Chair Professor
Kai Lung HUI
Information Systems
Chair Professor Elman Family Professor of Business, Acting Dean
Kai Lung HUI

Research Interests

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

Academic qualification

  • PhD 2000 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Information Systems
  • BBA (First-Class Honors) 1996 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Information Systems Management

Academic And Professional Experience

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

 


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.