Kunpeng (KZ) Zhang

Kunpeng Zhang 

Contact:

Van Munching Hall, 4316
7699 Mowatt Ln
College park, MD 20742

Tel: 301-405-0702 (☎)
Email: kpzhang AT umd DOT edu (✉)

Biography

I am currently a Research Collaborator at Meta, an Associate Professor (with tenure) of Information Systems in the Robert H. Smith School of Business,
affiliated with AIM, MTI, and AMSC at the University of Maryland, College park.
I am also an Emerging Fellow in AI and Business Research.

Before I joined the University of Maryland, I was an Assistant professor at University of Illinois, Chicago for two years
after receiving my PhD in Computer Science at Northwestern University. During my PhD study, I co-founded 4C Insights (acquired by Mediaocean.com in 2020) with my advisor.

My research focuses on developing machine/deep learning algorithms to analyze unstructured data for better business decisions.
Specifically, I am interested in multi-modal representation learning + LLMs in business (FinTech) + Multi-agents.

RA positions available for current UMD students - please email me your CV if interested.

Current active funding

Awards

Professional service

  • Associate Editor, INFORMS Journal on Computing
  • Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems
  • Program Co-chair, WITS 2021
  • Associate Editor, ICIS
  • Session chair of Social Media Analytics at INFORMS 2015
  • Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
  • Program Committee Member for vairous conferences

Invited seminar talks:

  • 2024: University of Minnesota, University of Texas, Dallas, Florida Blue, University of Iowa (marketing group - scheduled)
  • 2024: Amazon, Porsche AI Syposium (Keynote speaker)
  • 2023: T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., Shanghai Jiaotong University
  • 2022: Texas A&M University
  • 2021: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; ISOM, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Computing, National University of Singapore
  • 2019: Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University
  • 2018: Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University; Simon Business School, University of Rochester; Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Florida
  • 2017: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • 2016: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
  • 2015: DePaul University; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; IBM Research.

Sponsors

Sincere gratitude to our sponsors from NSF, FDA, piHealth Inc., and MD Governor's Office of Crime Control & Prevention.

NSF FDA piHealth MD Governor's Office