of FinTech.
(CB PhD Research Excellence Award 2022)
2017 - 2022 PhD Thesis - Wei Hu, Changing Backers, Learning Entrepreneurs, and The Dynamics Around Crowdfunding Project Descriptions.
2017 - 2022 PhD Thesis - Mengfan Xuan, Market vs the Public: Blockchain Token Valuation, Social Media, and Open Source Community.
2012 - 2016 PhD Thesis - Mengyue Wang, Product Presentation Aesthetics and Consumer Behavior in e-Commerce Environments.

Working Experience

Period Title Company
2003 - 2004 Associate Consultant Oracle Corportation

External Academic Activities

Period Organizer Country / Region Role
2019 - Now INFORMS Journal on Computing - Associate Editor
2017 - Now Information Technology & People - Senior Editor
2017 - Now ACM Transaction on MIS - Associate Editor
2017 - 2022 International Conference on Information Systems - Associate Editor