ZD Zhe (Joe) Deng
Zhe (Joe) Deng

Zhe (Joe) Deng

Assistant Professor, Decision & System Sciences

Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph's University

Co-Chair, AI Committee, Haub School of Business

IS & Education Emerging Tech Policy Healthcare & SCM Analytics Field Experiments ML & Econometrics

AI Chatbot

Ask “Joe” – Personalized Chatbot

I am building a customized AI chatbot powered by my own OpenAI API key and my research, teaching, and service documents. The goal is to let visitors have a conversation with a “virtual Joe Deng” to learn more about my work, courses, and projects.

  • Trained on selected papers, syllabi, and project descriptions.
  • Answer questions about my research interests and ongoing projects.
  • Help students understand my courses and how to work with me.

(Prototype – the backend will securely call the OpenAI API and retrieve answers from my own document collection.)

News & Updates

Recent Highlights

A rolling feed of recent publications, interviews, talks, and other updates.

2024 · Publication
“From Smartphones to Smart Students” accepted at Information Systems Research.
2024 · Media
Interviewed by [Media Outlet] on the impact of classroom smartphone policies on student learning outcomes.
2023 · Talk
Gave an invited talk on AI in education and digital experimentation at [Institution / Workshop Name].
2023 · Grant
Received the Milton Lev Faculty Research Grant at Saint Joseph's University for a project on information cues and video-based online education.

Research

Research Interests

My research explores how data, digital platforms, and emerging technologies shape learning, attention, and performance across education, healthcare, and supply chains.

Topics

  • Information systems and education
  • Policies for emerging technologies
  • Information systems and healthcare
  • Supply chain management and analytics
  • Video analytics and multimodal learning

Methods

  • Randomized field experiments
  • Econometrics and causal inference
  • Machine learning and deep learning

Publication

  • Deng, Z., Z. Cheng, P. Ferreira, and P. A. Pavlou. From Smartphones to Smart Students: Learning versus Distraction with Mobile Devices in the Classroom and Student Success. Forthcoming, Information Systems Research.

Selected Working Papers

  • Y. Chu, Deng, Z., W. Wang, P. Ferreira. From Views to Learning: How Information Cues Transform Video-Based Online Education. Preparing for Management Science.
  • Deng, Z., J. Jung, P. A. Pavlou, and Q. Sun. Would Unlimited Internet Lead to Unlimited Learning? A Field Experiment of Internet Policy on Educational Outcomes.
  • Deng, Z., S. Ayabakan, S. Kumar, and P. A. Pavlou. Patient-sharing Network, EHR Adoption, and Patient Outcomes: An Empirical Investigation.

Work in Progress

  • Student depression detection using attention-based Bi-LSTM on online & offline behavior data.
  • User-generated videos in climate change education.
  • Student reaction and tutor teaching satisfaction from online class video feeds.

Teaching

Courses

Saint Joseph's University, Haub School of Business

Business Intelligence & Analytics

  • DSS 315 – BIA Concepts & Practices (Spring 2024)

Supply Chain Management & Analytics

  • DSS 335 – Foundations of Supply Chain Management (Fall 2023, Fall 2024)
  • DSS 465/710 – Supply Chain Analytics (Fall 2023, Fall 2024)

Quality Control

  • DSS 720 – Six Sigma Applications & Foundations (Spring 2024)

I enjoy bringing field experiments, real-world datasets, and AI tools into the classroom so that students can experience both the power and the limits of data-driven decision making.

Funding & Grants

Selected Grants

  • Milton Lev Faculty Research Grant, Saint Joseph's University – “How Information Cues Transform Video-Based Online Education? Combining Randomized Experiments and Multimodal Machine Learning.”
  • Summer Research Fund, Saint Joseph's University – “Would Unlimited Internet Lead to Unlimited Learning? A Field Experiment of Internet Policy on Educational Outcomes.”
  • Multiple Young Scholar Forum and Seed Funding grants, Temple University, supporting projects on student depression detection, mobile distraction in class, and healthcare networks.