Jae Kyu Lee is currently the Dean of EEWS Initiative (Energy, Environment, Water, and Sustainability Initiative) at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). He has been a Professor of Management Information Systems and Electronic Commerce at KAIST since 1985, and served as Dean of the College of Business during 2006-7. During 2005-6, he was appointed Associate Dean of Faculty and Research, School of Information Systems at Singapore Management University.
He was the founding editor-in-chief of the journal, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (Elsevier, SSCI and SCIE Accredited), and was the founding chair of the International Conference on Electronic Commerce. He served as Associate Director of National Growth Engine Planning for the Ministry of Knowledge Economy in 2008. Currently, he serves as Director of the International Center for Electronic Commerce (ICEC), and Director of the National IT Industry Promotion Agency.
He received a B.A. in Industrial Engineering from Seoul National University (1973), a M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the KAIST (1975) and a Ph.D. in Operations and Information Systems from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1985). He was a visiting professor of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (2000), University of Texas at Austin (1995), Carnegie-Mellon University (1989), and City University of Hong Kong (2001).

He was chairman of key international conferences such as the Doctoral Consortium Chair of the International Conference on Information Systems (2011), International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC 1998, and ICEC 2000), Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (2001, 2006), and the 3rd World Congress on Experts Systems (1996), as well as many other international conferences. He was president of academic societies such as Korea Society of Management Information Systems and Korea Society of Intelligent Information Systems. He has served for the program committee of numerous international conferences in information systems and intelligent systems.

He authored four English books and seven Korean books with many editions in the area of Electronic Commerce, Information System, and Intelligent Systems, including the world best seller, Electronic Commerce: A Managerial Perspective (2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, Prentice Hall, co-authored with Efraim Turban), Artificial Intelligence in Finance and Investing (Irwin), Management Information Systems, and Intelligent Systems. He published about 60 international journal papers (aside from 33 Korean journal papers) in leading international journals such as Decision Support Systems, Management Science, Communications of ACM, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Expert System with Applications, European Journal of Information Systems, and many others. He presented 16 keynote speeches at major international conferences and workshops such as PACIS, PRICAI, and ICEC, and presented 63 papers in international conferences and 66 in Korean conferences.

He received best paper awards nine times from the major conferences such as the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (Internet and Digital Economy Track in 1997) and Korean national conferences of Management Information Systems, Intelligent Systems, and Management Science. He received the most honorable award in Korea, Maekyung Economist Prize (2004), which is given to the best researcher in Economics and Management. He also received a national decoration from the Korea Government for his contribution to the development of the IT industry. KAIST has awarded him three times for Outstanding Academic Achievement (1998), International Academic Collaboration (2009), and Contribution for the Progression of KAIST (1993).

Currently, he serves as associate editor of leading international journals such as Decision Support Systems, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Expert Systems with Application, Intelligent Systems in Finance Accounting and Management, and Journal of Global Information Management. He is also honorary advisor of the journal, Electronic Commerce Research & Applications and Pacific Asia Journal of AIS.

His primary research topics are supply chain management with electronic commerce, semantic web with eXtensible Rule Markup Languages, intelligent models for investment decision, unified modeling with AI and optimization, and intelligent scheduling systems for various manufacturing industries. He has conducted 47 granted projects on eCommerce strategies for financial sectors, SCM and eProcurement Systems, case based project management systems, intelligent scheduling systems for ship building, power generation, and refinery. He currently cultivates research on the converged area of IT and Green Management.

