Biosketch of Prof. Ting-peng Liang:
Professor Liang is Director of the Intelligent Electronic Commerce Research Center of National Sun Yat-Sen University in Taiwan and the immediate past president of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). He is also a fellow and Leo Awardee for Life-time Achievement. He received his Ph.D. degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and has taught at the University of Illinois, Purdue University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and City University of Hong Kong in addition to his current affiliation. He also served as Dean of College of Management and the Provost of National Sun Yat-Sen University. His research interests include electronic commerce, intelligent systems, knowledge management, strategic innovation of information technology and neural information systems. His papers have appeared in MIS Quarterly, Management Science, Operations Research, Journal of MIS, Journal of AIS, and many other academic journals.
Topic: Artificial Intelligence for Social Network Research
Abstract:
The rapid growth of the Internet and social media has increased the power of social networking and created a rich ground for innovative research. Factors related to social networking have been investigated from different dimensions. Many theories have been adopted in social networking research. In this talk, I will review major research trends in social networking and introduce a few of my own research related to social networking, including social commerce, word of mouth and social network analysis of neuroscience studies.
