Wingyan Chung

Wingyan Chung, Ph.D.

Soules College of Business
The University of Texas at Tyler
Email: wchung (at) uttyler (dot) edu
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Short Biography
Dr. Wingyan Chung is Professor of Computer Science in Soules College of Business at The University of Texas at Tyler. Dr. Chung is an information systems scholar and educator with expertise in business analytics, machine learning, social media analytics, cybersecurity, network science, data science, knowledge management, and human-computer interaction. Dr. Chung received his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from The University of Arizona. He has over 120 refereed publications in Journal of Management Information Systems, Information & Management, ACM Transactions on MIS, Communications of the ACM, IEEE Computer, Scientific Reports, IJHCS, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, HICSS, and ICIS, among others. Recognitions include top ranking in BI and analytics, press coverage in ForwardFlorida and SIGCSE, and Senior Member awards from AAAI, ACM, and IEEE.
Honors and Awards

Senior Member awards, Asso. for Adv. Artificial Intelligence (twt / sn / pic); ACM; IEEE.
Excellence in Research Award, University of Central Florida (Youtube).
Education

Ph.D. in Management Info. Systems, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA (dissertation, committee: H. Chen (director), J. Nunamaker, L. Zhao, R. Snodgrass, T. Langendoen).
M.S. in Information and Technology Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, HK.
P.C. Ed. (Major: Business and Accounts), The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, HK.
BBA (Hon), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, HK.
Research

Business Analytics Lab, UNC Western Carolina University, (pic, video)

Cyber Intelligence Lab, University of Central Florida, (pictures)

Computing in Context Project

Computational Simulation of Online Social Behavior

Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics

Knowledge Systems Lab, UNC FSU (pictures)

Discovering Immigration Reform Sentiment from Social Media, BORDERS Center, U. Arizona (iMood System)

The Dark Web Project (Publications: JASIST 2008, Security Informatics 2014)

Living In the KnowlEdge Society Community Building Project
Selected Publications (Total: 100+ pubs.)

Chung, W. and Lai, V.S. "A Temporal Graph Framework for Intelligence Extraction in Social Media Networks," Information & Management, 60(4), 2023.
Chung, W. "Understanding Behavioral Drivers in Twitter Social Media Networks," Proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Information Systems, Hyderabad, India, Dec. 2023.
Chung, W., Zhang, Y. and Pan, J. "A Theory-based Deep-Learning Approach to Detecting Disinformation in Financial Social Media," Information Systems Frontiers (Special Issues on Secure Knowledge Management in the Age of AI), 2022.
Chung, W. and Busby, Z. "What are state-of-the-art AI technologies and applications? A review of business automation and augmentation," Proceedings of the Appalachian Research in Business Symposium, Richmond, KY, Mar. 24-25, 2022, pp. 32-38.
Chung, W., Mustaine, E. and Zeng, D. "A computational framework for social-media-based business analytics and knowledge creation," Enterprise Information Systems, 15(10), 2021.
Chung, W. and Zeng, D. "Dissecting emotion and user influence in social media communities," Information & Management, 57(1), 2020.
Chung, W., Rao, B. and Wang, L. "Interaction Models for Detecting Nodal Activities in Temporal Social Media Networks," ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems, Article No. 14, 2019.
Chung, W. "Social media analytics: Security and privacy issues," Journal of Information Privacy and Security, 12(3), 2016, pp. 105-106 (ranked #1 as the all-time Most Read Article).
Chung, W. and Zeng, D. "Social-media-based public policy informatics: Sentiment and network analyses of U.S. immigration and border security," Journal of the Assoc. for Info. Sci. and Tech. (IF = 2.23), 67(7), 2016, pp. 1588-1606.
Chung, W. "A simulation-based approach to predicting influence in social media communities: A case of U.S. border security," Journal of Information Privacy and Security, 12(3), 2016, pp. 107-122.
Liang, Y., Zheng, X., Zeng, D., Zhou, X., Leischow, S. ,Chung, W. "Characterizing Social Interaction in Tobacco-Oriented Social Networks: An Empirical Analysis," Scientific Reports, 5 (10060), 2015, Nature Publishing Group (IF = 5.578).
Chung, W. "Business Analytics in Context: Evaluating New Curricular Modules in an Undergraduate Statistics Course," Proceedings of the NSF CIC Workshop, ACM Press, 2015.

