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Hong-Mei Chen is a Professor in the Department of Information Technology Management at the Shidler College of Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her research bridges business strategy and information systems through architecture-centric approaches, focusing on transformative technologies like Big Data and blockchain. She maintains an active teaching load across undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs while directing significant research initiatives.
Her academic credentials include:
- PhD in Business Administration, University of Arizona
- MS in Management Information Systems, University of Arizona
- BS in Business Administration, National Taiwan University
Professor Chen's research centers on Big Data System Design Methodology and Software Architecture, with pioneering work on the Neo-Metropolis Model for Big Data as a Service. She investigates technical debt reduction, DevOps integration, and cybersecurity applications while extending these frameworks to service systems, social CRM, and green information systems. Her approach combines empirical studies with practical industry implementations, particularly in aviation and energy sectors, to develop value engineering frameworks for business model innovation.
Analysis of her 2015-2017 publications reveals three dominant trends: (1) Architecture-centric Big Data solutions for business innovation, (2) Proactive cybersecurity frameworks using predictive analytics, and (3) Service-oriented transformations through Service Dominant Logic. Her work consistently addresses the tension between agile development and architectural rigor in ultra-large-scale systems.
She has received significant recognition including:
- Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching Award
- Dennis Ching Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award
- Fulbright Senior Specialist in IT Award
- CISE Global Information Infrastructure Healthcare award
Professor Chen has secured over $6.5 million in competitive funding including a $1.1M NSF grant on software economics, $5M DARPA telemedicine projects, and $450K electrical vehicle data visualization research. She obtained substantial instructional hardware/software grants exceeding $2M from Oracle, Sun, Apple, and KPMG to establish the AIMS Lab. Her teaching development grants from IBM and CIBER have modernized ITM curricula with real-world data engineering components.
She founded and directs the Advanced Information Management Solutions (AIMS) Lab, which serves as an industry-academic nexus for Big Data research. The lab partners with major technology providers to develop Neo-Metropolis architecture implementations while training students in DevOps and cybersecurity analytics through hands-on projects with aviation and healthcare organizations.
