With a distinguished academic background, including a PhD in Management Science and Information Systems from Rutgers University, Dr. Ge stands as a leading expert in the field. Among his research specialties are data mining, machine learning, recommender systems, and business analytics. Awarded the Dean's Research Award in 2020 and the prestigious NSF CAREER Award in 2019, he has been recognized for his outstanding achievements. He has published prolifically in refereed journals and conference proceedings, such as IEEE TKDE, ACM TOIS, ACM SIGKDD, and ICIS. His research has been supported in part by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health (NIH), ORAU and UoA.