Talks & Interviews

1. Zhao, Z.*, Cho, K., Aaltonen, A., & Straub, D. (2025, October). Charting the Unseen: Uncovering the Dynamic Processes Underlying Human-GenAI Interaction in Complex Problem Solving. INFORMS Annual Meeting (INFORMS 2025), Atlanta, GA, US.

2. Zhao, Z.*, Cho, K., Aaltonen, A., & Straub, D. (2025, October). Making the Invisible Visible: Computational Process Tracing of Human-GenAI Collaboration. INFORMS Workshop on Data Science, Atlanta, GA, US.

3. Zhao, Z.*, Cho, K., Aaltonen, A., & Straub, D. (2025, September). Making the Invisible Visible: Dynamic Process Tracing of GenAI Collaboration. AI and Collaborative Innovation Workshop, New York University, New York City, NY, US.

4. Zhao, Z.*, Shan, G., & Wattal, S. (2025, August). Shortcuts or Blind Spots? The Impact of Search Generative Experience (SGE) on Information-Searching. Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2025), Montréal, Canada. [Best ERF Paper Award]

5. Zhao, Z.*, & Aaltonen, A. (2025, July). Kill Two Birds with One Stone: Using Cross-Platform Software Development Kits for Digital Innovations. Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM 2025), Copenhagen, Denmark.

6. Scheepers, R., Zhao, Z.*, & Straub, D. (2025, July). Information-Based Competitiveness in the Digital Era: A Theory of Digital Information Asymmetries." Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM 2025), Copenhagen, Denmark. 

7. Mandviwalla, M., Straub, D., & Zhao, Z.* (2025, July). From Scientific Management to AI: Predicting Opportunity and Measuring Results in the Next Wave of Automation. Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM 2025), Copenhagen, Denmark.

8. Zhao, Z.*, Cho, K., Aaltonen, A., & Straub, D. (2025, May). Revolutionizing Workplace Problem-Solving: Collaboration with Out-of-the-Box AI Solutions. AI and the Future of Work conference (AI at Wharton), Philadelphia, PA, US.

9. Zhao, Z.* (2025, April). Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Financial Stakes and Cognitive Biases on Decentralized Prediction Markets. 2025 Fintech and Financial Institutions Research Conference, University of Delaware, & Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, US. (Program Link) 

10. Zhao, Z.*, Cho, K., Aaltonen, A., & Straub, D. (2024, December). Screen Tracking of Research Engagement (STORE) in the Era of Generative AI. SIG SVC at International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2024), Bangkok, Thailand.

11. Zhao, Z.*, & Aaltonen, A. (2024, December). Kill Two Birds with One Stone: Leveraging Multihoming Boundary Resources for Mobile App Development. SIG DITE PDW at International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2024), Bangkok, Thailand.

12. Zhao, Z.*, Cho, K., Aaltonen, A., & Straub, D. (2024, October). Decoding Coding Advice: Generative AI is Thinking Outside The Box in Problem-Solving. INFORMS Annual Meeting (INFORMS 2024), Seattle, WA, US.

13. Zhao, Z.*, Cho, K., Aaltonen, A., & Straub, D. (2024, August). Decoding Coding Advice: How Credible Are Programming Solutions Produced by Generative AI? Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM 2024), Chicago, IL, US.

14. Zhao, Z.*, & Aaltonen, A. (2024, July). Kill Two Birds with One Stone: Leveraging Multihoming Boundary Resources for Mobile App Development. Platform Strategy Research Symposium (PlatStrat 2024), Boston, MA, US.

15. Zhao, Z.*, Cho, K., Aaltonen, A., & Straub, D. (2024, July). Decoding Coding Advice: Generative AI is Thinking Outside-the-box in Programming Problem-Solving. International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2 2024), Philadelphia, PA, US.

16. Zhao, Z.*, & Aaltonen, A. (2024, June). Kill Two Birds with One Stone: Using Multihoming Boundary Resources in App Development. 2nd European Digital Platform Research Network Summit (EU-DPRN 2024), London, UK.

17. Zhao, Z.* (2024, May). I've Got Your Daughter: Generative AI Boosts Deepfake-enhanced Cybercrime. Generative AI in User-Generated Content Workshop, The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024), Honolulu, HI, US. 

