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Zhepeng (Lionel) Li

Associate Professor in IIM, B-School, The University of Hong Kong

Selected Articles

(*Area Top-tier Outlets, [c] Correspondence Author, [i] Industrial Collaborator)

  1. Yanan Wang, Yong Ge, Zhepeng (Lionel) Li, Li Li [i], Rui Chen [i]. Accepted. M3 Rec: A Context-aware Offline Meta-level Model-based Reinforcement Learning Aproach for Cold-start Recommendation. ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS). (2022 Impact factor = 5.6, 5-year IF = 5.9)

    • Joint Work in Recommender Systems
    • Earlier version accepted by Offline Reinforcement Learning Workshop at Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2020)

  2. Chen Peng, Zhepeng (Lionel) Li, Chaojiang Wu. 2023. Researcher Geographic Mobility and Publication Productivity: An Investigation into Individual and Institutional Characteristics and the Roles of Academicians. Scientometrics 128: 379-406. (2022 Impact factor = 3.9, 5-year IF = 4.1)

    • Joint Work in Science of Science

  3. Zhepeng (Lionel) Li [c], Yong Ge, Xue Bai. 2021. What Will be Popular Next? Predicting Hotspots in Two-mode Social Networks. MIS Quarterly (MISQ)* 45(2): 925-966. (2022 Impact factor = 7.3, 5-year IF = 11.8)

    • SSRN Most Download in CompSciRN: Computational (Topic). click 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

  4. Wade Cook, Wanghong Li, Zhepeng (Lionel) Li, Joe Zhu. 2021. Efficiency Measurement for Hierarchical Situations. Journal of the Operational Research Society (JORS) 72(3): 654-662. (2019 Impact factor = 2.175, 5-year IF = 2.108)

    • Joint Work in Optimization & Analytical Modeling

  5. 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. (2019 Impact factor = 2.175, 5-year IF = 2.108)

    • Joint Work in Optimization & Analytical Modeling

  6. 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. (2022 Impact factor = 2.5， 5-year IF = 3.5)

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

  7. 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. (2022 Impact factor = 5.4, 5-year IF = 7.1)

    • 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)

  8. 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. (2019 Impact factor = 4.149, 5-year IF = 3.571)

    • Joint Work in Optimization & Analytical Modeling

  9. 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).

    • Joint Work in Optimization & Analytical Modeling

  10. 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. (2022 Impact factor = 4.9, 5-year IF = 7.2)

    • Media Coverage by MIT Technology Review and mass media, e.g., Herald News, Yahoo!News, Vancouver Sun etc.
    • SSRN Top Ten Download in Information Technology & Systems. click to SSRN manuscript

Misc. Articles

  1. 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.
  2. Weiping Wang, Bing Deng, Zhepeng Li. 2007. Application of Oblivious Transfer Protocol in Distributed Data Mining with Privacy-preserving. The First International Symposium on Data, Privacy, and E-Commerce (ISDPE 2007): 283-285.
  3. Weiping Wang, Rong Ji, Wenhui Chen, Bo Chen, Zhepeng Li. 2007. Firewall Rules Sorting Based on Markov Model. The First International Symposium on Data, Privacy, and E-Commerce (ISDPE 2007): 203-208.
  4. Zhe-peng Li, Wei-ping Wang, Wen-hui Chen. 2006. An Anti-Collusion Solution for Privacy-preserving Data Mining. International Conference on Communication Technology: 1-5.