Prepints
- “The Progressive Effect of Text Complexity in Crowdfunding Project Updates” / with Xin LI, J. Leon ZHAO, Kevin Zheng ZHOU, Under Review, SSRN
- “A Predictability-Centric Approach for Measuring Innovation Novelty” / with Xin LI, Kevin Zheng ZHOU, Under Review, Draft available upon request
- “Boosted by Data Science: Machine Learning Measure-Supported Empirical Studies in UTD-24 Journals (2010-2024)” / with Wenjie HUANG, Yidi LIU, Bingqing SONG, Mengfan XUAN, Sijia ZHOU, Xin LI, Under Review, SSRN
Working Papers
- “Personalized Customer Engagement under Changing Attention: A Signal Feedback Reinforcement Learning Approach” / with Zhengkun WANG, Jiayin ZHANG, Xin LI, Sean Xin XU, Shuchang LIU, Lantao HU
- “The Impact of Reward Distribution Policies on User Engagement and Service Consumption: A Natural Experiment at a Cloud Computing Service Provider” / with Zhongyun ZHOU, Ke XU
- “Rational Decision Support in Irrational Markets: Human-Machine Divergence and Contraction-augmented Collaboration in the GameStop Short Squeeze” / with Ying ZHAO, Xiurui YANG, Ke XU
- “More Irrational, More Inefficient: Evidence from the Gamestop Event” / with Ying ZHAO, Xiurui YANG, Angela LU
- “Fostering AI Innovation: The Synergistic Impact of AI-Related Government Policies and Enterprise Strategies” / with Jiafu WANG, J. Leon ZHAO
Conference Papers
- Ke XU, Wei HU$^{\ast}$, Zhongyun ZHOU / “Claiming vs. Automatic Rewards: Impact of Incentive Mechanism on Engagement and Consumption in Cloud Computing”.
- International Conference on Information Systems 2025 (ICIS2025) (Paper Link)
- China Summer Workshop on Information Management 2025 (CSWIM2025), Best Workshop Paper Nominee
- China Association for Information Systems Annual Meeting 2024 (CNAIS2024)
- Jiafu WANG, Wei HU$^{\ast}$ / “Fostering AI Innovation: The Synergistic Impact of AI-Related Government Policies and Enterprise Strategies”.
- The Americas Conference on Information Systems 2025 (AMCIS2025) (Paper Link)
- China Summer Workshop on Information Management 2025 (CSWIM2025)
- Xiurui YANG; Wei HU$^{\ast}$ / “GME Frenzy on Social Media: The Impact of Short Squeezes on Market Volatility and Predictability”.
- Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2024 (PACIS2024) (Paper Link)
- The 9th International Conference on Smart Finance 2024 (ICSF2024), Best Paper in Track
- 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting (INFORMS2024)
- Conference on Information Systems and Technology 2024 (CIST2024)
- Jiafu WANG; Wei HU$^{\ast}$ / “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence Policy on Employment: Evidence from China”. 2024; The 24th International Conference on Electronic Business (ICEB2024) (Paper Link)
- Yuk Yee CHAN; Wei HU$^{\ast}$; Jianming HUANG; Wanyue ZHOU; Xin LI / Innovation Novelty and Firm Value: Deep Learning based Text Understanding. 2023; International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2023. (Paper Link)
- Wei HU; Weihong MA; J. Leon ZHAO / Digital Disparity: Exploring Inequality in Non-Fungible Token Transactions. 2023; International Conference on Smart Finance, ICSF2023
- Qiang CAO$^{\dagger}$; Wei HU$^{\dagger}$; Sijia ZHOU$^{\dagger}$; Bei LUO$^{\dagger}$; Yuxuan YU; Shaoyi Stephen LIAO; J Leon ZHAO; Yiu Keung Raymond LAU / The Role of Media Coverage on Pandemic Containment: Empirical Analysis of the COVID-19 Case. 2020; Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2020. (Paper Link)
- Wei HU; J Leon ZHAO / The Impact of Textual Online Harassment on the Performance of Projects in Crowdfunding. 2019; Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, PACIS 2019 (Paper Link)
- Wei HU; J Leon ZHAO / Portfolio Optimization using Investor Sentiment. 2018; International Conference on Smart Finance, ICSF2018
$^{\ast}$ Corresponding author; $^{\dagger}$ Equal contribution;
Grants
- Shanghai Baiyulan Talent Program Pujiang (Category C) Project, Big Data Research on the Mechanism of Industrial Policy Impact on Industry Economy and Innovativeness (PI, Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 23PJC097, 2023.10-2026.10)
- Security Mechanism and Protection Algorithm of Blockchain (Participant, Shenzhen Science and Technology Plan Project, RIND-1614,2018.03-2021.03)
- Investor Sentiment Prediction, Securities Selection and Dynamic Portfolio Technology based on Text Analysis and Machine Learning (Participant, Sichuan International Innovation Cooperation Project, 19GJHZ0006,2018.12-2021.12)