18. Zhao, Z., & Aaltonen, A.* (2023, December). Mastering Efficiency: Leveraging Multihoming Boundary Resources For Mobile App Development. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2023), Hyderabad, India.

19. Zhao, Z., Cho, K.*, & Aaltonen, A. (2023, August). What If It Came From ChatGPT? The Moderating Role of Expertise in Programming Solution Adoption. KrAIS Summer Workshop 2023, Seoul, Korea. 

20. Zhao, Z.*, & Aaltonen, A. (2023, August). Kill Two Birds With One Stone: Using Multihoming Boundary Resources in App Development. 29th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2023), Panama City, Panama. [Top 25% ERF Paper]

21. Zhao, Z.*, Cho, K., & Aaltonen, A. (2023, June). Decoding Coding Advice: Examining the Adoption and Perceived Quality of AI vs Human Generated Recommendations. 19th Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research (SCECR 2023), Bogotá, Colombia.

22. Zhao, Z.*, & Aaltonen, A. (2023, June). Kill Two Birds with One Stone: Using Multihoming Boundary Resources in App Development. 19th Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research (SCECR 2023), Bogotá, Colombia.

23. Zhao, Z., Cho, K., & Aaltonen, A.* (2023, May). Humans vs AI: The Impact of Source Credibility and Recommendation Quality on the Adoption of Programming Solutions. Methodology, Organization, and Management (MOM Harvard): Technological Adoption and Human-Algorithm Interaction workshop 2023, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, US.

24. Zhao, Z., Cho, K., & Aaltonen, A.* (2023, May). Humans vs AI: The Impact of Source Credibility and Recommendation Quality on the Adoption of Programming Solutions. 2023 Workshop "AI and emerging technologies: Beyond the hype", LUISS University, Rome, Italy.

25. Zhao, Z.*, Havakhor, T., & Mandviwalla, M. (2022, August). SME Digitization: How Do Micro, Small, And Medium-Sized Firms Digitize? 28th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2022), Minneapolis, MN, US.

26. Zhao, Z.*, Havakhor, T., Schuff, D., Thatcher, J., Mandviwalla, M., & Bhise, H. (2022, June). Can Digital Permeation Explain Forward-Looking Value In Public Firms?18th Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research (SCECR 2022), Madrid, Spain.

* Indicates the presenter

06/2025 | Florida International University, Miami, Florida 

• Decoding Coding Advice: Evaluating Out-of-the-Box Solutions from Generative AI

03/2025 | MIS Distinguished Speaker Series, Temple University, Philadelphia

• From Scientific Management to AI: Predicting Opportunity and Measuring Results in the Next Wave of Automation
  (Co-presented with Dr. Munir Mandviwalla and Dr. Detmar Straub)

02/2025 | Advanced Practices Council Meeting, Society for Information Management, Atlanta

• Artificial Intelligence Opportunity Index (AIOI) (Co-presented with Dr. Munir Mandviwalla and Dr. Detmar Straub)

02/2025 | Interactive AI Fair, Temple University, Philadelphia

• Dynamic Interactions with AI in Intellectual Problem-Solving (Program Link) 

01/2025 | MIS Doctoral Seminar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Virtual

• Decoding Coding Advice: Generative AI is Thinking Outside The Box in Problem-Solving

01/2025 | PhD Student Sharing Session, University of Nottingham, Ningbo

• Navigating Global Academic Waters: A Peer Perspective on Research, Collaborations, and Career Building

11/2024 | IBIT Advisory Board Meeting, Temple University, Philadelphia

• Artificial Intelligence Opportunity Index (AIOI)

10/2024 | Doctor of Business Administration Research Colloquium, Temple University, Philadelphia

• How Does GenAI Impact Complex Problem-Solving by Thinking Outside the Box?

09/2024 | The 2nd Annual Philadelphia Operations and Technology Day, Lehigh University, Bethlehem

• Leveraging Multihoming Boundary Resources in App Development (Program Link)

02/2024 | Fox School of Business AI/ML Workshop, Temple University, Philadelphia

• Tracking Real-Time User Interactions on GenAI by Cloning ChatGPT Website