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Research interests
I study the impact of information technologies on humans, organizations, and society. My current research focuses on social impact of AI, human-machine relationships, and mindful interactions with smartphones. I am an established research, speaker, and teacher, having spoken at many local events and won multiple teaching awards.
In addition to my current research areas, I can speak about a broad range of issues related to information technologies, such as digital transformation, enterprise systems, customer relationship management, electronic commerce, Internet marketing, social media, cloud computing, Blockchain, Internet of Things, information privacy and security, etc.
Email is the best way to reach me at chingren AT umn DOT edu.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Aug 1998 → Dec 2004
Award Date: Dec 1 2004
Research Interest Keywords
- Artificial Intelligence
- Human-Machine Relationships
- Smartphone Addiction
- Mindful Interactions with Machines
- Human-Centered AI
- social media
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Developing, Testing, & Designing from a Computational Th
Ren, Y. (PI)
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
9/1/16 → 8/31/20
Project: Research project
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HCC-Large: Collaborative Research: Understanding Online
Konstan, J. A. (PI), Hecht, B. J. (CoI), Ren, Y. (CoI), Snyder, M. (CoI), Terveen, L. G. (CoI), Ren, Y. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Riedl, J. (Prior Principal Investigator)
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
8/1/08 → 7/31/15
Project: Research project
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Augmenting Human Teams with Robots in Knowledge Work Settings: Insights from the Literature
Ren, Y. & Clement, J., Jun 14 2024, In: ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction. 13, 2, 20.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How Did They Build the Free Encyclopedia A Literature Review of Collaboration and Coordination among Wikipedia Editors
Ren, Y., Zhang, H. & Kraut, R. E., Nov 29 2023, In: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 31, 1, 7.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unpacking Human and AI Complementarity: Insights from Recent Works
Ren, Y., Deng, X. N. & Joshi, K. D., Aug 4 2023, In: Data Base for Advances in Information Systems. 54, 3, p. 6-10 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Significance of Task Significance in Online Marketplaces for Work
Ren, Y. & Curley, S., 2022, Proceedings of the 55th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2022. Bui, T. X. (ed.). IEEE Computer Society, p. 4485-4494 10 p. (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences; vol. 2022-January).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Creating, Metavoicing, and Propagating: A Road Map for Understanding User Roles in Computational Advertising
Liu-Thompkins, Y., Maslowska, E., Ren, Y. & Kim, H., Aug 7 2020, In: Journal of Advertising. 49, 4, p. 394-410 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access36 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations