Rate My Professor Zhongming Ma

Zhongming Ma, Ph.D., serves as Chair and Professor in the Computer Information Systems Department within the College of Business Administration at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He also directs the Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS) program and co-directs aspects related to advising, admission, and marketing. Ma earned his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Utah, M.S. in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona, and B.S. in Machinery Design and Manufacture from Tsinghua University. In his leadership role, he oversees the department's academic programs and faculty.

Ma's research interests encompass data mining, web applications, search engines, social media impacts, supply chain risks, personalized search, and house price dynamics influenced by factors such as walkability and virtual tours. His publications appear in peer-reviewed journals including ACM Transactions on Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Management Research Review, International Journal of Electronic Business Management, Information Systems Education Journal, American Journal of Information Technology, International Journal of Data Mining, Modelling and Management, Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability, Journal of Management Analytics, Journal of Real Estate Literature, Journal of Housing Research, and Information Technology & People. Key publications include "Interest-based Personalized Search" (ACM Transactions on Information Systems, 2007), "Discovering Company Revenue Relations from News: A Network Approach" (Decision Support Systems, 2009), "Examining Organic and Sponsored Search Results: A Vendor Reliability Perspective" (Journal of Computer Information Systems, 2010), "Mining Competitor Relationships from Online News: A Network-based Approach" (Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 2011), "The Effect of Facebook on Real Estate Sales" (Journal of Management Analytics, 2021), "The Effect of Virtual Tours on House Price and Time on Market" (Journal of Real Estate Literature, 2021), "The Effect of Walkability on House Prices" (Journal of Housing Research, 2022), and "The Influence of Membership Fluidity on the Coevolution of the Social and Knowledge Systems in Online Knowledge Communities" (Information Technology & People, 2024).