Research

Publication

(* Area top-tier journal)

Selected Articles

    1. Zhepeng (Lionel) Li, Yong Ge, Xue Bai. 2021. What Will be Popular Next? Predicting Hotspots in Two-mode Social Networks. MIS Quarterly* (MISQ). (JCR Q1, 2019 Impact factor = 5.370, 5-year IF = 9.921)

        • SSRN Most Download in CompSciRN: Computational (Topic). [click here to SSRN manuscript].

        • SSRN Top Ten Download in Econometrics: Econometric & Statistical Methods - Special Topics eJournal

        • Best Paper Nominee at INFORMS Workshop on Data Science 2017

    2. Wade Cook, Wanghong Li, Zhepeng (Lionel) Li, Joe Zhu. 2021. Efficiency Measurement for Hierarchical Situations. Journal of the Operational Research Society (JORS). (JCR Q2, 2019 Impact factor = 2.175, 5-year IF = 2.108)

        • Joint Work in Optimization & Analytical Modeling

    3. Wade Cook, Wanghong Li, Zhepeng (Lionel) Li, Liang Liang, Joe Zhu. 2020. Efficiency Measurement with Products and Partially Desirably Co-Products. Journal of the Operational Research Society (JORS) 71(2): 335-345. (JCR Q2, 2019 Impact factor = 2.175, 5-year IF = 2.108)

        • Joint Work in Optimization & Analytical Modeling

    4. Zhepeng (Lionel) Li, Xiao Fang, and Olivia R. Liu Sheng. 2018. A Survey of Link Recommendation for Social Networks: Methods, Theoretical Foundations, and Future Research Directions. ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS) 9(1): 1-26.

        • SSRN Top Ten Download in Networks, Information Technology & Systems, and IO:Theory. [click here to SSRN manuscript]

    5. Zhepeng (Lionel) Li, Xiao Fang, Xue Bai, and Olivia R. Liu Sheng. 2017. Utility-based Link Recommendation for Online Social Networks. Management Science* (MS) 63(6): 1938-1952. (JCR Q1, 2019 Impact factor = 3.935, 5-year IF = 5.469)

        • SSRN Top Ten Download in Information Technology & Systems, Innovation & Networks, Sociology of Innovation, and Sources of Innovation. [click here to SSRN manuscript]

        • SSRN Top Ten Download in DecisionSciRN: Business Analytics (Topic) and DecisionSciRN: Predictive Analytics (Sub-Topic)

    6. Wanghong Li, Zhepeng (Lionel) Li, Liang Liang, Wade D. Cook. 2017. Evaluation of Ecological Systems and the Recycling of Undesirable Outputs: An Efficiency Study of Regions in China. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 60: 77-86. (JCR Q1, 2019 Impact factor = 4.149, 5-year IF = 3.571)

        • Joint Work in Optimization & Analytical Modeling

    7. Xiao Fang, Paul Hu, Zhepeng (Lionel) Li and Weiyu Tsai (Authors are of Equal Contribution). 2013. Predicting Adoption Probabilities in Social Networks. Information Systems Research* (ISR) 24(1): 128-145. (JCR Q1, 2019 Impact factor = 3.585, 5-year IF = 5.634)

        • Media Coverage by MIT Technology Review [click here to the story] and mass media, e.g., Herald News, Yahoo!News, Vancouver Sun etc.

        • SSRN Top Ten Download in Information Technology & Systems. [click here to SSRN manuscript]


Other Publications

    1. Wade D. Cook, Chuanyin Guo, Wanghong Li, Zhepeng (Lionel) Li, Liang Liang, Joe Zhu. 2017. Efficiency Measurement of Multistage Processes: Context Dependent Numbers of Stages. Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR): 34(6).

    2. Weiping Wang, Wenhui Chen, Zhepeng Li, Huaping Chen. 2006. Comparison Model and Algorithm for Distributed Firewall Policy. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 4114: 545-556.

Working Project


  • Lead Author. "Link Prediction from Incomplete Data". Under Review.

  • Joint Author. "Reinforced Recommendation for Online Community Formation". Under Review.

  • Lead Author. "Team Formation in Crowd Work". In prep.

  • Joint Author. "Local Statistical Learning for Graph Linkage Inference". In prep.

  • Joint Author. "HR Mobility Analytics". In prep.

  • Lead Author. "Social Network Analytics for Academic Institution Evaluations". In prep.

  • Joint Author. "Spatial Recommender System". In prep.

  • Lead Author. "Realty Predictive Analytics". In prep.

Presentation


  1. Invited Talk. Forecast Hotspots from Social Networking. Mendoza School of Business, University of Notre Dame, 2018. South Bend, IN, USA.

  2. What will be Popular Next? Predicting Hotspots in Two-mode Social Networks. Best Paper Nominee. INFORMS Workshop on Data Science 2017. Houston, TX, USA.

  3. Invited Talk. Where is Popular Next? Inferring Contagious Social Foci in Two-mode Social Networks. School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University 2017. Wuhan, Hubei, CHN.

  4. Invited Talk. Where is Popular Next? Inferring Contagious Social Foci in Two-mode Social Networks. Management School, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) 2017. Hefei, Anhui, CHN.

  5. Invited Talk. Utility-based Link Recommendation. Simon School of Business, University of Rochester 2017. Rochester, New York, USA.

  6. Invited Talk. Utility-based Link Recommendation. Business School, Indiana University at Bloomington 2016. Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

  7. Invited Talk. Social Network-based Recommendations. Canadian Operations Research Society Annual Meeting 2016 (CORS'16). Banff, Alberta, CA.

  8. with Xiao Fang, Xue Bai, and Olivia R. Liu Sheng. Utility-based Link Recommendation. INFORMS Annual Meeting 2011, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

  9. with Bo Chen, Weidong Zhu, and Yaping Zhou. Internet service control based on customer choice. 2008. Proceeding of Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA08’) 8802-8804.

  10. with Weiping Wang, and Wenhui Chen. A Collusion Resistant Solution for Privacy Preserving Data Mining. 2006. Proceeding of International Conf. on Communication Technology (ICCT’06) 1-5.

  11. with Weiping Wang, and Wenhui Chen. Dynamic Update of Firewall Policy Based on MFDT. 2006. Proceeding of International Conf. on Computational Intelligence and Security (CIS’06) 2 1117-1120.

  12. with Weiping Wang, and Bing Deng. Application of Oblivious Transfer Protocol in Distributed Data Mining with Privacy-preserving. Proceeding of The First International Symposium on Data, Privacy, and E-Commerce (ISDPE’07) 283-285.

  13. with Weiping Wang, Rong Ji, Wenhui Chen, and Bo Chen. Firewall Rules Sorting Based on Markov Model. Proceeding of The First International Symposium on Data, Privacy, and E-Commerce (ISDPE’07) 203-208.

  14. Bo Chen, Weidong Zhu, Yaping Zhou and Lionel Zhepeng Li, 2008. Internet Service Control Based on Customer Choice. Proceeding of the 7th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation 8802-8804.