Rate My Professor Zhongming Ma

Zhongming Ma, Ph.D., is Chair, Professor, and MSIS Director in the Computer Information Systems Department, College of Business Administration, at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He additionally serves as Co-director in Advising, Admission, and Marketing for the Master of Science in Information Security program. His educational background comprises a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Utah, an M.S. in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona, and a B.S. in Machinery Design and Manufacture from Tsinghua University. Ma teaches courses including Java Programming, Python Programming, Web Application Development, and Web Application Security.

Ma maintains a robust portfolio of peer-reviewed publications in information systems. Key works include: Qiu, J., Gu, W., Ma, Z., You, Y., Cai, C., and Zhang, M. "The Influence of Membership Fluidity on the Coevolution of the Social and Knowledge Systems in Online Knowledge Communities." Information Technology & People, 37(2), 2024; Chernobai, E., and Ma, Z. "The Effect of Walkability on House Prices." Journal of Housing Research, 31(1), pp. 53-73, 2022; Yu, W., Ma, Z., Pant, G., and Hu, J. "The Effect of Virtual Tours on House Price and Time on Market." Journal of Real Estate Literature, 28(2), pp. 133-149, 2021; Shi, H., Ma, Z., Chong, D., and He, W. "The Effect of Facebook on Real Estate Sales." Journal of Management Analytics, 8(1), pp. 101-112, 2021; Xu, B., Limbu, Y., Ma, Z., and Zhao, M. "The influence of national culture on new product creativity." Journal of strategic innovation and sustainability, 14(5), 2019; Ma, Z., Tao, J., and Hu, J. "The Dynamics of Wikipedia Article Revisions: An Analysis of Revision Activities and Patterns." International Journal of Data Mining, Modelling and Management, 9(4), pp. 298-314, 2017; Ma, Z., Sheng, O. R. L., Pant, G., and Iriberri, A. "Can Visible Cues in Search Results Indicate Vendors' Reliability?" Decision Support Systems, 52(3), pp. 768-775, 2012; Ma, Z., Pant, G., and Sheng, O. R. L. "Mining Competitor Relationships from Online News: A Network-based Approach." Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 10, pp. 418-427, 2011; Ma, Z., Sheng, O. R. L., and Pant, G. "Discovering Company Revenue Relations from News: A Network Approach." Decision Support Systems, 47(4), pp. 408-414, 2009; Ma, Z., Pant, G., and Sheng, O. R. L. "Interest-based Personalized Search." ACM Transactions on Information Systems, 25(1), Article 5, 2007.