Professor Michael Chau

Michael Chau is a Professor in the Faculty of Business and Economics (HKU Business School) at the University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on the cross-disciplinary intersection of information systems, computer science, artificial intelligence, business analytics, and information science, with an emphasis on the applications of data, text, and web mining in various business, education, and social domains. He is leading the Artificial Intelligence Research Group in the HKU Business School.

Dr. Chau's research has been well published and recognized. He is the recipient of multiple research achievement awards and best paper awards, and is highly ranked in several research productivity studies. He received his Ph.D. degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona and a Bachelor degree in Computer Science (Information Systems) from the University of Hong Kong.

Current Major Roles

• Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics (HKU Business School), The University of Hong Kong
• Deputy Head, Innovation and Information Management Area
• Associate Director, HKU HKJC Center for Suicide Research and Prevention
• Member, HKU Senate
• Member, HKU Court
• Member, Business Studies Panel (General Research Fund and Other Funding Schemes for Individual Research), HK Research Grants Council
• Member, Business Studies Panel (Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector), HK Research Grants Council


• Co-Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Information Management (IJIM) (Impact Factor 2025: 27.0, ABDC A*)
• Senior Editor, MIS Quarterly (UTD, FT50, ABDC A*)
• Conference Co-Chair, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2027)
• Program Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI 2025)

Past Major Roles

• Warden, Lee Chi Hung Hall (2009-2021)
• BBA(IS) Program Director/Coordinator (2006-2009, 2012-2018)
• Program Co-Chair, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2024)
• Program Co-Chair, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013)
• Program Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI 2019)
• Founding Co-Chair, Pacific Asia Workshop on Intelligence and Security Informatics (PAISI 2006-2019)

Recognition and Awards

• Ranked as the 14th top author worldwide (1st in Asia) in research productivity in information science in 1998-2007 out of 1,823 distinct researchers (Chua, A. & Yang, C. C., 2008, JASIST)
• Ranked as the 11th most productive researcher worldwide in business intelligence and analytics in 2000-2011 (Chen, H. et al., 2012, MISQ)
• Stanford University's List of the Top 2% scientists
• INFORMS ISS Design Science Award 2020
• IEEE ITSS Leadership Award in Intelligence and Security Informatics 2020
• AIS Sandra Slaughter Service Award 2016
• International Conference on Information Systems: Best Paper Nominee 2022
• Workshop on E-business: Best Paper Nominee 2023
• Workshop on E-business: Best Paper Nominee 2022
• Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2014, The University of Hong Kong
• Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2013 & 2016, The University of Hong Kong
• Faculty Research Postgraduate Supervision Award 2020 & 2025, The University of Hong Kong
• Journal on Information Systems Education Best Paper Runner-up 2019
• IEEE ISI Best Conference Paper Runner-up 2016
• PACIS Best Conference Paper 2006
• Papers cited over 9,400 times with an H-index of 47 (Google Scholar)
• Media interviews and coverage of research (CNN, New York Times, TVB, ATV, Ming Pao, Apple Daily, HKET, HKEJ, SCMP, Oriental Daily, Sun Daily, PC Market)