Liang, Y., Zheng, X., Zeng, D., Zhou, X., Leischow, S. ,Chung, W. "Exploring what and how tobacco industry present themselves in social media," Journal of Medical Internet Research, 17(1), 2015 (IF = 4.7).
Chung, W. (ed.) Proceedings of the NSF Workshop on Curricular Developments for Computing in Context, ACM Press, 2015.

Benjamin, V., Chung, W., Abbasi, A., Chuang, J., Larson, C., and Chen, H. "Evaluating text visualization for authorship analysis," Security Informatics (3:10), 2014.
Chung, W. "BizPro: Extracting and categorizing business intelligence factors from textual news articles," International Journal of Information Management, 34(2), 2014, pp. 272-284.
Chung, W. and Lewis Hershey "Enhancing Information Privacy and Data Sharing in a Healthcare IT Firm: The Case of Ricerro Communications," Journal of Information Privacy and Security, 8(4), 2013 (accepted in 2012), pp. 56-78.
Chung, W. and Tseng, B. "Discovering Business Intelligence from Online Product Reviews: A Rule-Induction Framework," Expert Systems with Applications, 39(15), 2012, pp. 11870-11879 (acceptance rate: 11-20%; Impact factor: 2.203).
Chung, W. "Web Searching in a Multilingual World," Communications of the ACM (cover story, editorial), 51 (5), 2008, pp. 32-40 (CACM is a top-ranked IS journal and the #1 most frequently cited journal in software engineering, according to ISI).
Chung, W., Lai, G., Bonillas, A., Xi, W. and Chen, H. "Organizing domain-specific information on the Web: An experiment on the Spanish business Web directory," International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 66 (2), 2008, pp. 51-66.
Chung, W., Chen, H., Chang, W. and Chou, S. "Fighting cybercrime: A review and the Taiwan experience," Decision Support Systems, 41(3), 2006, pp. 669-682 (among the top 25 most downloaded papers of the journal during Jan-Mar 2006).
Chung, W., Chen, H. and Nunamaker, J. "A visual framework for knowledge discovery on the Web: An empirical study on business intelligence exploration," Journal of Management Information Systems, 21(4), 2005, pp. 57-84 (among top elite MIS journals).
Chen, H., Chung, W., Xu, J., Wang, G., Chau, M. and Qin, Y. "Crime data mining: A general framework and some examples," IEEE Computer (37:4), April 2004, pp. 50-56.
Marshall, B., McDonald, D., Chen, H. and Chung, W. "EBizPort: Collecting and analyzing business intelligence information," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 55(10), 2004, pp. 873-891.
Lai, V.S. and Chung, W. "Managing international data communications: A Delphi study of issues," Communications of the ACM (45:3), March 2002, pp. 89-93.
Selected Publications by Area

Business Intelligence: PIM/RIM, CyTraSS, BOSSET, BizPro, BusStakeAnalyzer, DiscoverBI, WebBased BIS, BusAnalytics

Cybersecurity: SIMON DL, CT, TRNN, SMA-Security, BorderSim, DarkWeb, Cybercrime-Taiwan, CrimeDM

Data/Text/Web Mining: iMood, GraphRecom, BusStakeAnalyzer, DiscoverBI, BizPro, BorderSim, TobaccoSN, TobaccoIndSM, DarkWeb, VizBIE

Tech Review: Crowdsensing, SMA-Security, CrimeDM, Multilingual Web (AIC), Multilingual Web (CACM), Cybercrime-Taiwan, WebBased BIS

HCI: AuthorPort, CBizPort, EBizPort, STV, SBiz/AMedPort, MedTextus, SBizDir, BIViz, E-biz Stake, AMedDir

