Rate My Professor Zhongming Ma

Zhongming Ma is the Chair and Professor in the Computer Information Systems Department at Cal Poly Pomona's College of Business Administration, where he also serves as the MSIS Director. He earned his BS in Machinery Design and Manufacture from Tsinghua University, an MS in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona, and a PhD in Information Systems from the University of Utah. Professor Ma teaches courses on Java Programming, Python Programming, Web Application Development, and Web Application Security.

Professor Ma's research interests include knowledge discovery and data mining. His publications include 'Interest-based Personalized Search' published in ACM Transactions on Information Systems in 2007; 'Discovering Company Revenue Relations from News: A Network Approach' in Decision Support Systems in 2009; 'Examining Comparative Shopping Agents from Two Types of Search Results' in Information Systems Management in 2010; 'Mining Competitor Relationships from Online News: A Network-based Approach' in Electronic Commerce Research and Applications in 2011; 'Achieving Mass Customization through Trust-driven Information Sharing between Buyer and Supplier: A Supplier’s Perspective' in Management Research Review in 2011; 'Can Visible Cues in Search Results Indicate Vendors' Reliability?' in Decision Support Systems in 2012; 'The Dynamics of Wikipedia Article Revisions: An Analysis of Revision Activities and Patterns' in International Journal of Data Mining, Modelling and Management in 2017; 'The Effect of Facebook on Real Estate Sales' in Journal of Management Analytics in 2021; 'The Effect of Virtual Tours on House Price and Time on Market' in Journal of Real Estate Literature in 2021; 'The Effect of Walkability on House Prices' in Journal of Housing Research in 2022; and 'The Influence of Membership Fluidity on the Coevolution of the Social and Knowledge Systems in Online Knowledge Communities' in Information Technology & People in 2024. His publications appear in journals such as ACM Transactions on Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, and Information Technology & People.