2019 PhD in Information Systems, Nanyang Technological University
2013 Master in Business Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong
2012 Bachelor in Computer Science, Chang’an University
Academic and Professional Experience
2024 - Present Deputy Head of Programme, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences
2024 - Present Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences
2019 - 2023 Lecturer, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences
2019 Research Assistant, Nanyang Technological University
2017 - 2018 Teaching Assistant, Nanyang Technological University
2017 Instructor, Nanyang Technological University
2012 - 2013 Research Assistant, City University of Hong Kong
Selected Publications
Zhang Yimiao, Ren Jing, Liu Wenting, Ding Ding (2024). “Unveiling the Common Features of Blockchain Games: A Topic Modeling and Market Analysis”. The KMIS International Conference 2024, November 14-15, 2024, Seoul, South Korea.
Guan Chong, Ng Mei Zhen, and Zhang Yimiao, "Research Trends in Competency-Based Education and Training: A Data-Driven Historical Analysis," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 268-273, 2024.
Zhang Yimiao, Ren Jing, Ding Ding (2024). “Understanding the Trading Sustainability of Music NFTS”. The 9th International Conference on Smart Finance, July 27-28, 2024, Hefei, China
Ren Jing, Zhang Yimiao, Liu Wenting, Ding Ding (2024). “To Buy or Not to Buy? Exploring the Trading Trends in Music NFT Market”. The 9th International Conference on Smart Finance, July 27-28, 2024, Hefei, China
Zhang Yimiao, Ren Jing, Liu Wenting, Ding Ding (2024), “Application of Text Mining Analysis in Understanding Gamefi Adoption”. International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies (forthcoming).
Guan Chong, Ng Mei Zhen, Zhang Yimiao (2024), “Research Trends in Competency-Based Education and Training: A Data-driven Historical Analysis”, the 2024 11th International Conference on Education and Psychological Sciences, May 10-12, 2024 Phuket, Thailand.
Zhang Yimiao, Ren Jing, Li Jin, Shen Junge, “Free-to-Play or Play-to-Earn? Understanding the Mass Adoption of GameFi”, the 29th International Conference on Recent Advances in Retailing and Consumer Science, July 24-27, 2023, Lyon, France
Ren Jing, Zhang Yimiao, Liu Wenting and Lo Swee Won, “A Novel Recommendation System for Music NFT Marketplace”, the 22nd International Conference on Electronic Business, October, 2022
Ren Jing and Zhang Yimiao, “Is All-Win Possible? A Novel Smart Contracts-based Music Recommendation System”, in proceeding of 11th International Conference on Information Communication and Management (ICICM2021), Tokyo, Japan, August 2021. (Best presentation)
Ren Jing, Zhang Yimiao, “Smart Contracts-based Customized Music Recommendation for Long-Tail Artists”, In 2020 the 8th International Conference on Information Technology: IoT and Smart City (ICIT), Xi’an, China, Dec 25-27, 2020. (Best presentation)
Zhang Yimiao and Goh Kim Huat, “Impact of Online Reviews on Consumer Post-purchase Attitude Change and Transaction Failure”, the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)2019, Munich Germany, December 15-18, 2019.
Zhang Yimiao, Lin Yan and Goh Kim Huat, “Impact of Online Influencer Endorsement on Product Sales: Quantifying Value of Online Influencer”, Workshop on E-Business (Pre-ICIS conference), Santa Clara, CA, USA, December 12, 2018.
Zhang Yimiao, Lin Yan and Goh Kim Huat, “Impact of Online Influencer Endorsement on Product Sales: Quantifying Value of Online Influencer”, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, Yokohama, Japan, June 26-30, 2018.
Zhang Yimiao, and Goh Kim Huat, "Attracting Versus Sustaining Attention in the Information Economy." Workshop on E-Business (Pre-ICIS conference), Seoul, South Korea, December 10, 2017.
More Information
Journal reviewer:
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
Journal of the Association for Information Systems
Conference reviewer:
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS);
Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS);
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM);
Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS);
China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM)
International Conference on E-Business and Application (ICEBA)
Business Analytics and Business Intelligence
Online Consumer Behaviour
User-generated Content
Application of blockchain and smart contract
MOE Start-up Research Funding, Free-to-Play or Play-to-Earn? Understanding GameFi's Mass Players and Market using Text Analytics, Principle Investigator, July 2023 to Jan 2025
MOE Start-up Research Funding, Is All-Win Possible? A Novel Recommendation System for Music NFT Platform, Co-Principal Investigator, September 2022 to March 2024