Our faculty come to MScISM from the world’s top universities and bring years of business experience working with prominent companies in various industries. At HKUST, you’ll learn from professors committed to nurturing innovative leaders and turning your business ideas into a reality.
Research
Our faculty members serve on editorial boards of leading information systems and technology management journals, including Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, and Journal of Management Information Systems. Their research is regularly published in respected, peer-reviewed journals around the world.
Achievements
Many of our faculty members have won the Franklin Prize for Individual Excellence in Teaching. ISOM, the host department of the MScISM program, has also been awarded the Franklin Prize for Best Overall Teaching by a Department. In our classrooms, you will work alongside faculty with a proven track record of inspiring students and cultivating student success.
Our Faculty
Prof.
James THONG
James THONG
Acting Head and Chair Professor (PhD, National University of Singapore)
Research interests
User acceptance of IT innovations; IT in small businesses; computer ethics; human-computer interaction
Prof.
Yan XU
Yan XU
Professor (PhD, University of Strathclyde)
Research interests
Corporate management; competitive strategy and regulatory policy of telecommunications
Prof.
Hong XU
Hong XU
Associate Professor (PhD, University of Texas, Austin)
Research interests
Strategic information communication; auditing; supply chain management; user-generated content; online reputation; game theory
Prof.
Xiaojun ZHANG
Xiaojun ZHANG
Associate Professor (PhD, University of Arkansas)
Research interests
Implementation of knowledge management systems and job outcomes; social networks and culture; IT and healthcare
Prof.
Rong ZHENG
Rong ZHENG
MScISM Academic Director and Associate Professor(PhD, New York University)
Research interests
Predictive modeling for business intelligence; computational text analysis; social network analytics
Prof.
Yanzhen CHEN
Yanzhen CHEN
Assistant Professor (PhD, University of Texas, Austin)
Research interests
FinTech innovation in financial services; social media and labor market; healthcare management
Prof.
Tat Koon KOH
Tat Koon KOH
Associate Professor (PhD, Carnegie Mellon University)
Research interests
Digital economy; digital marketing; open innovation and crowdsourcing; platform design and strategy; tech start-ups
Prof.
Dongwon LEE
Dongwon LEE
Associate Professor (PhD, University of Maryland)
Research interests
Online consumer behavior; health IT; user experience; IT based service innovation; strategic IT alignment; social network services
Prof.
Jing WANG
Jing WANG
Associate Professor (PhD, New York University)
Research interests
Crowdsourcing; web-based behavioral experiments; user-generated content; social networks; data mining
Prof.
Garvin Percy DIAS
Garvin Percy DIAS
Associate Professor of Business Education (PhD, Fudan University)
Research interests
IT auditing; network management; mobile computing; electronic commerce; web-based information systems; intelligent computing
Prof.
Jeevan JAISINGH
Jeevan JAISINGH
Associate Professor of Business Education (PhD, Purdue University)
Research interests
Information security; piracy and open source software; project management; innovation management
Prof.
James S H KWOK
James S H KWOK
Associate Professor of Business Education (PhD, Imperial College London)
Research interests
Copyright and intellectual property protection; Internet security; e-commerce applications
Prof.
Juergen Harald RAHMEL
Juergen Harald RAHMEL
Adjunct Professor, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management
Prof.
Ronald FUNG
Ronald FUNG
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management
Teaching & research expertise
Partner, Digital and Financial Services, Oliver Wyman
Prof.
Terrence FUNG
Terrence FUNG
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management
Teaching & research expertise
Senior Manager, Banking Supervisions, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Dr. Jia JIA
Senior Lecturer, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management
Research interests
Economics of information systems
Deep learning
FinTech
Online personalization and privacy
Prof.
Sabrina LIN
Sabrina LIN
Adjunct Professor, Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics & Operations Management