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Hengqi Tian, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the CU Denver Business School. She earned her Management Science and Engineering doctorate from China University of Geosciences Wuhan. As part of her doctoral studies, Dr. Tian spent nearly three years in the Ph.D. program at the Center for Digital Innovation, Georgia State University. Before joining the University of Colorado Denver in Fall 2023, Dr. Tian served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Swedish Center for Digital Innovation, Umeå University, where she worked for two years.
Dr. Tian’s current research focuses on innovation and competition within digital platforms and human-AI collaboration in ground truth data labeling for AI development. She uses quantitative and qualitative research methods, including machine learning, econometrics, experiments, and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). She has published her work in journals such as Information and Management and Internet Research. Additionally, she has presented at several prestigious conferences, such as the Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), and the INFORMS Annual Meeting.
Dr. Tian’s academic contributions have been recognized with several awards, including the Best Student Paper award at the AOM’s Organizational Communication and Information Systems (OCIS) Division in 2021. She has also received the Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing from the European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS) in 2023 and 2024.
Education
PhD, Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan (Three years spent at the Center for Digital Innovation, Georgia State University, as a Joint PhD student)
BS, Information Systems and Information Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
Areas of Expertise
- Digital Innovation and digital platforms
- Ground Truth Data Labeling in AI Development
- Human and AI Collaboration
- Natural Language Processing (NLP)
- Econometrics, Experiments, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
Publications
Tian, H., Rai, A., Kostis, A., and Holmström, J. “Ground Truth Mechanisms in AI Development: A Conjoined Agency Perspective.”, Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Salt Lake City, USA, August 14-19 2024.
Lin, F., Tian, H., Zhao, J., and Chi, M. 2023. “Reward or Punish: Investigating Output Controls and Content Generation in the Multi-sided Platform Context,” Internet Research, 33(2): 578-605.
Tian, H., Rai, A., and Zhao, J. “How Do Boundary-Shifting Moves in Digital Innovation Shape Competitive Responses,” In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2021, No. 1, p. 12701). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. [Best Student Paper, OCIS Division at the AOM conference in 2021]
Tian, H., Grover, V., Zhao, J., and Yi, J. 2020. “The Differential Impacts of Types of App Innovation on Customer Evaluation,” Information & Management, 57(7):10335.
Tian, H., and Zhao, J. “Antecedents and Consequences of App Updates: An Integrated Research Framework,” 16th Workshop on e-Business (WeB), Seoul, Korea, December 10, 2017.
Tian, H., Zhao, J., and Liu, Y. “The Study of Typology of Competitive Actions in Digital Environment: An Empirical Investigation of Mobile Instant Messaging,” 19th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), Singapore, June 7-9, 2015.
All publications are available on Google Scholar.
Awards
Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS), 2023, 2024
Junior Faculty Consortium, Communication, Digital Technology, and Organization (CTO) Division, AOM Conference, 2022
Best Student Paper, OCIS Division, AOM Conference, 2021