Health Informatics: TobaccoSN, TobaccoIndSM, MedTextus, AMedDir, Ricerro HealthIT

Knowledge Management: SMBA-KM, Group-Buying, Ricerro HealthIT, WebDir, IDC

Education: Cyber Informatics, BusAnalytics, CIC, CT, LIKES
Teaching (sample student comments)
Selected Quotes from Student Comments
"Professor Chung is probably one of the most well informed professors when it comes to information about databases."
"Professor Chung was an extremely dedicated professor and ... had a genuine desire to instill knowledge upon his pupils ... always tried to motivate students through various mediums."
"Dr. Chung is very enthusiastic about the subject matter in the course."
"Prof. Chung is the best professor here."
"Out of ALL my College of Business courses, this was the FIRST course that really challenged me."
"Dr. Chung is highly organized, know his subject inside and out, and is very likeable."
"Overall, I really enjoyed the Professor's teachings and I think that he is an Asset to the school and department."
"Your ability to convey complex concepts with clarity and passion has deeply enriched my learning experience."

Selected Courses Taught
Compu. Intelligence and Machine Learning (MSCS/MDASC, HKU; student eval.) - Forbes 10 Best AI / DS courses (PDF)
Social Simulation and Informatics (PhD / graduate, full-semester course)
Cybersecurity Informatics (Graduate Course developed for the Intel Security Curriculum Program)
Data Mining Methodology I (Graduate Course in Statistics; invited guest lecture)
Natural Language Processing (Graduate Course in Computer Science; invited guest lecture)
Database Management Systems (UG / MBA / MSIS, a full-semester course)
Information Systems Theory and Practice (UG / MBA)
Managerial Decision Analysis (EMBA)
Predictive Analytics (UG)
Social Media Analytics (UG / MBA)
Data Analytics (Grad) (Student comment)
Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing (UG / MSIS / MBA) (Student comment)
Grant Activities

Internal Grants Award, Office of Research, Scholarship, and Sponsored Programs, UT Tyler, 2023-2024.
Higher Education Grant Program, P&G, 2022.
Research Contract Award, DARPA, 2017-2020 (Press Release).
Grant Award, Collaborative Seed Award Program, Florida Center for Cybersecurity, Jul. 2017.
In-House Research Grant, Office of Research and Commercialization, UCF, 2016.
Grant Award, Intel Security Curriculum Program, Intel Corporation, Sep. 2015.
Co-PI, "Computing In Context," DUE-1141209, funded by the National Science Foundation, Aug. 2012.
Co-PI, "Living in the KnowlEdge Society (LIKES) Community Building Project" (CCF-0752865), National Science Foundation, 2007-2010.
Selected Services

Associate Editor, International Journal of Engineering Business Management, Sage Publishing, 2018 - now.
Editorial Board Member, Informatics, MDPI, 2020 - now.
Publication Chair, IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, Nov. 2-3, 2021.
External Examiner (Programme), Bachelor of Management Science and Information Management (Honours), HSUHK, 2020 - now.
Guest Editor, Special Issue on Social Media Analytics: Security and Privacy Issues, Journal of Information Privacy and Security.
Voting Faculty Member, Faculty Senate Personnel Committee, University of Central Florida, 2019 - 2020.
Registration Chair, IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, Miami, FL, Nov. 8-10, 2018.
Core Faculty Member, Cyber Security and Privacy Cluster, University of Central Florida, 2015 - 2020.
Faculty Promotion Committee Member, Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida, 2015 - 2019.
Associate Editor, Journal of Information Privacy and Security, 2011 - 2018.
Editor, Information Systems area, ACM Computing Review, 2012 - 2014.
Associate Editor, Decision Analytics, Big Data, and Visualization Track, International Conference on Information Systems 2014.
Mini-Track Chair, Intelligence and Security Informatics for BI and Analytics, BI, Analytics, and KM Track, Americas Conference on Information Systems 2014.
Chair, NSF Workshops on Curricular Development for Computing in Context, 2013-15.