PARAM VIR SINGH

 

Carnegie Bosch Professor of Business Technologies and Marketing

Distinguished Fellow, INFORMS Information Systems Society

Director, PNC Center for Financial Services Innovation
David A. Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-268-3585

Journal Papers

 

26. "Un"fair Machine Learning Algorithms, with Runshan Fu, Manmohan Aseri, and Kannan Srinivasan. Forthcoming at Management Science.

 

25. Can an AI Algorithm Mitigate Racial Economic Inequality? An Analysis in the Context of Airbnb, with Shunyuan Zhang, Nitin Mehta and Kannan Srinivasan, Fortcoming at Frontiers in Marketing Science.

 

24. Artificial Intelligence and Algorithmic Bias: Source, Detection, Mitigation, and Implications, with Runshan Fu and Yan Huang, Tutorials in Operations Research, 2020.

 

23. Crowd, Lending, Machine, and Bias, with Runshan Fu and Yan Huang. Forthcoming at Information Systems Research.

 

22. Trade-Offs in Online Advertising: Advertising Effectiveness and Annoyance Dynamics Across the Purchase Funnel, with Georgia Vilma Todri and Anindya Ghose. Information Systems Research, 31(1) 2020, 102-125.

 

21. Deep Learning in Computer Vision: Methods, Interpretation, Causation and Fairness, with Nikhil Malik, Tutorials in Operations Research, 2019.

 

 20. Jack of All, Master of Some: Knowledge Network and Innovation, with Elina Hwang and Linda Argote. Information Systems Research, 30(2) 2019, 389-410.

 

19. A Structural Analysis of the Role of Superstars in Crowdsourcing Contests, with Shunyuan Zhang and Anindya Ghose. Information Systems Research, 30(1) 2019, 15-33.

 

18. Copycats versus Original Mobile Apps: A Machine Learning Detection Method and Empirical Analysis, with Quan Wang and Beibei Li. Information Systems Research, 29(2) 2018, 273-291.

 

17. Is Core-Periphery Network Good for Knowledge Sharing? A Structural Model of Endogenous Network Formation on a Crowdsourced Customer Support Forum, with Yingda Lu and Baohong Sun. Management Informations Systems Quarterly, 41(2) 2017, 607-628.

 

16. A Structured Analysis of Unstructured Big Data Leveraging Cloud Computing, with Xiao Liu and Kannan Srinivasan. Marketing Science, 35(3) 2016, 363-388.

 

15. Forgotten Third Parties: Analyzing the Contingent Association between Unshared Third Parties, Knowledge Overlap and konwledge Transfer Relationships with Outsiders, with Ray Reagans and Ramayya Krishnan. Organization Science, 26(5) 2015, 1400-1414.

 

14. Knowledge Sharing in Online Communities: Learning to Cross Geographic and Hierarchical Boundaries, with Elina Hwang and Linda Argote. Organization Science, 26(6) 2015, 1593-1611.

 

13. A Structural Model of Employee Behavioral Dynamics in Enterprise Social Media, with Yan Huang and Anindya Ghose. Management Science.,61(12) 2015, 2825-2844. (Appeared as a lead research article).

 

12. An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Pre-Release Movie Piracy on Box-Office Revenue, with Liye Ma, Alan Montgomery, and Michael Smith. Information Systems Research, 25(3) 2014, 590-603.

 

11. Crowdsourcing New Product Ideas under Consumer Learning, with Yan Huang and Kannan Srinivasan. Management Science, 60(9) 2014, 2138-2159.

 

10. How to Attract and Retain Readers in Enterprise Blogging, with Tridas Mukhopadhyay and Nachiketa Sahoo. Information Systems Research, 25(1) 2014, 35-52.

 

9. The Emergence of Opinion Leaders in a Networked Online Community: A Dyadic Model with Time Dynamics and a Heuristic for Fast Estimation, with Yingda Lu and Kinshuk Jerath. Management Science, 59(8), 2013, 1783-1799.

 

8. Networks, Social Influence and the Choice Among Competing Innovations: Insights from Open Source Software Licenses, with Corey Phelps. Information Systems Research, 24(3), 2013, 539-560.

 

7. A Hidden Markov Model of Collaborative Filtering, with Nachiketa Sahoo and Tridas Mukhopadhyay. Management Information Systems Quarterly, 36(4), 2012, 1329-1356.

 

6. Blog, Blogger, and the Firm: Can Negative Posts by Employees Lead to Positive Outcomes, with Rohit Aggarwal, Ram Gorpal, and Ramesh Shankaranarayan, Information Systems Research, 23(2), 2012, 305-322.

