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    • HU Wei
    HU Wei

    Assistant Professor

    Department: Management Science

    huwei72@tongji.edu.cn

    Research Interests: Fintech; Crowdfunding; Mobile Marketing; Blockchain; Stock Market; Social Media

    Research Methodologies: Applied Econometrics; Data Mining (Natural Language Processing; Machine Learning; Social Network Analysis)

    EDUCATION EXPERIENCE TEACHING AND RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDS/RECOGNITION
    • 2017.09-2022.10, Ph.D. in Information Systems, Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
    • 2015.09-2016.07, M.S. in Mathematical Finance and Actuarial Science, Department of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
    • 2010.09-2015.07, B.S. in Applied Physics, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
    • 2023.03-present, Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Management, Tongji University
    • 2016.08-2017.08, Research Assistant, Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong Kong

    Journal Papers Under Review

    • Time-varying Effects of Project Updates on Crowdfunding Success: A Dual-process Backer Engagement Perspective / with Xin LI, J. Leon ZHAO
      • 3rd Round at Information Systems Research (UTD24)

    Conference Papers

      1. Yuk Yee CHAN; Wei HU(*); Jianming HUANG; Wanyue ZHOU; Xin LI / “Innovation Novelty and Firm Value: Deep Learning based Text Understanding”. 2023; International Conference on Information Systems 2023 (ICIS23)
      2. Wei HU; Weihong MA; J. Leon ZHAO / “Digital Disparity: Exploring Inequality in Non-Fungible Token Transactions”. 2023; International Conference on Smart Finance 2023 (ICSF2023)
      3. Qiang CAO; Wei HU; Sijia ZHOU; Bei LUO; 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 2020 (PACIS 2020)
      4. 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 2019 (PACIS 2019)
      5. Wei HU; J Leon ZHAO / "Portfolio Optimization using Investor Sentiment". 2018; International Conference on Smart Finance 2018, (ICSF2018)

    Working Papers

      1. Do Project Owners Learn? Associative Learning vs. Observational Learning in Optimizing Descriptions of Crowdfunding Projects / with Xin LI, Prepared for Submission;
      2. The Impact of Social Media Coverage on Individuals’ Attention to Self-protection / with Qiang CAO, Sijia ZHOU, Bei LUO, Prepared for Submission;
      3. Innovation Novelty and Firm Value: Deeper Understanding from Text / with Xin LI, Prepared for Submission;
      4. Determinants of the Inequality in Non-fungible Tokens Markets / with J Leon ZHAO, Prepared for Submission;
      5. Customer Churn Management in Bank Mobile Marketing using Hidden Markov Model / with Xin LI, Xin XU, Vijay MOOKERJEE;
      6. Hedge Marketing: Correlation-based Robust Recommendation / with Xin LI;
      7. Expert vs Amateur: Stock Market Sentiment Diffusion in Social Media / with Xin LI;
      8. More Toxic, More Engaged? Effects of Toxic Communication in Online Engagement in Social Media / with J Leon ZHAO, Xin LI;

    Grants

    • 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)

    Conference Reviews

    • International Conference on Information Systems 2020, 2019, 2018;
    • Pacific Conference on Information Systems 2020, 2019, 2018;

    Journal Review

    • Information Systems Research, Special Issue: Fintech – Innovating the Financial Industry Through Emerging Information Technologies,
    • Information Systems and e-Business Management,
    • Journal of Electronic Commerce Research,
    • Electronic Commerce Research,
    • Information Technology & People,
    • Internet Review

    Professional Membership

    • Association of Information Systems
    • 2019.12, College of Business Ph.D. Student Teaching Excellence Award, City University of Hong Kong
    • 2019.08, Research Tuition Scholarship (RTS), City University of Hong Kong
    • 2019.08, Outstanding Academic Performance Award (OAPA), City University of Hong Kong
    • 2015.06, Outstanding Graduates in Shanghai
    • 2014.03, Excellent Student Cadres of Tongji University
    • 2013.12, Second Prize, Learning Scholarship of Tongji University
    • 2013.06, First Prize, 7th Students Innovation Training Program at Tongji University
    • 2012.08, Second Prize, 3rd China Undergraduate Physicists’ Tournament (CUPT)
    • 2011.10, Outstanding Student of Tongji University
    • 2011.12, Shanghai Scholarship
    • 2011.12, First Prize, Learning Scholarship of Tongji University
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