Hengqi Tian

Hengqi Tian
Assistant Professor
Information Systems
hengqi.tian@ucdenver.edu

BUSB 4300

Hengqi Tian is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems.  Her primary research interests are digital innovation and artificial intelligence (AI).  In particular, her current research focuses on digital product innovations in the mobile app context and ground truth data labeling for AI development in professional judgment contexts, such as medical diagnosis of mental disorders.  She uses both quantitative and qualitative research methods, including machine learning, econometrics, experiments, qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), and case studies, among others.  She has published her work in journals, such as Information and Management and Internet Research, and presented at conferences such as the Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting and the Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS). She won the Best Student Paper award in the Organizational Communication and Information Systems (OCIS) Division of AOM in 2021. Prior to joining the University of Colorado Denver, Hengqi Tian worked as a postdoctoral researcher for two years at the Swedish Center for Digital Innovation, Umeå University.

Education

PhD, Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan (Two years in Ph.D. program at Georgia State University)
BS, Information Systems and Information Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan

Areas of Expertise

  • Digital Innovation
  • Ground Truth Data Labeling in AI Development
  • Human and AI Collaboration
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP)
  • Econometrics, Experiments, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)

Publications

Lin, F., Tian, H., Zhao, J., and Chi, M. 2022. “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

Best Student Paper, OCIS Division, AOM Conference, 2021