Education

▶ Sep.1981 - May.1985 Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the Department of Decision Sciences, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
▶ Jan.1980 - Aug.1981 Ph.D. Candidate, Management Science Major, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
▶ Sep.1973 - Aug.1975 M.S. in Industrial Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
▶ Mar.1969 - Feb.1973 B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Career

International Conference Chairs
▶ Chair, Doctoral Consortium, International Conference on Information Systems, Dec 2011, Shanghai
▶ Chair, EEWS 2009 Workshop, KAIST, September 22-23, 2009, Korea
▶ Chair, EEWS 2008 Workshop, KAIST, September 9, 2008, Korea

▶ Co-chair, The 10th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, Kular Lumpur, Malaysia, July 2006
▶ Track Chair, "Key Trends in Supply Chain Management", Conference of the Korean Society of Supply Chain, Seoul, Korea, Dec. 2005
▶ Track Chair, "Semantic Web for EC: How to overcome the hurdles and create the future?", International Conference on Electronic Commerce, ICEC 2005, Xian, China, Aug. 2005
▶ Track Chair, Web Based Information System and e-Commerce, ICIS 2005, Las Vegas
▶ Best Paer Award at the Korea KESS Conference 2002, "Customized Configuration with Template and Options" (Korea; May 2002)
▶ Co-chair, Pacific Asia Conference on Electronic Commerce 2001, Seoul, Korea
▶ Chair, The International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC 2000) 2000, Seoul, Korea
▶ Chair, E-Business Strategy, 1999, Seoul, Korea
▶ Chair, Cyber-payment Conference 1999, Hong Kong
▶ Chair, Cyber-payment Conference 1998, Seoul, Korea
▶ Chair, The International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC'98) 1998, Korea
▶ Chair, The Third World Congress on Expert Systems, 1996, Seoul, Korea
▶ Co-Chair, 95 Pacific-Asia Conference on Expert Systems, May, 1995, China
▶ Co-Chair, 94 Japan/Korea Joint Conference on Expert Systems, Tokyo, Japan
▶ Regional Chair, The Second World Congress on Expert System, 1993
▶ Chair, '93 Korea/Japan Joint Conference on Expert Systems, 1993
▶ Regional Chair, The First World Congress on Expert Systems, Dec. 1991

[Founded Organizations]
▶ CIO Council of Korea Electronic Industry, President (Current)
▶ Web Korea Forum, President (Current)
▶ International Conference on Electronic Commerce, 1998
▶ International Center for Electronic Commerce, 1996
▶ Korea Intelligent Information Systems Society, President, Dec. 1990 - Dec. 1996
▶ Pacific Asia Conference on Expert Systems, 1993

[Academic Honors]
▶ The 34th Mae Kyung Economist at Maeil Business (Korea; March 26, 2004)
▶ Best Paper Award at the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society (Korea; Dec. 2003)
▶ President's Commendation at the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs (Korea; June 2002)
▶ Best Paper Award at the Korea KESS Conference 2002, "eXtensible Rule Markup Language (XRML) Design Principles and Application" (Korea; May 2002)
▶ Best Paper Award at the Korea KESS Conference 2002, "Customized Configuration with Template and Options" (Korea; May 2002)
▶ Best Paper Award at the Korea MIS Conference 1999, "Adaptive Modeling System" (Korea; June 1999)
▶ Outstanding Academic Achievement Award of KAIST (Korea; Jan. 1998)
▶ Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence 1997, "Case and Contraint-Based Arpartment Construction Project Planning System: FASTrack-APT", AAAI (Rhode Island, USA, July 1997)
▶ Best Paper Award at the Korea MIS Conference 1997, "An Effective Software Effort Estimation Model; Neural Network Approach using Optimal Similar Cases" (Korea; July 1997)
▶ Best Paper Award at Hawaii International Conference on System Science, in the track of Internet and Digital Economy, "Intelligent Agent Based Contract Process in Electronic Commerce : UNIK-AGENT Approach (Hawaii, USA, January 1997)
▶ Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence 1995, "Intelligent Scheduling Systems for Shipbuilding", AAAI (Canada, August 1995)
▶ Awarded Honorable Mention in 1985 DSI (Decision Sciences Institute) Doctoral Dissertation Competition. The title of dissertation is "Solving Semi-Structured Problems and Design of Decision Support Systems: Post-Model Analysis Approach"

[Editorial Board of International Academic Journals]
▶ Editor-In-Chief, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (Elsevier), 2001 - Present
▶ Associate Editor, Journal of Global Information Management (International Resource Management Association), 2000 - Present
▶ Associate Editor, Electronic Market (Switzerland), 1998 - 2006 (Korea; June 2002)
▶ Associate Editor, International Journal of Electronic Commerce (USA), 1997 - Present
▶ Associate Editor, Decision Support Systems (Elsevier), 1996 - Present
▶ Associate Editor, Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce (USA), 1996 - Present
▶ Associate Editor, Expert Systems with Applications (Pergamon Press), 1995 - Present
▶ Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance, and Management (USA), 1997- Present

Publications (patents, etc.)

