Yi Zhu
Education:
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PhD, 2024 (expected)Information and Decision Sciences, University of Minnesota
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MS, 2019Business Analytics, Drexel University
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MS, 2015Journalism, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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BA, 2014English, Communication University of China
Expertise:
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Natural Language Processing
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Big Data Analytics
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Machine Learning
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Healthcare IT
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Financial Technology
Biography
Yi Zhu is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Information and Decision Sciences at Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. His research interests lie in the intersection of internet platforms, healthcare IT, and financial technology. In his research, he adopts various quantitative methods, including machine learning, natural language processing, and econometric modeling. His work has been published in some leading journals such as Journal of General Internal Medicine and Public Health Review. He has also presented his work in some of the top information system conferences, including International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) and Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS). He is currently working on analyzing how consumers react to major technology infrastructure upgrades, how COVID-19 hospitalization is associated with the mortality rate, and how to improve the fitness mobile app users' adherence to regular physical activities. Mr. Zhu has won a BOLD IDEAS grant from Office of Academic Clinical Affairs, University of Minnesota, and was the champion in the first University of Minnesota Interdisciplinary Health Data Competition. He strives to become a key scholar in information systems and seeks a faculty position at a top-ranked business school after graduation.
Selected Works & Activities.
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Journal ArticlesKaraca-Mandic, P., Sen, S., Georgiou, A., Zhu, Y., & Basu, A. (2020). Association of COVID-19-Related Hospital Use and Overall COVID-19 Mortality in the USA. Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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Journal ArticlesZhou, J., Everhart, A., Smith, L. B., Qiu, Y., & Zhu, Y. (2020). The Economic Burden of Extended—Release Pharmaceuticals in Minnesota. Public Health Review, 3(2).
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Conference ProceedingsZhu, Y., Bi, X., Adomavicious, G., & Curley, S. (2021). Forecasting Goal-Oriented Activities: A Deep Learning Approach Leveraging Cross-Activity Relationships. Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS). Austin, TX
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Conference ProceedingsZhu, Y., Chan, J., Bi, X., Guo, Y., & Wu, J. (2021). Investigating the Willingness to Pay for Enhanced Mobile Internet Services: Evidence from A Mobile Network Upgrade. American Marketing Association (AMA) Summer Academic Conference. Virtual. pp. 615-619.
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Conference ProceedingsZhu, Y., Everhart, A., Karaca-Mandic, P., & Sen, S. (2020). Using NLP to Extract Predicate History from Medical Device Approvals. International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). Virtual.
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Conference ProceedingsZhu, Y., Sen, S., Karaca-Mandic, P., Georgiou, A., & Vu, K. (2020). An Interactive Web-Based Dashboard for COVID-19 Hospitalizations in the U.S. . Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS). Virtual. pp. 102-111.
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OtherKaraca-Mandic, P., Georgiou, A., Sen, S., Zhu, Y., Vu, K., & Everhart, A. (2020). Early Insights from the University of Minnesota’s COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Dashboard (4/13, University of Minnesota). Health Management, Policy & Innovation.
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OtherLevin, Z., Choyke, K., Geogiou, A., Sen, S., & Karaca-Mandic, P. (2021). Trends in Pediatric Hospitalizations for Coronavirus Disease 2019. JAMA Pediatrics.
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OtherKaraca-Mandic, P., Georgiou, A., & Sen, S. (2020). Assessment of COVID-19 Hospitalizations by Race/Ethnicity in 12 States. JAMA Internal Medicine.
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OtherSen, S., Karaca-Mandic, P., & Georgiou, A. (2020). Association of Stay-at-Home Orders With COVID-19 Hospitalizations in 4 States. JAMA, 323(24):2522-2524.
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Current Research
Under review: COVID-19 Hospitalization Trends in Rural Versus Urban Areas in the United States (Coauthored with Caitlin Carroll, Khoa Vu, Soumya Sen, Archelle Georgiou, Pinar Karaca-Mandic)
In progress: Contagion Effect in Physical Activity Online Challenges: Evidence from a US Online Social Network
In progress: Forecasting Goal-Oriented Activities: A Deep Learning Approach Leveraging Cross-Activity Relationships
In progress: Leveraging Data Science to Inform Regulation and Improve Cardiovascular Device Safety
In progress: University of Minnesota COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project (Mainly in charge of system design, data analysis, and data visualization)
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Research Diary
4/20/2022: I have received the 2021-2022 Carlson School of Management PhD Student Conference/Travel Fellowship ($750).
