The Invisible Hand in Crowdfunding,
General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2022 - 2023 (17501721B)
Factors Moderating the Predictive Power of Social Media Sentiment on Stock Returns,
General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2019 - 2021 (17501518B)
The Impact of Average Rating and Information Disparity on Consumer Perception of Review Diagnosticity,
General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2017 - 2018 (17514516B)
Impact of Social Media on Colour Fashion Preferences,
The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel, 2016 - 2017
The Effects of Traditional Media and Social Media on Penny Stocks and Non-penny Stocks,
General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2015 - 2017 (17502715B)
Studying the Order Effect of Feedbacks in Online Auction Markets: A User Study and a Bayesian Updating Model,
General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2014 - 2016 (17500514B)
Applying Blog Mining Techniques in Suicide Research and Prevention,
General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2012 - 2014 (742012)
Multidimensional Analysis on Blood Donation Data for Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service,
Hong Kong Hospital Authority, HKSAR Government, 2013
Promoting Mental Well-Being in Youths through an Interactive Online Game on a Social Networking Website,
Health Care and Promotion Fund, Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR Government, Apr 2010 - Sept 2011 (23090514)
Internal Project Grants
The Spread of Pandemic-related Social Media Contents, HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research, July 2022 - June 2024 (104006696)
Disease-related Cues and Social Media Consumption, HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research, July 2021 - June 2023 (104006168)
Consulting for SMEs on New Norms and Challenges in the Post-COVID-19 Era, HKU Knowledge Exchange Impact Project Grant, 2020 - 2021 (KE-IP-2020/21-19)
The Effect of Virtual Reality on Donation Behaviors, HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research, June 2020 - May 2022 (104005683)
Gamification in Crowdsourcing, HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research, July 2019 - June 2021 (104005256)
The Effect of Immersive Systems on Individual Performance, HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research, June 2018 - June 2020 (104004856)
Business Consulting for Social Enterprises, HKU Knowledge Exchange Impact Project Grant, 2015 - 2016 (KE-IP-2015/16-22)
Authenticity and Helpfulness of Online Reviews, HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research, May 2015 - April 2017 (104003314)
Studying Social Networks With Uncertainty, HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research, Jun 2014 - May 2016 (104002963)
Co-authorship Analysis in the Information Systems Discipline, HKU Small Project Funding, Jun 2013 - May 2015
Identifying and Understanding Influential Individuals in Online Social Networks, HKU Small Project Funding, Jun 2012 - May 2014
E-engagement and Analytics Capacity Enhancement for NGOs, Excellence and Capacity building for Entrepreneurship and Leadership for the Third Sector (ExCEL3), HKU-HKJC, 2012 - 2017
Predicting Online Auction Prices Based on Feedback Histories and Text Comments, HKU Small Project Funding, Mar 2011 - Feb 2013
Exploring the Use of Three-Dimensional Virtual Worlds for Teaching and Learning Activities, HKU Earmarked Teaching Development Grant, Nov 2009 - Apr 2011 (10100316)
Social Mining for Web 2.0 Applications, HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research, May 2009 - December 2011 (10400397)
Applying Information Visualization Techniques to Web Search Results, HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research, March 2008 - February 2010 (10208140)
Analysis and Visualization of Web Search Queries, HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research, January 2007 - December 2008 (10207565)
Searching and Analyzing Blogs for Competitive Advantages, HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research, January 2006 - December 2007 (10206775)
Improving Document Clustering Techniques for Web Search Result Analysis, HKU Incentive Award, 2005 - 2006
Searching the World Wide Web Backwards for Business Intelligence Analysis, HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research, January 2005 - December 2006 (10206086)
Using Content and Link Analysis in Developing Domain-specific Web Search Engines: A Machine Learning Approach, HKU Seed Funding for Basic Research, February 2004 - January 2006 (10205294)
Recognition and Awards
INFORMS ISS Design Science Award 2020
IEEE ITSS Leadership Award in Intelligence and Security Informatics 2020
AIS Sandra Slaughter Service Award 2016
Journal on Information Systems Education Best Paper Runner-up 2019
IEEE ISI Best Conference Paper Runner-up 2016
PACIS Best Conference Paper 2006
Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2014, The University of Hong Kong
Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2016, The University of Hong Kong
Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2013, The University of Hong Kong
Faculty Research Postgraduate Supervision Award 2020, The University of Hong Kong
Papers cited over 8,000 times (h-index = 45)
Media interviews and coverage of research (CNN, New York Times, ATV, Ming Pao, Apple Daily, HKET, HKEJ, SCMP, Oriental Daily, Sun Daily, PC Market)
Student awards:
Champion, IEEE (HK) Computational Intelligence Postgraduate Research Paper Competition 2020 (Wenwen Li)
Faculty PhD Research Excellence Award 2021 (Bingjie Deng)
Faculty PhD Research Excellence Award 2020 (Wenwen Li)
Faculty PhD Research Progress Award 2020 (Bingjie Deng)