Dr. Chen obtained her PhD degree from City University of Hong Kong in Information Systems. She worked in some world-famous financial institutions before joining in SUSTech including Australian Capital Market Research Center Securities and Futures Commissions of Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchange. She also was one of the two recipients that have received Global CMCRC scholarship in Hong Kong. Her current research focuses on financial intelligence and big data analytics. She has 26 SSCI/SCI papers published in Information Systems Research INFORMS Journal on Computing Journal of Management Information Systems Information &Management Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology，European Journal of Operational Research among others.

Education

• 2011 PhD Information Systems City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong.
• 2008 MSc Computer Science Chinese Academy of Sciences & Shandong University of Science and Technology Joint Program China.
• 2005 BEng Information Management and Information Systems Shandong University of Science and Technology China.

Professional Experiences

• 2021/05 - now Associate Professor Department of Information Systems and Management Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology of China China.
• 2021/03 – 2021/05 Assistant Professor Department of Information Systems and Management Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology of China China.
• 2013/06 – 2021/03 Assistant Professor Department of Finance Southern University of Science and Technology of China China.
• 2011/09 – 2013/06 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Shenzhen Stock Exchange China.
• 2010/10 –2011/07 Research Staff Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong Hong Kong.
• 2010/04 –2010/10 Research Staff Australian Capital Markets Cooperative Research Center Australian.

Research Grants

1. Token-incentive in DAO-type Social Media Platform National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program) 72271114 2023-2026 RMB ¥440000 PI
2. Big Data Based Market Structure Model and Its Decision Making Mechanisms National Natural Science Foundation of China 92046012 2021 200000 RMB PI
3. The Big Data Supported Security Market Surveillance System: A Design Science Perspective National Natural Science Foundation of China 7160109 2017-2019 170 000 RMB PI
4. The Strategy of Developing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency in the Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macao Greater Bay Area. Guangdong Province Research Grant 2020-2021 100000 PI
5. News-Revealed Dynamic Business Relations and their Economic Implications Guangdong Province Research Grant 2019-2020 50000 PI
6. Big Data based Sense-making Analytics and Decision Support Framework Shenzhen Government Research Grant JCYJ2010417105742712 2015-2017 300000 RMB PI.
7. Big Data Supported Market Surveillance System SUSTech Competitive Research Grant FRG-SUSTC1501A-20 2016-2016 300000 RMB PI.
8. SUSTech Starting-up Research Grant 2017-2020 1000000 RMB PI.
9. Blockchain Technology and Distributed Ledger Management Shenzhen Government Research Grant 2017 300000 RMB Co-PI
10. Noise or Information? – Investigation of Stock Forum Induced Attention National Natural Science Foundation of China 71673318 2017-2019 480000 RMB Co-PI
11. Theories and Applications for Cultivating Creativity via Social Learning Networks National Natural Science Foundation of China 51475347 2015-2018 620000 RMB Co-PI.

Selected Journal Publications

1. Kun Chen* Yifan Fan and Stephen Liao “Token Incentives in a Volatile Cryptocurrency Market” Journal of Management Information Systems，2023 40（2）683-711. FT-50 Journal.
2. Kun Chen* Xin Li Peng Luo and J. Leon Zhao “News-induced Dynamic Networks for Market Signaling: Understanding Impact of News on Firm Equity Value” Information Systems Research online UTD-24 Journal.
3. A Commonsense Knowledge-enabled Textual Analysis Approach for Financial Market Surveillance，Xin Li+ Kun Chen+ Sherry Sun Terrence Fung Huaiqing Wang and Denial Zeng INFORMS Journal on Computing 2016 28(2) 278-294. UTD-24 Journal
4. Design Theory for Market Surveillance Systems Xin Li Sherry Sun Kun Chen* Terrence Fung and Huaiqing Wang Journal of Management Information Systems 32 (2) 2015 278–313. FT-50 Journal
5. The Dynamic Predictive Power of Company Comparative Network on Stock Sector Value Kun Chen* Peng Luo Dongming Xu and Huaiqing Wang Information and Management 53 2015 1006-1019.
6. An Influence Framework on Product Word of Mouth (WoM) measurement Kun Chen* Peng Luo and Huaiqing Wang Information and Management 54 2017 228-240.
7. A Utility-based Link Prediction Method in Social Networks Yongli Li Peng Luo Zhiping Fan Kun Chen European Journal of Operational Research 260 (2) 2017 693-706.
8. Exploring the Social Influence of Multi-Channel Access in an Online Health Community Peng Luo Kun Chen* Chong Wu Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 69(1) 2018 98-109

Patents

• Commonsense Knowledge based Security Market Surveillance Systems China CN105335888A
• Big Data Sense-making Analytics and Decision Support Systems China CN105243069A

Honors and Awards

• Teaching Award 2020 SUSTech.
• First Place Award in SUSTech Teaching Competition 2019.
• Outstanding Award on Natural Science (co-contributor) 2018 Shenyang.
• Research Award 2018 SUSTech.
• Shenzhen Overseas High-Caliber Personnel 2015-2020 Shenzhen.
• CMCRC Global Scholarship 2010-2011 Capital Markets CRC Ltd.
• Research Tuition Scholarship 2010-2011 City University of Hong Kong.

Recruitment

Opening positions for Postdoc RAs in the research group.