Julie Zhang

Research Interests

Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, Data Mining, Social Media Analytics, Information Disclosure

Education

• Ph D, (2011), University of Florida - Gainesville, FL
• MS: Finance, (2006), University of Florida - Gainesville, FL
• BS: Business Administration, (2003), International University of Business and Economics - China

Selected Awards and Honors

• 2021-22 Pedagogy Mini-Grants: Hybrid Pedagogy (2021), Teaching - University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Teaching Excellence Award (2021), Teaching - University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Teaching Excellence Award (2016), Teaching - University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Alec Courtelis Award (2010), Scholarship/Research - University of Florida
• Outstanding Academic Achievement Award (2010), Scholarship/Research - University of Florida
• Grinter Fellowship (2009), Scholarship/Research - University of Florida

Selected Publications

• Zhang, J. (). Information Disseminated with Technology Firms on Social Media.
• Jing Peng, J.Z., Gopal, R. (2022). The Good, the Bad, and the Social Media: Financial Implications of Social Media Reactions to Firm-Related News. Journal of Management Information Systems, 39(3) 706--732.
• Peng, J., Zhang, J., Ram, . (2022). The Good, the Bad, and the Social Media: Financial Implications of Social Media Reactions to Firm-Related News. Journal of Management Information Systems, 4 706-832.
• Han, L., Zhou, Q., Zhang, J., Yang, X., Zhou, R., Tang, J. (2020). Polymorphism and consistency: Complex network based on execution trace of system calls in Linux kernels. International Journal of Modern Physics C, 31(09) 2050126.
• Zhang, J., Liu, X., Li, X.B. (2020). Predictive Analytics with Strategically Missing Data. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 32(4) 1143-1156.
• Zhang, J., Piramuthu, S. (2018). Product Recommendation with Latent Review topics. Information Systems Frontiers, 20 617–625.
• Summerfield, N., Zhang, J., Motiwalla, L.F., Mai, T., Mazza, K. (2018). Using Analytics to Predict Project Management Success.
• Zhu, D., Lappas, T., Zhang, J. (2018). Unsupervised Tip-Mining from Customer Reviews. Decision Support Systems, 107 116-124.
• Zhang, J., Aytug, H. (2016). Comparison of Imputation Methods for Discriminant Analysis with Strategically Hidden Data. European Journal of Operational Research, 255(2) 522 - 530.
• Zhang, J. (2016). Social Media Content on Financial Markets. International Journal of New Technology and Research, 2(3).
• Zhang, J. (2015). Ensuring trust online through the wisdom of crowd. Journal of Internet and e-Business Studies, 2015 1.
• Zhang, J. (2015). Voluntary Information Disclosure on Social Media. Decision Support Systems, 73 28–36.
• Zhang, J., Aytug, H., Koehler, G.J. (2014). Discriminant Analysis with Strategically Manipulated Data. Information Systems Research, 25(3) 654–662.
• Zhang, J. (2014). Information revelation and social learning. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 5(2).
• Marston, S., Li, Z., Bandyopadhyay, S., Zhang, J., Ghalsasi, A. (2011). Cloud Computing: The Business Perspective. Decision Support Systems, 51(1) 176-189.
• Guo, H., Zhang, J., Koehler, G.J. (2008). A Survey of Quantum Games. Decision Support Systems, 46(1) 318-332.
• Zhang, J., Bandyopadhyay, S., Piramuthu, S. (2008). Real Option Valuation on Grid Computing. Decision Support Systems, 46(1) 333-343.

Selected Presentations

• The Good, the Bad, and the Social Media: Financial Implications of Social Media Reactions to Firm-Related News - Conference on Information Systems and Technology, INFORMs, October 2019 - Seattle, WA,
• Firm Performance and Social Media Content - Is The “Quiet Period” Quiet in This Information Rich World? - The 13th China Summer Workshop on Information Management, June 2019 - Shenzhen, China
• Adversarial Learning - Invited talk, June 2019 - Lanzhou, China
• Is IPO Quiet Period Quiet? - The 1st Conference of the New England Chapter of the AIS, May 2019
• Using Analytics to Predict Project Management Success - 3rd North American International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, September 2018 - Washington, DC
• Application and Research Prosperous of Data Exploration in Social Scientific Study - Invited talk, September 2018 - Lanzhou, China,
• Information Disclosure in the Sharing Economy - The 12th China Summer Workshop on Information Management, June 2018 - Qingdao, China
• Accentuating the Positive: Financial Implications of Strategic Information Disclosure of Firms on Social Media - Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), October 2017 - Houston, TX,
• How to Publish in Top Journals - Invited talk, September 2017 - Worcester, MA
• Strategically Information Disclosure on Social Media - INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2016 - Nashville, Tennessee
• Mining Hidden Information - The 10th China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), June 2016 - Dalian, China
• Social Media Buzz with Stock Performance - SIGDSA: 2015 Business Analytics Congress, December 2015 - Dallas, Texas
• Is IPO Quiet Period Quiet in This Information Rich World? - The 7th Annual Pre-ICIS Workshop on Accounting Information Systems, December 2015 - Dallas, Texas
• Product Recommendations with Discovered Hidden Topics in Online Reviews - INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2015 - Philadelphia, PA
• Strategically Missing Values with Support Vector Machines - Faculty Research and Creative Work Symposium, March 2015 - Lowell, MA
• Voluntary Information Disclosure on Social Media - The 6th Annual Pre-ICIS Workshop on Accounting Information Systems, December 2014 - Auckland, New Zealand
• Strategically Missing Values with Support Vector Machines - The 23rd Workshop on Information Technology and Systems, December 2013 - Milan, Italy
• Comparison of Imputation Methods for Discriminant Analysis with Strategically Hidden Data - DSI Annual Meeting, November 2011 - Boston, MA
• Linear Discrimination with Strategic Missing data - INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2011 - Charlotte, NC
• Trust and Reputation Systems, - INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2010 - San Diego, CA
• Linear Discrimination with Strategic Missing Values - INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2010
• A Survey of Quantum Games - INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2008 - Washington D.C.
• Real Option Valuation on Grid Computing - INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2007 - Seattle, WA