4/20/2022: Our University of Minnesota COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project has received Honorable Mentions in the 2022 Innovation Impact Case Award, sponsored by Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Minnesota.
4/7/2022: Our research team has won the Second Place in the Third University of Minnesota Interdisciplinary Health Data Competition ($2000). Project topic: Demographic (In)equities Revealed by HCAHPS Ratings.
3/10/2022: Our work titled "Predicate Characteristics and Recalls of 510(k) Medical Devices" has been accepted for presentation at the 2022 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 4-7, 2022, Washington, DC (Coauthored with Alexander Everhart, Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Soumya Sen, Ariel Stern).
12/17/2021: Our work titled "An Information System for COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking and Analysis" has won the 2021 INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS) Design Science Award ($1000). (project summary) (news feature 1, news feature 2)
10/25/2021: I gave an invited talk at the 2021 INFORMS Annual Meeting with the paper titled "Investigating The Willingness To Pay For Enhanced Mobile Internet Services: Evidence From A Mobile Network Upgrade" (Coauthored with Jason Chan, Xuan Bi, Yue Guo, Jun Wu).
10/25/2021: Our paper titled “Forecasting Goal-Oriented Activities: A Deep Learning Approach Leveraging Cross-Activity Relationships” has been accepted for poster presentation at the 2021 Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS), December 15-17, 2021, Austin, TX (Coauthored with Gedas Adomavicius, Xuan Bi, Shawn Curley).
6/3/2021: Our paper titled "Consumer Reactions Toward IT Infrastructure Upgrade: Evidence From A Nation-wide Mobile Network Upgrade" has been accepted for presentation at the 2021 Statistical Conference in E-Commerce Research (SCECR), June 17-18, 2021 (Coauthored with Jason Chan, Xuan Bi, Jun Wu).
5/3/2021: Our paper titled "Consumer Reactions Toward IT Infrastructure Upgrade: Evidence From A Nation-wide Mobile Network Upgrade" has been accepted for presentation at the 2021 American Marketing Association (AMA) Summer Conference, August 4-6, 2021 (Coauthored with Jason Chan, Xuan Bi, Jun Wu).
4/29/2021: Our University of Minnesota COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project has won two Silver Stevie Awards for "Most Valuable Non-Profit Response" and "Most Valuable Service" at the 19th Annual American Business Awards (COVID-19 Response Category).
4/22/2021: I have received the 2020-2021 Carlson School of Management PhD Student Conference/Travel Fellowship ($355).
4/7/2021: Our paper titled "Consumer Reactions Toward IT Infrastructure Upgrade: Evidence From A Nation-wide Mobile Network Upgrade" has been accepted for presentation at the 43rd Annual INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) Conference, June 3-5, 2021 (Coauthored with Jason Chan, Xuan Bi, Jun Wu).
3/30/2021: I was featured in the news report "COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project Wins Innovations that Inspire Award".
3/30/2021: Our University of Minnesota COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project has won 2021 AACSB Innovations That Inspire.
3/16/2021: Our paper titled "Consumer Reactions Toward IT Infrastructure Upgrade: Evidence From A Nation-wide Mobile Network Upgrade" has been accepted for presentation at the 2021 Virtual Industry Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference, June 2-4, 2021 (Coauthored with Jason Chan, Xuan Bi, Jun Wu).
3/10/2021: Our University of Minnesota COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project has won 2021 NIHCM Awards in Journalism and Research, Digital Media Track ($15,000).
8/20/2020: I was featured in the news report "New research finds association between COVID-19 hospital use and mortality".
4/24/2020: Our research team has won the Champion of the First University of Minnesota Interdisciplinary Health Data Competition ($4000). Project topic: The Economic Burden of Extended-Release Pharmaceuticals in Minnesota.
3/6/2020: Our research team has won the BOLD IDEAS Grant, Office of Academic Clinical Affairs, University of Minnesota ($30,000). Project topic: Using Natural Language Processing to Extract Predictors of Medical Device Adverse Events.