Prof. LI Xin (李昕教授)

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 graph mining.
• In the 2010s, he employed machine learning (text mining, image mining, and graph mining) in empirical analysis to study e-commerce, opensource software, and financial market.
• In the 2020s, he expands to more topics on technology and digital economy, such as the efficiency, fairness, and inclusiveness of AI and platforms.

He has 120+ publications/60+ journal publications, which are on MISQ, ISR, JMIS, INFORMS JOC, DSS, I&M, IEEE/ACM Transactions, Nature Nanotechnology, and other channels. 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 in large banks and Internet companies.

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

Selected Publications

Selected Journals

• 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

Selected Papers

• Wang, Mengyue; LI, Xin; Liu, Yidi; Chau, Patrick; Chen, Yubo  / A Contrast-Composition-Distraction Framework to Understand Product Photo Background’s Impact on Consumer Interest in E-commerce. 2023; In: Decision Support Systems.
• Xue, Ying; Sun, Jianshan; Liu, Yezheng; LI, Xin; Yuan, Kun / Facial Expression-enhanced Recommendation for Virtual Fitting Rooms.  2023; In: Decision Support Systems. (I am a minor contributor to the paper.)
• 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 (with 100 Google Citations per Year)
• 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, pp. 105-114 (I am a minor contributor to the paper.)
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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; Sun, Sherry X.; Shi, Yani; Wang, Huaiqing / A BDI Modeling Approach for Decision Support in Supply Chain Quality Inspection. 2020; In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems. Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 884-898
• 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
• 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 American Society for Information Science and Technology. Vol. 59, No. 5, pp. 756-769
• Li, Jiexun; Li, Xin; Su, Hua; Chen, Hsinchun; Galbraith, David W. / A Framework of Integrating Gene Relations from Heterogeneous Data Sources: An Experiment on Arabidopsis Thaliana. 2006; In: Bioinformatics. Vol. 22, No. 16, pp. 2037-2043 (I am a minor contributor to the paper.)

Selected Conferences

• Chan, Yuk Yee; Hu, Wei; Huang, Jianming; Zhou, Wanyue; and Li, Xin; / Innovation Novelty and Firm Value: Deep Learning based Text Understanding. 2023; International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2023. (C.Y., H.J. and Z.W, are undergraduate students from the school of data science. They took the final project class SDSC4116 with me and delivered the paper.)
• 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.

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