Jingbo Hou

Jingbo Hou

Assistant Professor in ISA

Stanta Clara University

Biography

Jingbo Hou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Systems & Analytics at Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business. His research focuses on enhancing the comprehension of the business and societal implications associated with emerging digital technologies, spanning both micro and macro levels. At the micro level, his investigation aims to mitigate information asymmetries and enhance matching efficiencies within diverse online two-sided platforms, including online crowdfunding markets, data-sharing platforms, and crowdsourcing contest communities. On the macro level, his interests extend to investigating the favorable societal impacts stemming from Information Technology, encompassing areas like GenAI adoption, telework adaptation, and social media usage. His work has been accepted for publication in Information Systems Research and Production and Operations Management.

Interests
  • Social Impact of IS
Education
  • Ph.D. in Business Administration (Information Systems), 2023

    Arizona State University

  • M.Eng. in Management Science and Engineering, 2018

    Renmin University of China

  • B.Mgmt. in Information Management and Information System (with Honor), 2015

    Sun Yat-sen University

Skills

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Stata
Python
R

Teaching

Instructor, Science, Information Technology, Business and Society (OMIS 34), SCU, Winter & Spring 2024, Winter 2025

  • I enjoy combining multiple modes in my teaching, e.g., in-class exercise, in-class discussion, case study, simulation games, peer evaluation, guided analytics, and so on.
  • I embrace all new topics centering the recent IS developments in the class, e.g., GenAI, quantum computing, and blockchain techniques.
  • Reviews from my prior students

Instructor, Database Management Systems (OMIS 105), SCU, Fall 2023

Instructor, Introduction to Business Data Analytics (CIS 315), ASU, Summer 2022

Accomplish­ments

Coursera
Convolutional Neural Networks
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Coursera
Improving Deep Neural Networks
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Coursera
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
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Contact

Industrial Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Game Operation
May 2014 – Jun 2014 Guangzhou

Job responsibility:

  • Conduct business data analyses
  • Write business reports
  • Popular game operation
 
 
 
 
 
Research Assistant
Nov 2019 – Dec 2019 Shenzhen

Job responsibility:

  • Conduct business data analyses with AI techniques
  • Write business reports