Hsing Kenneth Cheng

Dr. Hsing Kenneth Cheng is the John B. Higdon Eminent Scholar and Department Chair of Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida. Dr. Cheng received his Ph.D. in Computers and Information Systems from Simon Business School, University of Rochester in 1992. Dr. Cheng’s research interests focus on interdisciplinary information systems research on big data and business analytics, and economic and policy issues of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and Internet commerce. Professor Cheng is a renowned Information Systems (IS) scholar with his works also extending to the intersection of other business disciplines. He has been consistently ranked as one of the most productive researchers among the world’s top-100 researchers in information systems by publications in top three IS journals over the years. Dr. Cheng was recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of INFORMS Information Systems Society in 2024, a prestigious award considered one of the highest honors in the field of IS that recognizes achievement in making significant impact on IS research, intellectual leadership to the IS community, and intellectual stewardship of the field.

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