[RA position available — email me if interested]

Research Interests

Developing and evaluating computational tools to address challenges in innovation, finance, and labor markets.

Academic Qualification

• Ph.D. 2019 Georgia State University 
• M.S. 2013 Tsinghua University 
• B.S. 2010 Dalian University of Technology

Academic And Professional Experience

• IS Seminar Coordinator, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2024-present
• Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2019-present
• Editor-in-Chief Assistant, MIS Quarterly, 2016-2020 

Selected Publications

• Rai, Arun., Tang, X., Yin, Z., Du, S., (2022) “Gaining Customer Loyalty with Tracking Information Quality in B2B Logistics,” Journal of Management Information Systems, 39(2), 307-335.

Teaching

• Introduction to Information Systems (Undergraduate)
• Python Programming for Business Applications (MBA/MSc)
• Empirical Studies of Innovation and Digitization (PhD)
• Topics in the Economics of IT (PhD)

Competitive Grants

• General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2025-2027 (855,520 HKD)
• General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2023-2025 (492,555 HKD)
• Early Career Scheme Research Grant, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2021-2023 (692,417 HKD)

Honors & Awards

• Doctoral Student Service Award, Association for Information Systems, 2018
• Doctoral Consortium, International Conference on Information Systems, 2018
• Outstanding Master Graduate, Tsinghua University, 2013
• Outstanding Master Dissertation, Tsinghua University, 2013
• National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, 2007, 2008, 2009