Rong Zheng

Academic qualification

• PhD 2009 New York University, Information System
• M.Sc. 2002 Northeastern University, Computer Science
• B.Sc. 1999 Northeastern University, Computer Science

Academic And Professional Experience

• Associate Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2017-present
• Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2009-2017
• Instructor, IOMS Department, Stern School of Business, NYU, 2007

Research Interests

• Predictive modeling for business intelligence
• Computational text analysis
• Social network analytics

Selected Publications

• Huang, A.H., Lehavy, R., Zang, A.Y., and  Zheng, R. , "Analyst Information Discovery and Information Interpretation Roles: A Topic Modeling Approach", Management Science, forthcoming
• Huang, A.H., Zang, A.Y., and  Zheng, R. , "Evidence on the Information Content of Text in Analyst Reports," The Accounting Review, 89, 6, 2014, 2151-2180
• Adomavicius, G., Tuzhilin, A., and  Zheng, R. , "REQUEST: A Query Language for Customizing Recommendations," Information System Research, 22, 1, 2011, 99-117
• Zheng, R. , Li, J., Huang, Z., and Chen, H., "A Framework for Authorship Identification of Online Messages: Writing Style Features and Classification Techniques," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 57, 3, 2006, 378-393
• Li, J.,  Zheng, R. , and Chen, H., "From Fingerprint to Writeprint: Feature Selection for Authorship Identification," Communication of ACM, 49, 4, 2006, 76-82

Professional Services

• Track chair, AIS-SIGBPS Workshop on Business Processes and Services, 2012
• Associate editor, ICIS research method track (2012-2014)
• Program committee, WITS (2010-2014), ICEC (2012-2014), CSWIM (2010-2014)
• Demo chair, ACM Recommender System Conference (2013)
• Ad hoc reviewer for MISQ, ISR, JMIS, Management Science, Journal on Computing,ACM Transactions

Honors

• Research grant, RGC/GRF, 2010-2012
• Research grant, RGC/GRF, 2013-2015
• HKUST Business School Research Grants, 2012
• Finalist, Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence, 2010
• Weilun Fellow, College of Fellows of HKUST, 2010-2014
• PhD Student Teaching Excellence Awards, Stern School of Business, New York University, 2007
• Doctoral Fellowship, Stern School of Business, New York University, 2004-2008
• Gold Medal in China Collegiate Computer Programming Contest, 1998