 

5. Network Effects: The Influence of Structural Social Capital on Open Source Project Success, with Yong Tan and Vijay Mookerjee, Management Information Systems Quarterly, 35(4), 2011, 813-829. (Appeared as a lead research article).

 

4. Learning Curves of Agents with Diverse Skills in Information Technology Enabled Physician Referral Systems, with Tridas Mukhopadhyay & Seung Hyun Kim, Information Systems Research, 22(3), 2011, 586-605. [Runner-up, Best Published Paper Award at Information Systems Research]

 

3. A Hidden Markov Model of Developer Learning Dynamics in Open Source Software Projects, with Yong Tan and Nara Youn, Information Systems Research, 22(4), 2011.

 

2. Developer Heterogeneity and Formation of Communication Networks in Open Source Software Projects, with Yong Tan, Journal of Management Information Systems, 27(3), 2011, 179-210.

 

1. The Small World Effect: The Influence of Macro Level Properties of Developer Collaboration Networks on Open Source Project Success. ACM Transactions of Software Engineering and Methodology, 20(2), 2010, pp 6:1-6:27.

 

 

Papers Under Review

 

1. Demand Interactions in Sharing Economies: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Involving Airbnb and Uber/Lyft, with Shunyuan Zhang, Tridas Mukhopadhyay, and Dokyun Lee. Revising for 2nd Round of Review at Journal of Marketing Research.

 

2. How Much Is an Image Worth? Airbnb Property Demand Estimation Leveraging Large Scale Image Analytics, with Shunyuan Zhang, Dokyun Lee and Kannan Srinivasan. Revising for 5th Round of Review at Management Science.

 

3. Why Bitcoin will Fail to Scale?, with Nikhil Malik, Manmohan Aseri, and Kannan Srinivasan. Revising for 3rd Round of Review at Management Science

 

5. A Dynamic Analysis of Beauty Premium, with Nikhil Malik and Kannan Srinivasan. Revising for Marketing Science.

 

6. Algorithmic Transparency with Strategic Users, with Qiaochu Wang, Yan Huang and Stefanus Jasin. Revising for 2nd Round of Review at Management Science.

 

Working Papers

 

1. Do Low Quality Images Lead to Greater Demand at Airbnb?, with Shunyuan Zhang, Nitin Mehta, and Kannan Srinivasan.

 

2. Privacy Discrimination Under GDPR, with Qiaochu Wang and Yan Huang.

 

3. When Algorithms Promote Inequality: A Structural Analysis of the Role of Zillow's Zestimate on Housing Market, with Runshan Fu, Yan Huang and Kannan Srinivasan.

 

4. Why Airbnb's Smart Pricing Algorithm is Naive? with Nitin Mehta.

 

5. Competing by Revealing Algorithm in Financial Lending, with Qiaochu Wang and Yan Huang.

 

Conference-Workshop Papers

 

49. Runshan Fu, Manmohan Aseri, Param Vir Singh, and Kannan Srinivasan (2020), "Un"fair Machine Learning Algorithms, Thirteenth Annual Federal Trade Commission Microeconomics Conference November 5-6, 2020

 

48. Qiaochu Wang, Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh (2020), Competing by Revealing Algorithm in Financial Lending, Workshop on Information Systems and Economics.

 

47. Qiaochu Wang, Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh (2020), Privacy Discrimination Under GDPR, Conference on Information Systems and Technology.

 

46. Qiaochu Wang, Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh (2019), Algorithmic Transparency, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Seattle, WA. [Winner Best Student Paper Award]

 

45. Runshan Fu, Manmohan Aseri, Param Vir Singh, Kannan Srinivasan (2019), "Un"fair Machine Learning Algorithms, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Seattle, WA.

 

45. Nikhil Malik, Manmohan Aseri, Param Vir Singh (2018), Bitcoin Mining Cartels: Will Bitcoin ever Scale, Workshop on Information Systems and Economics, San Francisco, CA.

 

44. Runshan Fu, Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh (2018), Crowd Bias and Machine Learning: Evidence from Crowd Lending, Workshop on Information Systems and Economics, San Francisco, CA.

 

43. Nikhil Malik, Manmohan Aseri, Param Vir Singh (2018) Bitcoin Disruption in Payments: Winners and Losers, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Phoenix, AZ.

 

42. Shunyuan Zhang, Dokyun Lee, Param Vir Singh, Tridas Mukhopadhyay (2017) The Sharing Effects of Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Involving Airbnb and Uber/Lyft, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Houston, TX.

