Business Analytics

Bin Zhu

Associate Professor
bin.zhu@bus.oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-1803

Austin Hall

Austin Hall 422

2751 SW Jefferson Way

2751 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331

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At OSU
Affiliated with: 
College of Business
Research/Career Interests: 

Dr. Bin Zhu is an Associate Professor of Business Information Systems in the College of Business. Prior to OSU she was an assistant professor at Boston University. She earned her Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from University of Arizona. Her current research interests include business intelligence, information analysis, social network, human-computer interaction, information visualization, computer-mediated communication, and knowledge management systems. She has been a lead author for papers that have appeared in Information Systems Research, Decision Support Systems, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, IEEE Transaction on Image Processing, and D-Lib Magazine. Her research also received an IBM faculty award.  Her teaching interests are business intelligence; database analysis and design; telecommunication; web technology; business programming; data structure and algorithms; e-commerce; information security/assurance; management information systems.

Beyond OSU
Education: 

Ph.D. in Management  Information Systems, Minor in Computer Science, May 2002
Management Information Systems Department
Eller College of Management
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

M.S. Atmospheric Science, May 1997
Department of Atmospheric Science
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

B.S. Meteorology, July 1989
Department of Geophysics
Beijing University, Beijing, China

Employment: 
  • Associate Professor, Business Information Systems - September 2014-present, College of Business, Oregon State University
  • Assistant Professor, Business Information Systems - September 2011-2014, College of Business, Oregon State University
  • Assistant Professor, IS Department - July 2002-2011, School of Management, Boston University
  • Research Associate, Department of Management Information Systems, University of Arizona - August 1997-2002
  • Research Assistant, Atmospheric Science Department,  University of Arizona - 1994-1997
  • Associate Director of Information Systems, Chengdu Bureau of Meteorology, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China - 1992-1994
  • Weather Forecaster, Chengdu Bureau of Meteorology, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China - 1989-1992
Professional Affiliations: 
  • Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Honors and Awards: 
  • Best paper nomination, International Conference on Information Quality 2008, Boston, MA
  • IBM Faculty Research Award, Amount: $40k, 2003
  • Junior Faculty Research Fund, School of Management, Boston University, 2003-2004 , 2005-2006, 2006-2007, and 2008-2010
  • Doctoral Consortium, Annual ACM CHI (Computer Human Interaction) Conference: Human Factors in Computing Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2002
  • Graduate College Fellowship of University of Arizona, 1999-2000
  • Graduate Registration Scholarship, Department of Management Information Systems, University of Arizona, 1999-2002
My Publications

Journal Articles


G. Shankaranarayanan and Zhu, B., “Enhancing decision-making with data quality metadata”, Journal of Systems and Information Technology, vol. 23, no. 2, 2021.

J. Li, Wu, Z., Zhu, B., and Xu, K., “Making Sense of Organization Dynamics Using Text Analysis.”, Expert Systems with Applications, 2018.

L. Zai, Yan, X., and Zhu, B., “The Hl-index: Improvement of H-index Based on Quality of Citing Papers”, Akadémiai Kiadó and Springer Science+Business Media, vol. 98, no. 2, pp. 1021-1031, 2014.

W. Duan, Cao, Z., Wang, Y., Zhu, B., Zeng, D., Wang, F. - Y., Qiu, X., Song, H., and Wang, Y., “An ACP Approach to Public Health Emergency Management: Using a Campus Outbreak of H1N1 Influenza as a Case Study”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems & Humans, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 1028-1041, 2013.

Y. Wang, Zeng, D., and Zhu, B., “Patterns of News Dissemination through Online News Network in China”, Information Systems Frontiers, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 557-570, 2012.

B. Zhu and Watts, S., “Visualization of network concepts: The impact of working memory capacity differences”, Decision Support Systems, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 327-344, 2010.

B. Zhu, Watts, S., and Chen, H., “Visualizing Social Network Concepts”, Decision Support Systems, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 151-161, 2010.

B. Zhu and Chen, H., “CommunicationGarden System: Visualizing a Computer Mediated Communication System to Facilitate Knowledge Management”, Decision Support Systems, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 778-794, 2008.

B. Zhu and Chen, H., “Information Visualization”, Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, vol. 39, 2005.

T. - H. Ong, Chen, H., Sung, W. K., and Zhu, B., “NewsMap: A Knowledge Map for Online News”, Decision Support Systems, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 583-597, 2005.

B. Zhu and Chen, H., “Using 3D Interfaces to Facilitate the Spatial Knowledge Retrieval: A Geo-referenced Knowledge Repository System”, Decision Support Systems, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 167-182, 2005.

H. Chen, Lally, A. M., Zhu, B., and Chau, M., “HelpfulMed: Intelligent Searching for Medical Information over the Internet”, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 54, no. 7, pp. 683-694, 2003.

B. Zhu, Ramsey, M., and Chen, H., “Creating a Large-Scale Content-Based Air Photo Image Digital Library”, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 163-167, 2000.

B. Zhu and Chen, H., “Validating a Geographical Image Retrieval System”, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 51, no. 7, pp. 625-634, 2000.

M. Ramsey, Chen, H., and Zhu, B., “A Collection of Visual Thesauri for Browsing Large Collections of Geographic Images”, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 50, no. 9, pp. 826-835, 1999.

Conference Papers


T. Kaskela, Zhu, B., and Sayali, D., “Pixel Importance: The Impact of Saturation and Brightness on the Spread of Information on Social Media”, in Springer Cham, 2022, no. 1, p. 105.

K. Zun, Zhu, B., and Zuo, M., “The Different Behaviors between Product Searchers and Website Searchers”, presented at the 2017, 2017.

