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I am a fifth-year PhD candidate in Information Systems at Naveen Jindal School of Management (JSOM), the University of Texas at Dallas. I am advised by Prof. Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng and Prof. Amit Mehra.
I will be on the job market 2024 - 2025!
My research interests include:
Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Markets, Blockchain, Platform Strategy
Development and application of AI models to draw business insights (e.g., vision language models)
Methodologies: Econometrics, Generative Models, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Unstructured Data Analysis
Email: hong.zhang@utdallas.edu
Working Paper
Chasing Market Growth and Matching Efficiency in Two-Sided Platforms: Evidence from the Lazy-Minting Policy in an NFT Marketplace, with Hongchang Wang, Amit Mehra, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng
Major Revision at Management Science
Best Paper Runner-up: Boston Platform Symposium 2023, CIST 2022
Market Efficiency in Blockchain-Enabled Marketplaces: A Perspective From Traders’ Analytical Ability, with Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng and Amit Mehra
Major Revision at MIS Quarterly
Best Paper Finalist: CSWIM 2023, ICIS 2023, WITS 2022
Synergizing Human Crowd Knowledge with Machine Predictions Through Data Fusion: A Deep Learning Framework to Enhance Interpretable Content Monetization
Honors and Awards
Research
Best Paper Runner-up: Boston Platform Symposium 2023, CIST 2022
Best Paper Finalist: CSWIM 2023, ICIS 2023, WITS 2022
Ph.D. Student of The Year Winner: JSOM 2024
Ph.D. Student of The Year Finalist: JSOM 2023
Teaching
Outstanding Ph.D. Teacher of the Year: JSOM 2023
Teaching as Instructor
Object Oriented Programming (Python, BBA Core) - 2023 Fall, 2024 Spring
23Fall Evaluation: 5.00/5.00 (response rate: 17%; class size: 36)
Introduction to Programming (Java, BBA Core) - 2023 Spring
Evaluation: 5.00/5.00 (response rate: 35%; class size: 65)