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We are pleased that the project by Chair Professor LI Yingying at the Department of Information System, Business Statistics and Operations Management (ISOM) and Department of Finance has been awarded with funding under the Research Grants Council (RGC) Research Impact Fund Scheme (2023/24). The project by Prof. Li is entitled “Empowering Hong Kong Finance ... Read More

Associate Professor YANG Yi of the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management (ISOM) has started his role to serve on the Information Systems Research ( ISR ) Editorial Review Board for a two-year term since 2024. ISR is a leading international journal on information systems and is dedicated to furthering knowledge in ... Read More

It is with immense sadness that we inform you about the passing of our respected faculty member and dear friend, Professor Theodore (Ted) Henry King Clark, in December 2023. For almost three decades, Prof. Clark had been a valued member of the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management (ISOM or formerly ISMT) at HKUST ... Read More

At the seventh inauguration ceremony of named professorships held by HKUST on December 5, ten outstanding faculty members and their donors were honored. Two of the faculty members are from the Business School. They are Crown Worldwide Professorship in Business — Professor CHEN Ying-Ju, and Liwei Huang Professorship in Business — Professor JI Yan. All ten ... Read More

Professor Garvin Percy DIAS Named Winner of the Faculty Service Award The Dean’s Faculty Service Award for 2023 was presented to Garvin Percy DIAS, Associate Professor of Business Education of the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management. The Award Committee recognizes not only his uncompromising dedication to the ... Read More

Different top academic journals have recently appointed key editorial posts to two faculty members at the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management. Professor HUI Kai-Lung appointed as Senior Editor by POMS Professor HUI Kai-Lung has been appointed as Senior Editor for the Production and Operations Management Society ... Read More

Generative AI (GenAI) is a powerful technology that can boost productivity and creativity in various domains. A research team at the HKUST Business School has developed InvestLM, which became Hong Kong’s first open-source Large Language Model (LLM) for GenAI applications. It is capable of generating investment-related, human-like responses comparable to ... Read More

The last BizTalk session in the Fall Term featured insightful presentations on the theme of ‘Serving Individuals by Type’ by Professor Utpal BHATTACHARYA from the Department of Finance, and Professor LIN Song from the Department of Marketing. Do Women Receive Worse Financial Advice? Prof. Bhattacharya’s research suggests that at financial planning firms, but ... Read More

With “Using Data to Identify Good and Bad Actors” as its theme, our second BizTalks session this season featured Assistant Professor LYU Guodong from the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics, and Operations Management, and Associate Professor WANG Shiheng from the Department of Accounting. From Targeting to Transfer: Design of Allocation ... Read More

Professor SHIN Dongwook (second left) from the Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics, and Operations Management received the Best Cluster Paper Award (Service Science Section) at the INFORMS Annual Meeting held in Phoenix, the US. The award committee has bestowed first place on Prof. Shin’s paper. Co-authored with Professor Bharadwaj ... Read More