J. Wang, Yan, X., and Zhu, B., “BEHAVIOR THEORY ENABLED GENDER CLASSIFICATION METHOD”, in the Fifteeth workshop on e-Business (WeB 2016) in Dublin, 2016.

C. Wang, Zhu, B., and Zuo, M., “Differences between Younger and Senior Information Providers in Senior Online Communities”, in the Fifteeth workshop on e-Business (WeB 2016) in Dublin, 2016.

C. Wang, Zhu, B., and Zuo, M., “Helping Senior Participants Acquire the Right Type of Social Support in Online Communities”, in The 10th China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM 2016), 2016.

J. Feng, Yao, Z., Zhu, B., and Marshall, B., “Weather Factors and Online Product/Service Reviews”, in 'Doing IS Research in China' Workshop of the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2015), 2015.

W. Chai, Zuo, M., Zhu, B., and Tian, X., “PREDICTING HABITUAL CONTINUING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES USE OF THE ELDERLY”, in Workshop on Doing IS Research in China, The 19th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2015), Singapore, 2015.

G. Shankar and Zhu, B., “Ensuring Positive Impact of Data Quality Metadata: Implications for Decision Support”, in Twentieth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS' 2014), Savannah, 2014.

C. Wong, Versace, M., and Zhu, B., “A cognitive-neural approach to explaining market oscillations in a fully recurrent adaptive agent population”, presented at the 2013, 2013.

Presentations


J. Li, Wu, Z., and Zhu, B., “Mining Hidden Organizational Structures from Meeting Records”, INFORMS 2015. Philadelphia, 2015.

J. Li, Li, X., and Zhu, B., “Collective opinion classification: A global consistency maximization approach”, The 24th Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS). Aukland, New Zealand, 2014.

B. Zhu and Olson, M., “Data/Knowledge Management for LIDAR Data Users/Researchers”, NSF I/UCRC Center for e-Design Strategic Planning Meeting. Oregon State University, 2013.

B. Zhu and Hoyle, C., “Mapping User requirements to Design Alternatives: The Whole Nine yards”, NSF I/UCRC Center for e-Design Strategic Planning Meeting. Oregon State University, 2013.

B. Zhu, “Finding People Who Retweet”, 2012 INFORMS International Conference. Beijing, China, 2012.

B. Zhu and Chau, M., “Finding People Who Forward Your Messages”, 2012 Winter Conference on Business Intelligence. Snowbird, Utah, 2012.

B. Zhu and Chau, M., “Finding People Who Forward Your Messages”, School of Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering Seminar Series. Oregon State University, 2012.

B. Zhu and Chau, M., “Understanding Awareness Diffusion at Twitter.com”. Lima, Peru, 2010.

B. Zhu, Luo, X., Ma, J., and Chau, M., “Finding Treasures in Your Trash”, Joint Conference of eServices and Business Intelligence. Chengdu, China, 2010.

J. Qin, Zhu, B., Gaynor, M., and Bradner, S., “Communication Clique Evolution Graph: A Tool to Monitor Conflicts in Virtual Teams”, 8th Workshop on e-Business. Phoenix, AZ, 2009.

B. Zhu and Yang, C., “Understanding How Product Information Traverses Across Online Communities”, Third China Workshop on Information Management 2009. Guangzhou, China, 2009.

B. Zhu, Shankaranarayanan, G., and Cai, Y., “Visualizing Data Quality Metadata for Decision Support: A Prototype and Evaluation”, Fifteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems. San Francisco, CA, 2009.

B. Zhu, “Expanding Research Using System Development as Methodology”, Artificial Intelligence Lab, MIS department. Tucson, AZ, 2009.

B. Zhu, Gaynor, M., and Bradner, S., “Monitoring Team Conflicts through the Visualization of Social Networks”, 7th Workshop on e-Business. Paris, France, 2008.

G. Shankaranarayanan, Zhu, B., and Cai, Y., “Decision support with data quality metadata”, International Conference on Information Quality 2008. Boston, MA, 2008.

B. Zhu and Gaynor, M., “Monitoring Conflicts in Virtual Teams: A Social Network Approach”, Second China Summer Workshop on Information Management. Kunming, China, 2008.

B. Zhu, Shankaranarayanan, G., and Cai, Y., “Integrating Data Quality Data into Decision-Making Process: an Information Visualization Approach”, HCI International 2007. Beijing, China, 2007.

B. Zhu, “Management Information Systems Research is USA”, Chengdu University of Information Technology. Chengdu, China, 2006.

B. Zhu, “Research in Management Information Systems”. Nanchang, Jiangxi, P.R. China, 2005.

B. Zhu and Iyer, B., “The Design for an Effective Knowledge Repository System”, Minnesota Symposium on Knowledge Management. Minneapolis, MN, 2003.

B. Zhu, Leory, G., Chen, H., and Chen, Y., “MedTextus: an intelligent web-based medical meta-search system”, 2nd ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital libraries. Portland, OR, 2002.

B. Zhu and Chen, H., “Visualizing a computer mediated communication (CMC) process to facilitate knowledge management”, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Minneapolis, MN, 2002.

B. Zhu, “Visualizing Computer-Mediated Communication Process”. 2002.

B. Zhu, “Visualizing Computer-Mediated Communication Process”. 2002.

B. Zhu and Chen, H., “Social Visualization for Computer-Mediated Communication: A Knowledge Management Perspective”, Eleventh Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems. 2001.

B. Zhu, “Visualizing Computer-Mediated Communication Process”. Bloomington, IN, 2001.

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