 

41. Nikhil Malik, Param Vir Singh, Dokyun Lee, Kannan Srinivasan (2017) When Does Beauty Pay? A Large Scale Image Based Appearance Analysis on Career Transitions,  Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Houston, TX. [Winner Best Student Paper Award]

 

40. Shunyuan Zhang, Dokyun Lee, Param Vir Singh, Tridas Mukhopadhyay (2017) Analyzing the Demand Interaction in Sharing Economy, Workshop on Information Systems and Economics, Seoul, South Korea.

 

39. Shunyuan Zhang, Dokyun Lee, Param Vir Singh, Kannan Srinivasan (2016) How Much Is An Image Worth? An Empirical Analysis of Property’s Image Aesthetic Quality on Demand at AirBNB, International Conference in Information Systems, Dublin, Ireland.

 

38. Shunyuan Zhang, Dokyun Lee, Param Vir Singh, Kannan Srinivasan (2016) Image Feature Extraction and Demand Estimation on Airbnb: A Deep Learning Approach, Workshop on Information Systems and Economics, Dublin, Ireland.

 

37. Shunyuan Zhang, Dokyun Lee, Param Vir Singh, Kannan Srinivasan (2016) Professional versus Amateur Images: Investigating Differential Impact on Airbnb Property Demand, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Nashville, TN. [Winner Best Student Paper Award]

 

36. Anindya ghose, Param Vir Singh, Vilma Todri (2015) Trade-offs in Online Advertising: Modeling and Measuring Advertising Effectiveness and Annoyance Dynamics, Workshop on Information Systems Economics, Dallas, TX 2015.

 

35. Shunyuan Zhang, Param Vir Singh, Anindya Ghose (2015) Analyzing the Role of Superstars in crowdsourcing Contests: A Structural Model, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Philadelphia, PA 2015.

 

34. Quan Wang, Beibei Li, Param Vir Singh (2014) Zoom in iOS Clones: Examining the Antecedents and Consequences of Mobile App Copycats, Workshop on Information Systems Economics, Auckland, NZ 2014.

 

33. Quan Wang, Beibei Li, Param Vir Singh (2014) Zoom in iOS Clones: Examining the Antecedents and Consequences of Mobile App Copycats, International Conference of Information Systems, Auckland, NZ 2014.

 

32. Elina Hwang, Param Vir Singh, Linda Argote (2014) Jack of All, Master of Some: The Contingent Effect of Knowledge Breadth on Innovation, International Conference of Information Systems, Auckland, NZ 2014.

 

31. Quan Wang, Beibei Li, Param Vir Singh (2014) Zoom in iOS Clones: Examining the Impact of Copycats on Mobile App Downloads, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, San Francisco, CA 2014.

 

30. Elina Hwang, Param Vir Singh, Linda Argote (2014) Jack of All, Master of Some: The Interaction Effect of Knowledge Breadth and Depth on Innovation, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, San Francisco, CA 2014.

 

29. Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh, and Tridas Mukhopadhyay (2012) How to Design Crowdsourcing Contests: A Structural Empirical Analysis, Workshop of Information Systems and Economics, Orlando Florida. 2012.

 

28. Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh, and Tridas Mukhopadhyay (2012) Crowdsourcing Contests: A Dynamic Structural Model of the Impact of Incentive Structure on Solution Quality, International conference of Information Systems, Orlando Florida. 2012.

 

27. Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh, & Kannan Srinivasan (2011) Crowdsourcing Blockbuster Ideas: A Dynamic Structural Model of Ideation, Conference of Information Systems and Technology, Charlotte 2011.

 

26. Yingda Lu, Param Vir Singh, & Kannan Srinivasan (2011) How to Retain Smart Customers in Crowdsourcing Efforts?  A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Crowdsourcing Customer Support and Ideation,Conference of Information Systems and Technology, Charlotte 2011.

 

25. Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh, & Kannan Srinivasan (2011) Crowdsourcing Blockbuster Ideas: A Dynamic Structural Model of Ideation, International Conference of Information Systems, Saint Louis 2011.

 

24. Yingda Lu, Param Vir Singh, & Baohong Sun (2011) Learning From Peers on Social Media Platforms, International Conference of Information Systems, Shanghai 2011.

 

23. Yingda Lu, Param Vir Singh, Kannan Srinivasan (2011) How to Retain Smart Customers in Crowdsourcing Efforts?  A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Crowdsourcing Customer Support and Ideation, Workshop on Information Systems and Technology, Shanghai 2011.

 

22. Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh, & Anindya Ghose (2010) An Empirical Analyses of Competitive Dynamics in Enterprise Social Media, Workshop on Information Systems Economics, Saint Louis 2010.

