Chair Professor
Kai Lung HUI
Information Systems
Chair Professor Elman Family Professor of Business, Acting Dean
klhui@ust.hk
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Kai Lung HUI

Research Interests

  • Cybercrime economics and policy
  • Information privacy
  • Fintech
  • IT policy
  • Electronic commerce

Academic qualification

  • Ph.D., Information Systems, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2000.
  • B.B.A., Information Systems Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 1996.

Academic And Professional Experience

  • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    • Acting Dean, HKUST Business School, July 2024 – present.
    • Elman Family Professor of Business, HKUST, July 2019 – present. 
    • Chair Professor, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics, and Operations Management, July 2017 – present.
    • Faculty Associate, Institute of Emerging Market Studies, 2013 – present.
    • Academic Director, Kellogg-HKUST EMBA Program, January 2022 – December 2025.
    • Head, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics, and Operations Management, April 2024 – June 2024.
    • Senior Associate Dean, HKUST Business School, September 2021 – June 2024.
    • Director, Center for Business and Social Analytics, May 2020 – June 2024.
    • Acting Head, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics, and Operations Management, August 2023 – March 2024.
    • Deputy Head, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics, and Operations Management, August 2017 – July 2023.
    • Academic Director, HKUST EMBA Program, October 2021 – December 2023.
    • Academic Director, MSc Program in Financial Technology, September 2020 – August 2022; co-director, September 2018 – August 2020.
    • Associate Dean (Research), HKUST Business School, March 2019 – August 2021.
    • Director, Risk Management and Business Intelligence Program, September 2019 – August 2021.
    • Co-Director, Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management, January 2017 – August 2021.
    • Professor, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics, and Operations Management, July 2013 – June 2017.
    • Associate Dean (UG Admissions), School of Business and Management, September 2013 – August 2015.
    • Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics, and Operations Management, September 2008 – June 2013.
  • City University of Hong Kong
    • Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems, 2006 – 2008.
  • National University of Singapore
    • Assistant-Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems, 2000 – 2008.

Selected Publications

Articles
Other Publications
OP-ED / LETTERS

 

Service Activities Within College And Profession

 

Editorial Board Member:

  • Production and Operations Management (POMS)
    • Senior Editor (Disruptive Technologies and Operations Management), December 2023-present.
  • Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS)
    • Editorial Board Member, July 2017-present.
    • Advisory Editor, Special Issue on Generative AI and its Transformative Value for Digital Platforms, 2023-2024.
  • Business and Information Systems Engineering (BISE).
    • Department Editor (Economics of Information Systems), Feb 2017 – present.
  • Information & Media (IM)
    • Advisory Board Member, 2022-present.
  • Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (ECRA).
    • Advisory Board Member, 2017-present.
    • Co-Editor, Sep 2011-Jan 2014.
    • Associate Editor, 2009-Aug 2011.
  • Information Systems Research (ISR).
    • Senior Editor, Jan 2015 – Dec 2022.
    • Associate Editor, Jan 2011 – Dec 2014.
  • ISR Special Issue on Digital Vulnerabilities, 2015.
  • Electronic Market Special Issue on Personal Data Markets, 2014.
  • Journal of the AIS (JAIS), 2008-2011.
  • MIS Quarterly Special Issue on Information Security, 2010.

 

Ad Hoc Consulting/Advisory

  • UC.NOW, 2017-present
  • Insurance Authority, 2020-present
  • New iMedia, 2020-2021
  • 300cubits.tech, 2017-2019
  • Communications Association of Hong Kong, 2015
  • Intellectual Property Department, Hong Kong SAR Government, 2012-2013
  • WKK Distributions Ltd., 2010-2011
  • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), 2006-2007
  • Ministry of Law, Singapore, 2002-2003

Honors

  • Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence, 2010, 2013 and 2022 (MBA non-required courses/MSc teaching), nominee, 2017 and 2020.
  • Distinguished Member of the Association of Information Systems, Cum Laude, since 2021.
  • Dean’s Faculty Service Award, HKUST Business School, 2017.
  • Best AE award, ISR 2013.
  • Best Research-in-Progress paper runner-up, International Conference on Information Systems, 2013.
  • Best Research Contribution Award, SMU Summer Institute on Analytics for Business, Consumer and Social Insights (BCSI), 2013.
  • Best mini-track paper, HICSS 2007.
  • Best Paper Runner-up, International Conference on Information Systems, 2002.
  • Ernst and Young ICIS Doctoral Consortium, December 1999.