Academic Appointments 

•  Current Appointment: Professor of Information Systems (with tenure), Tsinghua University, 2017–present

•  Previous Appointment: Associate Professor of Information Systems (with tenure), Iowa State University

Editorial Service

• Senior Editor, Department of Disruptive Technologies and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management (POM), 2021–present

• Senior Editor, Department of POM-Information Systems Interface, Production and Operations Management (POM), 2018–present

• Associate Editor, Decision Support Systems (DSS), 2014–2018

Ph.D. Mentorship  (as Dissertation Chair; first placements listed below)

• Meilin Gu (2019–2025): Assistant Professor, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University (joining)

• Yi Gao (2018–2023): Assistant Professor, Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University

• Zhe Wang (2018–2023): Assistant Professor, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong  

Service in Academic Societies and Conferences

• Track Co-chair, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2023

• Track Co-chair, POMS Annual Meeting, 2018, 2023–2025
  

• Track Co-chair, DSI Annual Meeting, 2018

• Mentor, Doctoral Consortium, China Workshop on Economics of Information Systems Theory (CWEIST), 2025

• Mentor, Junior Faculty Consortium, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), 2024

• Mentor, Doctoral Consortium, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), 2023

• Member, Academic Committee, China Information Economics Society, 2020–present

• Executive Council Member, China Information Economics Society, 2020–present

• Data Mining Algorithms and Applications

• Data Analysis Strategy and Practice

• Introduction to Business Analytics

• Integrated Business Analytics and Practices

• Economics of Information Systems 

• Interface between Information Systems (IS) and Operations Management (OM)  

• Digital Platforms

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• E-commerce

• Digital Advertising

• Online Learning

• Data Privacy

• Health IT

• Blockchain

• Fintech

Selected Journal Papers 

• Y. Gao, A. Mehra, and D. Liu,“More Can Be Less: Economics of Answer Viewing on Paid Q&A Platforms,”Information Systems Research (ISR), Accepted.

• Y. Gao, M. Gu, and D. Liu, "Behind Privacy Labels: Data Tracking and Advertising Competition on App Platforms," Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ), Accepted.

• M. Gu, D. Liu, and S. Kumar, "Navigating Platform-Led Affiliate Marketing: Implications for Content Creation and Platform Profitability," Information Systems Research (ISR), Forthcoming. 

• Z. Wang, H. Guo, and D. Liu, "Economics of Analytics Services on a Marketplace Platform,”Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ), Vol. 48, Issue 2, 2024, pp. 775-824.

• Y. Gao, D. Liu, and S. Kumar, "Clocking In or Not? Optimal Design of a Novel Gamified Business Model in Online Learning," Information Systems Research (ISR), Forthcoming.
  

• S. Luo, R. Mookerjee, and D. Liu, "The Effects of Auction Mechanisms and Social Characteristics on Microloan Performance," Production and Operations Management (POM), Vol. 30, Issue 2, February 2021, pp. 311-329.

• D. Liu, S. Kumar, and V. Mookerjee, "Flexible and Committed Advertising Contracts in Electronic Retailing," Information Systems Research (ISR), Vol. 31, No. 2, June 2020, pp. 323-339.
  

• D. Liu and V. Mookerjee, "Advertising Competition on the Internet: Operational and Strategic Considerations," Production and Operations Management (POM), Vol. 27, Issue 5, May 2018, pp. 884-901.

• D. Liu, Y. Tan, and V. Mookerjee, "When Ignorance Can be Bliss: Organizational Structure and Coordination in Electronic Retailing," Information Systems Research (ISR), Vol. 29, No. 1, March 2018, pp. 70-83.
  

• H. Feng, Z. Jiang, and D. Liu, "Quality, Pricing, and Release Time: Optimal Market Entry Strategy for New Software-as-a-Service Vendors," Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ), Vol. 42, Issue 1, March 2018, pp. 333-353.

• D. Liu, S. Sarkar, and C. Sriskandarajah,“Who's Next? Scheduling Personalization Services with Variable Service Times,”ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems（TMIS）, Vol. 6, No. 2, June 2015, pp. 1-22.

• Y. Ceran, M. Davande, D. Liu, and V. Mookerjee, "Optimal Software Reuse in Incremental Software Development: A Transfer Pricing Approach," Management Science (MS), Vol. 60, Issue 3, March 2014, pp. 541-559.

• D. Dey, A. Lahiri, and D. Liu, "Consumer Learning and Time-locked Trials of Software Products," Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), Vol. 30, No.2, Fall 2013, pp. 239-267.

• D. Liu, S. Kumar, and V. Mookerjee, "Advertising Strategies in Electronic Retailing: A Differential Game Approach," Information Systems Research (ISR), Vol. 23, No. 3, September 2012, pp. 903-917.

• D. Dey, V. Mookerjee, and D. Liu, "Efficient Techniques for Online Record Linkage," IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), Vol. 23, No. 3, March 2011, pp. 373-387.

• D. Liu, S. Sarkar, and C. Sriskandarajah, "Resource Allocation Policies for Personalization in Content Delivery Sites," Information Systems Research (ISR), Vol. 21, No.2, June 2010, pp. 227-248.

• D. Liu, M. Dawande, and V. Mookerjee, "Value-Driven Creation of Functionality in Software Projects: Optimal Sequencing and Reuse," Production and Operations Management (POM), Vol. 16, Issue 3, May-June 2007, pp. 381-399.

Selected Conference Papers

• S. Qian, A. Mehra, and D. Liu, "The Economics of Fine-tuning for Large-Scale AI Models," Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Hyderabad, India, December 13-15, 2023.

• Best Student Paper Award

• Y. Zhang, M. Gu, P. Chen, and D. Liu, "Robbing Peter to Pay Paul: An Economic Analysis of Platforms' Acquisition of Original Content," Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Hyderabad, India, December 13-15, 2023.

• Best Paper Nominee 

• Best Student Paper Nominee

• Y. Gao, P. Chen, and D. Liu, "Can Hiding (Dis)like Help? Examine the Impact of Performance Metrics Disclosure on Social Media Platforms,"Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), Hyderabad, India, December 13-15, 2023.

• Best Paper Nominee

• Z. Liu, X. Li, and D. Liu,“Shooting Itself in the Foot or Fighting Fire with Fire? An Economic Analysis of Built-in Ad Blockers,”Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), Copenhagen, Denmark, December 14-16, 2022. 

• Best Student Paper Runner-Up Award

• D. Zou, M. Gu, and D. Liu,“When Ownership and Copyright Are Separated: Economics of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Marketplaces," Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), Copenhagen, Denmark, December 14-16, 2022.

• Best Workshop Theme Paper Award

• Best Paper Nominee

• Z. Wang and D. Liu,“Economic Analysis of Online Subsidiary Healthcare System: A Bayesian Persuasion Approach."

• Finalist for the 2021 INFORMS Service Science Best Student Paper Award

• Z. Wang, S. Kumar, and D. Liu,“On Platform's Incentive to Filter Fake Reviews: A Game-Theoretic Model,”International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), December 13-16, 2020.

• Best Paper Award in Track

• Best Student Paper Award in Track

• Best Conference Paper Nominee

• Best Student Paper Nominee