 

21. Param Vir Singh, Nachiketa Sahoo, & Tridas Mukhopadhyay (2010) Seeking Variety: A Dynamic Model of Employee Blog Reading Behavior, Workshop on Information Systems Economics, Saint Louis 2010.

 

20. Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh, & Anindya Ghose (2010) Show Me the Incentives: A Dynamic Structural Model of Employee Blogging Behavior, International Conference of Information Systems, Saint Louis 2010.

 

19. Yingda Lu, Param Vir Singh, Baohong Sun (2010) Blind Men Can Judge No Color: A Dynamic Structural Model of Enterprise Expertise Sharing, Workshop on Information Systems and Technology, Saint Louis 2010.

 

18. Yan Huang, Param Vir Singh, & Anindya Ghose (2010) Show Me the Incentives: A Dynamic Structural Model of Employee Blogging Behavior, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Austin 2010.

 

17. Yingda Lu, Param Vir Singh, Baohong Sun (2010) Blind Men Can Judge No Color: A Dynamic Structural Model of Enterprise Expertise Sharing, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Austin 2010.

 

16. Param Vir Singh, Nachiketa Sahoo, & Tridas Mukhopadhyay (2010) Modeling Blog Reading Dynamics, Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research, Austin 2010.

 

15. Yingda Lu, Kinshuk Jerath & Param Vir Singh (2010) Emergence of opinion Leaders in Online Review Communities.Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research, Austin 2010.

 

14. Param Vir Singh, Nachiketa Sahoo, & Tridas Mukhopadhyay (2010) Modeling Blog Reading Dynamics, Utah Winter IS Conference 2010.

 

13. Param Vir Singh, Ray Reagans, & Ramayya Krishnan (2009) From Forbidden Triad to Simmelian Ties: Dynamics of Online Expertise Sharing Communities. Workshop on Information in Networks.

 

12.Liye Ma, Param Vir Singh, & Mike Smith (2009) No Meaningful Impact: The Effect of Pre-release Piracy on Movie Box Office Sales. The Twenty FirstAnnual Workshop on Information Systems Economics WISE, Phoenix, Arizona, December 2009.

 

11. Robert Schonlau & Param Vir Singh (2009) Board Networks and Merger Performance. Financial Management Asssociation's Annual Meeting, 2009.

 

10. Yingda Lu, Kinshuk Jerath & Param Vir Singh (2009) Emergence of opinion Leaders in Online Review Communities. CORS Informs, Toronto, Canada 2009.

 

9. Yingda Lu, Kinshuk Jerath & Param Vir Singh (2009) Emergence of opinion Leaders in Online Review Communities. Informs Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 2009.

 

8. Param Vir Singh (2007) Open Source Software and the Small World Phenomenon: An empirical Investigation of Macro Level Network Properties on Project Success. Proceedings of the Twenty Eighth International Conference on Information Systems ICIS, Montreal.

 

7. Param Vir Singh, Yong Tan & Vijay Mookerjee (2007) Social Capital, Structural Holes, and Team Composition: Collaborative Networks of the Open Source Software Community. Proceedings of the Twenty Eighth International Conference on Information Systems ICIS, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, December 2007.

 

6. Param Vir Singh, Corey Phelps, Ming Fan & Yong Tan (2007) Determinants of Open Source Software Development License Choice: A Social Influence Perspective. The Nineteenth Annual Workshop on Information Systems Economics WISE, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, December 2007

 

5. Param Vir Singh (2007) Collaboration Software Development and the Small World Phenomenon. Invited for presentation at Informs Annual Meeting, Seattle November 2007.

 

4. Param Vir Singh & Yong Tan (2006) Planning to First Release: A Conditional Hazard Function Approach for Investigating Open Source Software Development Time. Proceedings of the Sixteenth annual Workshop on Information Technology and Systems WITS, Milwaukee, December 2006.

 

3. Param Vir Singh & Yong Tan (2005) Stability and efficiency of communications networks in open source software development. Proceedings of the Fifteenth annual Workshop on Information Technology and Systems WITS, Las Vegas, December 2005.

 

2. Param Vir Singh & Ted Klastorin (2005) New Product Planning in a Monopoly IT Market. Invited for presentation at Informs Annual Meeting, San Francisco November 2005.

 

1. Param Vir Singh & Subodha Kumar(2004) Optimal Policies for E-commerce Sites with Hybrid Revenue Streams: Differentiated Quality Approach. Proceedings of the Fourteenth annual Workshop on Information Technology and Systems WITS, Washington D.C., December 2004.