Data Science and Business Analytics

Wlodek Zadrozny

Professor
Computer Science

Education: Ph.D. in Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Courses Taught: Big Data Analytics for Competitive Advantage DSBA 6100, Modern Data Science Systems DSBA 6345 Biography: Dr. Wlodek Zadrozny joined the faculty of UNC Charlotte from the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. As a scientist at IBM Research, he contributed to a wide range of […]

Dongsong Zhang

Executive Director; Belk Endowed Chair Professor
School of Data Science | Belk College of Business | Department of Computer Science
Colvard 1048G

Education: Ph.D. in Management Information Systems, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona Courses Taught: Big Data Analytics for Competitive Advantage DSBA 6100 as an Affiliate professor, Dept. of Computer Science Biography: Dr. Dongsong Zhang, the Executive Director and the former inaugural Director of Research for UNC Charlotte’s School of Data Science (SDS), plays a […]

Kexin Zhao

Professor
Business Info Systems and Operations

Education: Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignB.S. in Management Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China Courses Taught: Advanced Business Analytics DSBA 6211 Biography: Dr. Kexin Zhao’s current research focuses on electronic commerce, virtual communities, and e-business standardization. She is also an associate editor of Decision Support Systems and a member of both AIS […]

Lina Zhou

Professor
Business Info Systems and Operations

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Peking University, China Courses Taught: Business Intelligence and Analytics DSBA 6201 Biography: Dr. Lina Zhou’s research interests span the areas of social media analytics, deception detection, knowledge management, biomedical informatics, and intelligent mobile interface. She has published articles in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of Management Information Systems, Communications […]

Qingning Zhou

Associate Professor
Mathematics and Statistics

Education: Ph.D. in Statistics, University of Missouri–ColumbiaB.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Jilin University, China Courses Taught: N/A Biography: Dr. Qingning Zhou is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at UNC Charlotte. She obtained her Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Missouri and worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in […]

Dr. Lei Zhu

Assistant Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering

Education: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering – Transportation Engineering, University of ArizonaM.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China Courses Taught:  SEGR 2105 – Computational Methods for Systems Engineering I  SEGR-2110 – Systems Engineering Concepts  SEGR-3105 – Computational Methods for Systems Engineering II  SEGR-4201/EMGT-5201 – Fundamentals of Deterministic System Analysis  SEGR-4202/EMGT-5202 – Fundamentals […]

Qiang Zhu

Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Education: Ph.D. in Mineral Physics, Stony Brook University Courses Taught: Thermodynamics I MEGR 3111; Computational Methods in Engineering MEGR 7172/8172; Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering MEGR  7090/8090 Biography: Dr. Zhu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, the interim director of the BATT CAVE Research Center, and an affiliate faculty of the […]