Leon's Short Bio:
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Dr. J. Leon Zhao is Eller Professor in MIS and Director of EPIC Lab, University of Arizona and taught previously
at HKUST and College of William and Mary, respectively. He holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the Haas
School of Business, UC Berkeley, M.S. degree from UC Davis, and B.S. degree from Beijing Institute of
Agricultural Mechanization.
His research is on information technology and management, with a particular
focus on workflow technology and applications in knowledge distribution, e-learning, supply chain management,
organizational performance management, and services computing.
Leon's research has been supported by NSF, SAP, and other sponsors.
He received an IBM Faculty Award in 2005 for his work in business process management and services computing.
Leon has been associate editor of Information Systems Research, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing,
Decision Support Systems, Electronic
Commerce Research and Applications, International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management,
International Journal of Web and Grid Services, and International Journal of Web Services Research and
is on the editorial board of Journal of Database Management.
He has co-edited nine special issues in various IS journals.
Leon has been a chair or program chair for several conferences including the 2008 IEEE Symposium on Advanced
Management of Information for Globalized Enterprises (AMIGE'08), the 2008 Arizona Exposium on Frontiers of Information
Technology and Applications (FITA'08), the 2007
China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM'07), the 2006 IEEE Conference on Services Computing (SCC'06),
the 2005 Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS'05),  and the 2003 Workshop on E-Business (WEB'03)
among others.
He has also served on numerous program committees in international conferences.