Our group’s research is supported by various funds from governments, universities, and industry partners (a total of $1.5 million in 25 projects). We thank all the sponsors for their contributions!
The Impact of Generative AI on the Creator Economy
Sponsor: SSHRC Insight Grant, PI: Mi Zhou, Co-Applicant: Gene Moo Lee, RA: Xiaoke Zhang, Amount: $88,561 (36 months: 2024/06/01-2027/05/31)
Estimating the Economic Value of Mobile Device Management on Firm Performance
Sponsor: Samsung R&D Canada (SRCA), PI: Gene Moo Lee, Manager: Sungoh Hwang, RA: Jaecheol Park, Amount: $91,224 (Period: 13 months; 2023/09/28-2024/10/31)
Generative AI-based Framework to Improve Design Process Productivity
Sponsor: Hyundai NGV, PI: Gene Moo Lee, Manager: Voho Seo, Co-PI: Mi Zhou, RA: Xiaoke Zhang, Amount: $78,283 (Period: 13 months; 2024/02/08~2024/10/31)
Robots Serve Humans? Understanding the Economic and Societal Impacts of AI Robots in the Service Industry
Sponsor: SSHRC Insight Development Grant, PI: Gene Moo Lee, RA: Myunghwan Lee, Amount: $49,440 (3 years; 2022/06/01-2025/05/31)
Unpacking the AI Blackbox: The Impact of AI Strategies on Firm Performance with a Dual Lens on Product and Process Orientation
Sponsor: UBC Sauder School of Business, PI: Gene Moo Lee, RA: Jaecheol Park, Amount: $5,000 (1 year; 2024/08/01~2025/07/31)
Proposals under Review/Preparation
Development of Aerogel Pads for Super Thermal-Insulation
Sponsor: MITACS, PI: Chul B. Park (University of Toronto, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering), Co-PIs: Gene Moo Lee and Yun Zhao (University of Sherbrooke, Chemistry), Partner: Heung IL Polychem, RA: Angela Kwon, Amount: $400,000 (3.5 years; 2025/02-2028/08)
Completed Projects
Mobile Resilience: The Effect of Mobile Device Management on Firm Performance against Major Shocks
Sponsor: UBC Sauder School of Business, PI: Gene Moo Lee, RA: Jaecheol Park, Amount: $6,000 (1 year; 2023/08/01~2024/07/31)
R&D Collaboration Exploration for AI-Based Personalized Healthcare Solution
Sponsor: Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT, 한국산업기술진흥원), PI: Gene Moo Lee, Manager: Kwangtae Kim (AlgoCare / 알고케어), RA: Myunghwan Lee, Amount: $48,663 (7 months; 2023/06-2023/12)
How Does AI-Generated Voice Affect Online Content Creation? Evidence from TikTok
API Sponsor: Ensemble Data, PIs: Gene Moo Lee, Mi Zhou, RA: Xiaoke Zhang (2 years; 2022-2023)
AI Capability or AI Washing? Analyzing the Impacts of Stated AI Strategies and AI Executions
Sponsor: UBC Sauder School of Business, PI: Gene Moo Lee, RA: Myunghwan Lee, Amount: $6,500 (1 year; 2022/08/01~2023/07/31)
Data Analytics Consulting
Company: Samsung R&D Canada (SRCA)
Consultant: Gene Moo Lee (1 year; 2022/06~2023/06)
AI and Analytics Frameworks for Global Inter-Firm Value Network Construction
Sponsor: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (한국과학기술정보연구원, KISTI), PI: Gene Moo Lee, RA: Myunghwan Lee, Manager: Jinny Seo (KISTI), Amount: $80,000 (1.5 years; 2020/12/16 – 2022/07/31)
Robots Serve Humans: Does AI Robot Adoption Enhance Operational Efficiency and Customer Experience?
