Feng Mai

Feng Mai is an Associate Professor and Henry B. Tippie Research Fellow in the Department of Business Analytics at the Henry B. Tippie School of Management, University of Iowa. He holds a PhD in Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems from the University of Cincinnati, an MS in Statistics from Miami University, and a BA in Mathematics from Wabash College.

• Research Interests: Natural Language Processing, AI, Cultural Analytics, FinTech, and Social Media.
• Awards:
  • John L. Weinberg/IRRCI Research Paper Award Competition (2023)
  • EURO Award for the Best EJOR Paper (2022)
  • Honorable Mention, Best Paper Award at CSCW (2019)
• Selected Publications: Recent work includes studies on social media impact on Bitcoin value, machine learning applications in corporate culture analysis, and AI-driven frameworks for understanding firm communication during disasters.