Cong Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Information Systems
Phone: 410.837.4960
E-mail: czhang@ubalt.edu
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- M.S., City University of Hong Kong
- B.S., Macao Polytechnic University (MPU)
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Bio
Cong Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore. He received his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His research interests are online customer reviews, health informatics, ontology modeling, and sharing economy.
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Research Interests
Business Intelligence and Analytics, Data Mining, Online Word of Mouth, Healthcare Informatics, Sharing Economy
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Teaching Interests
Business Intelligence and Analytics, Management Information Systems, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Data Visualization, Data Warehousing
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Recent Publications
Intellectual Contributions
Conference Proceedings
Aggarwal, A. K., Zhang, C., Fowler, D. C., ., & . (2024). Information Literacy:ChatGPT, library or the Internet?. Decision Science Institute (DSI).
Magazine/Trade Publication
Zhang, C. (2021). The Role of National Culture Values and Trust in Online Sharing Hospitality Platform Acceptance. Journal of Global Information Management.
Presentations
Aggarwal, A. K., & Zhang, C. 2024 DSI Annual Conference, "Search a Function of the Subject. ChapGPT, Library, or Internet?," Phoenix, AZ. (2024).
Aggarwal, A. K., & Zhang, C. SEINFORMS, "Challenges and Opportunities of Generative AI in Education," Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (2024).
Zhang, C. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), "Implementing Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis for Patient Reviews.�," (2023).
Aggarwal, A. K., & Zhang, C. Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, "Opportunities and Challenges of ChatGPT in Academia.�," (2023).
Aggarwal, A. K., & Zhang, C. Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, "Visual Business Intelligence Implementation in the Curriculum," Decision Sciences Institute, Washington DC. (2023).
Media Contributions
Fast Pitch: Meet the new Information Systems Professor: (2022).
Research in Progress
"Data Analytics - a Story-Building Approach Using Digital Forensics"
"Dummying of Students? From the Internet to ChatGPT"
"Functional Competency and Herding in Groups: A Case Study"
"Investigating and Detecting GPT-Generated Fake Online Reviews" (On-Going)
"Mining Patients� Experiential Quality Evaluations from Online Healthcare Reviews Using an Integrated Domain Ontology" (Writing Results)
"When Perceptions Match Reality: The Influence of Hospital Medical Performance and Review Content on Online Ratings" (Writing Results)