[Published Books]

▶ Venky Shankararaman, J. Leon Zhao and Jae Kyu Lee, Business Enterprise, Process and
Technology Management: Models for Optimization, IGI Global, (forthcoming)
▶ E, Turban, Jae K. Lee, Ting-Peng Liang, Deborrah Turban, Electronic Commerce: A Managerial
Perspective 2010 , Prentice Hall, 2010
▶ E, Turban, Jae K. Lee, David Kimg, Judy Mackay, Peter Marshall, Dennis Viehland, Electronic
Commerce: A Managerial Perspective 2008, Prentice Hall, 2008

▶ Jae K. Lee, Benjamin Gan, Vijay Sathi, Premier eBusiness Cases from Asia, Prentice Hall,
2006
▶ E. Turban, Jae K. Lee, and David King, Electronic Commerce: A Managerial Perspective 2006,
Prentice Hall, 2006
▶ E. Turban, Jae K. Lee, and David King, Electronic Commerce: A Managerial Perspective,
Prentice Hall, 2000, (2002 and 2004)
▶ Jae K. Lee et al., Electronic Commerce, 3rd Edition, Bupyoung, 2002 (Korean
▶ Jae K Lee, et al.(eds), Management Information System, Bupyoung, 2002(Korean)
▶ Jae K Lee et al., Electronic Commerce & Business Revolution, Bupyoung, 2000 (Korean)
▶ Jae K. Lee, et al., Expert Systems: Principles and Design, Bupyoung, 1996 (Korean)
▶ Jae K. Lee, et al., Development of Expert System with UNIK, Bupyoung, 1996 (Korean)
▶ R. Trippi and Jae K. Lee, Artificial Intelligence in Finance and Investing, Irwin, 1995
▶ Jae K. Lee, et al., Expert Systems: Application and Case Analysis, Bupyoung, 1995 (Korean)
▶ R. Trippi and Jae K. Lee, State of the Art Portfolio Selection using Knowledge-based Systems,
Probus Publishing Co., 1992
▶ Jae K. Lee, et al.(eds.) Operational Expert System Applications in the Far East, Pergamon
Press, 1991
▶ Jin J. Lee and Jae K. Lee, et al., Management Information Systems: User's Perspective,
Dasan Publishing Co., 1989 (Korean)

[Editorial Board of International Academic Journals]
▶ Editor-In-Chief, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (Elsevier), 2001 - Present
▶ Associate Editor, Journal of Global Information Management (International Resource
Management Association), 2000 - Present
▶ Associate Editor, Electronic Market (Switzerland), 1998 - 2006 (Korea; June 2002)
▶ Associate Editor, International Journal of Electronic Commerce (USA), 1997 - Present
▶ Associate Editor, Decision Support Systems (Elsevier), 1996 - Present
▶ Associate Editor, Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce (USA), 1996 - Present
▶ Associate Editor, Expert Systems with Applications (Pergamon Press), 1995 - Present
▶ Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance, and Management (USA), 1997- Present

Research Areas

▶ MIS, Electronic Commerce, Intelligent Systems

Electronic Commerce and eBusiness(2008-Spring)(MGT541)

Electronic Commerce and eBusiness(2009-Spring)(MGT541)

Electronic Commerce and eBusiness(2010-Spring)(MGT541)

Research Methodology I(2010)(BA861)

Electronic Commerce and eBusiness(2011-Spring)(MGT541)

Energy and Environmental Technology(2011-Fall)(MGT509)

Management Information System(2012-Spring)(MGT542)

Green Technology Commercializationand Finance I(2012-Fall)(FIN549)