Qian TANG
Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor of Information Systems
School of Computing and Information Systems
SCIS
Qualification
- PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2013
Teaching Topics
- Seminar on Information Systems Management
- Process Modeling and Solutions Blueprinting
Research Advisor/Co-Research Advisor to
- CHEN Wenjie (wenjie.chen.2022 [at] dba.smu.edu.sg), SMU-ZJU DBA (A&F)
- LIAW Shao Yi
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsQian Tang is a leading scholar in information systems, specializing in social media, crowdsourcing, online markets, and the economics of IS, with impactful research spanning content diffusion, healthcare analytics, and internet security.
Combines rigorous empirical and analytical modeling with real-world relevance in digital platforms, healthcare, and cybersecurity; recognized for methodological innovation in network analysis and content diffusion; extensive editorial and conference leadership; impactful grant-funded research and cross-disciplinary collaborations.
Focused research areas include Empirical and analytical studies of social media dynamics, content diffusion, network effects, crowdsourcing innovation, online and offline channel integration, economics of IS, and internet security policy; recent focus on healthcare service delivery and analytics.
Combines rigorous empirical and analytical modeling with real-world relevance in digital platforms, healthcare, and cybersecurity; recognized for methodological innovation in network analysis and content diffusion; extensive editorial and conference leadership; impactful grant-funded research and cross-disciplinary collaborations.
Focused research areas include Empirical and analytical studies of social media dynamics, content diffusion, network effects, crowdsourcing innovation, online and offline channel integration, economics of IS, and internet security policy; recent focus on healthcare service delivery and analytics.
Areas of Expertise
Social media and social networkscrowdsourcing and crowdfundinge-commerce and online word of mouthonline and offline marketseconomics of information systemsinternet securityhealthcare analytics.
Past Awarded Grant
- Deterring Cybersecurity Threats through Internet Topology, Law Enforcement and Technical Mitigation, National Cybersecurity R&D (NCR) Programme, National Research Foundation (NRF), PI (Project Level): WANG Qiuhong, Co-PI (Project Level): Qian TANG, 2016, S$399,960
- New idea success in online platforms: A knowledge network perspective, SMU Internal Grant, Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 1, PI (Project Level): Qian TANG, 2025, S$142,690
- Online and Offline Channel Integration in Healthcare Services, SMU Internal Grant, Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 1, PI (Project Level): Qian TANG, 2021, S$249,666
- Investigating Cross-Platform Impacts on Content Diffusion in Social Media: Evidence from YouTube and Twitter, SMU Internal Grant, Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 1, PI (Project Level): Qian TANG, 2017, S$39,968
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- Q TANG, A ZHAOWorld Scientific, 2026
- A Zhao, Q TangInformation & Management, 104266, 2025
- Q TANG, A ZHAOCSWIM, 2024
- C Jiang, C Yin, Q Tang, Z WangJournal of Business Research 169, 114290, 2023
- W Chen, M Katehakis, Q TangApplied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry 39 (2), 251-287, 2023
- A Zhao, Q Tang
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Qualification
- PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2013
Teaching Topics
- Seminar on Information Systems Management
- Process Modeling and Solutions Blueprinting
Research Advisor/Co-Research Advisor to
- CHEN Wenjie (wenjie.chen.2022 [at] dba.smu.edu.sg), SMU-ZJU DBA (A&F)
- LIAW Shao Yi