Sponsor: UBC Sauder School of Business, PI: Gene Moo Lee, RA: Myunghwan Lee, Amount: $7,800 (1 year; 2021/08/01~2022/07/31)
Combating Fake Reviews
Sponsor: SSHRC Insight Development Grant, PI: Arslan Aziz, Collaborator: Gene Moo Lee, RA: Jaecheol Park Amount: $53,672 (3 years; 2020/06/01-2023/05/31)
Predicting Litigation Risk via Machine Learning
Sponsor: SSHRC Insight Development Grant, PI: Gene Moo Lee, Collaborator: Xin Zheng, RA: Raymond Situ, Amount: $55,736 (4 years; 2019/06/01-2023/05/31)
Data Technical Mentorship
Company: Canada Energy Regulator
Consultant: Gene Moo Lee (1.5 years; August 2020 – March 2022)
Targeting Pre-Roll Ads using Video Analytics with Deep Learning
Sponsor: UBC Sauder School of Business, PI: Gene Moo Lee, RA: Raymond Situ, Amount: $5,000 (1 year; 2020/08/01~2021/07/31)
Data Science Expert Witness
Company: Technical Safety BC
Consultant: Gene Moo Lee (8 months; July 2021 – Feb 2022)
Opportunity Structure: Strategic Posture Identification and Positioning of IPO
Sponsor: UBC Sauder School of Business, PI: Gene Moo Lee, RA: Myunghwan Lee, Amount: $6,000 (1 year; 2019/08/01~2020/07/31)
Establishing a Cloud-based Learning Resource for Business Analytics
Sponsor: UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund, PI: Harish Krishnan, Co-Applicants: Gene Moo Lee, etc., Amount: $45,246 (1 year; 2020/04/01~2021/03/31)
SaTC: Core: Small: Information Disclosure and Security Policy Design: A Large-Scale Randomization Experiment in Trans-Pacific Region
Sponsor: U.S. National Science Foundation, PI: Andrew Whinston, Co-PIs: Gene Moo Lee, Shu He, Amount: $422,227 USD (3 years; 2017/08/01~2020/07/31)
Data Science Technical Mentorship
Company: National Energy Board
Consultant: Gene Moo Lee (7 months; 2019/09~2020/03)
Developing Big Data Analytics Framework for Industry Intelligence
Sponsor: UBC Hampton Fund, PI: Gene Moo Lee, Amount: $10,000 (2 years; 2017/09/01~2019/08/31)
Online Labor Market Efficiency and Algorithmic Recommendations
Sponsor: UBC CIDE Small Grants for Innovative Data, PI: Gene Moo Lee, Co-PI: Sam Hwang, Amount: $19,200 (1 year; 2018/07/01~2019/06/30)
Research Consulting
Company: California State University
Consultant: Gene Moo Lee (7 months; 2019/09~2020/03)
Research on Data Valuation for New Analytics Model Development
Sponsor: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI, 한국과학기술정보연구원), PI: Gene Moo Lee, RA: Myunghwan Lee, Amount: $59,000 (6 months; 2018/05~2018/10)
Developing Cyber Risk Assessment Framework for Cyber Insurance: A Big Data Approach
Sponsor: Korea Insurance Research Institute (KIRI; 보험연구원), PI: Gene Moo Lee, RA: Austin Cho, Amount: $12,107 (4 months; 2018/03~2018/07)
The Impact of Monetary Policy on Firms’ Operation: A Lexical Analysis on Firms’ 10-K Annual Reports
Sponsor: University of Texas at Arlington, PI: C. Y. Choi, Co-PI: Gene Moo Lee, Amount: $5,000 USD (10 months; 2018/03/19~2018/12/31)
Development of Big Data Analytics based Methodology for U.S. Industry Intelligence using Public Data
Sponsor: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI, 한국과학기술정보연구원), PI: Gene Moo Lee, RA: Yash Nigam, Amount: $66,843 USD (6 months; 2017/02/01~2017/08/31)
A Pan-Asian Field Study of Corporate Awareness to Information Security and Preparedness Against Cybercrimes
Sponsor: Public Policy Research Funding, The Government of Hong Kong, PI: Alvin C. M. Leung, Co-PIs: Andrew Whinston, Gene Moo Lee, Amount: $655,500 HKD (2 years; 2016-2017)
Analyzing the Spillover Effects of User-Generated Reviews on Purchases
Data Sponsor: Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative, PIs: Young Kwark, Gene Lee, Paul Pavlou, Liangfei Qiu (1 year; 2015-2016)
Matching Mobile Applications for Cross Promotion
Data Sponsor: IGAWorks (아이지에이웍스), PIs: Gene Moo Lee, Joowon Lee, Andrew Whinston (1 year; 2014)