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Dr. Gary Yu Zhao

Dr. Gary Yu Zhao

Email

Office

2355 Colden Hall

Phone

660.562.1600

Joined Northwest in 2019


Assistant Professor


Education

  • Ph.D. Information Systems; Dakota State University (Madison, SD)
  • M.S. Information Systems; Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville, MO)
  • B.A. Management Information Systems; Nanjing University (Nanjing, China)
  • Eng.; Southeast University (Nanjing, China)

Courses Taught

  • System Analysis and Design
  • Cyber/Information Security
  • Decision Support System
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Business Intelligence
  • Web Application Development
  • Programming
  • Database

Academic Interests

  • Machine Learning in Data Analytics
  • Software System Analysis and Design
  • AI-embedded Decision Support System
  • NLP and Text Mining
  • Information Security
  • Big Data Analytics

Scholarly Activity

  • Zhao, G. Y., El-Gayar, O., & Tu, C. Z. (2023). Is Artificial Intelligence Attractive? An Empirical Study on User’s Intention to Use AI-Enabled Applications. Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences | 2023 (pp. 6550-6559)
  • Tu, C. Z., & Zhao, G. Y. (2023). Influencing Technical Features of Using Podcast in E-learning. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 38(6), 19-27
  • Zhao, G. Y., & Tu, C. Z. (2022). A literature review on user acceptance of AI-enabled application. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 37(6), 25-35.
  • Zhao, Gary Yu; El-Gayar, Omar; and Tu, Cindy Zhiling, "How Attractive is Artificial Intelligence? An Empirical Study of User Adoption of AI Apps" (2022). AMCIS 2022 TREOs. 100. http://aisel.aisnet.org/treos_amcis2022/100
  • Tu, C. Z., Adkins, J., & Zhao, G. Y. (2019). A review of information systems security management: An integrated framework. In Teoksessa Proceedings of the Fourteenth Midwest Association for Information Systems Conference, Oshkosh, Wisconsin May (pp. 21-22).
  • Tu, C. Z., Adkins, J., & Zhao, G. Y. (2019). Complying with BYOD security policies: A moderation model based on protection motivation theory. Journal of the Midwest Association for Information Systems (JMWAIS), 2019(1), 2.
  • Zhao, Gary Yu; El-Gayar, Omar; and Tu, Cindy Zhiling, "A Knowledge Extraction Approach for IT Tech-support Transcripts" (2023). AMCIS 2023.
  • Tu, Cindy Zhiling; Zhao, Gary Yu; and Adkins, Joni; and, " How Would Individuals Like to Use AI-Enabled Applications? An Empirical Study Based on HCI Framework " (2023). AMCIS 2023.

Other Professional Experiences

  • Reviewer of HICSS-56 conference: 2022
  • Reviewer of HICSS-57 conference: 2023
  • Reviewer of AMCIS conference: 2022, 2023
  • Member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS)