Dr. Gary Yu Zhao

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)