EDUCATION

§ Ph.D. in Information Systems, 2007

The University of Texas at Austin

Dissertation: Economic Analysis on Information Security and Risk Management

§ M.S. in Control Theory and Control Engineering, 2002

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

§ B.S. in Automation, 1999

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

WORK EXPERIENCE

§ Research Fellow

― Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, September 2007- now

§ Research Assistant

― Center for Research in Electronic Commerce (CREC), UT-Austin, 2002-2007

― National Research Center of Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems (CIMS) Tsinghua University, 1999-2002

§ System Engineer

― Sunpu Electronics Co. Ltd, Beijing, China, Summer 2001

― Beijing HuaKe Software Co. Ltd, Beijing, China, Summer 1999

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

§ Zhao, X., Fang, F. and Whinston, A.B. “An Economic Mechanism for Better Internet Security,” forthcoming at Decision Support Systems, 2008

§ Parameswaran, M., Zhao, X., Whinston, A.B. and Fang, F. “Reengineering the Internet for Better Security,” IEEE Computer, 40 (1), January 2007, pp. 40-44

§ Zhao, X., Fang, F. and Whinston, A.B. “Designing Online Mediation Services for Consumer-to-Consumer Markets,” International Journal of Electronic Commerce, 10 (3), Spring 2006, pp. 71-94

PUBLICATIONS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

§ Zhao, X., Fang, F. and Whinston, A.B. “Certifying Service Providers for Better Security,” Proceedings of the 16^th Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems(WITS), WI, December 2006

§ Zhao, X., Fang, F. and Whinston, A.B. “An Economic Mechanism for Better Internet Security,” Proceedings of the 5^th Workshop on e-Business(WeB), Milwaukee, WI, December 2006

§ Parameswaran, M., Zhao, X., Fang, F. and Whinston, A.B. “Toward a Better Internet: An Economic Mechanism for Certification of Providers,” Proceedings of the 4^th Workshop on e-Business(WeB), December 2005

§ Zhao, X., Liu, Y., and Chai, Y. “Managing Cooperation Relationship in Supply Chains,” Proceedings of International Conference on eCommerce Engineering: New Challenges for Global Manufacturing in the 21^st Century(ICECE), September 2001

Updated on April 2, 2008