Dr Jianxun Chu  CV [English]

 

Jianxun CHU    (褚建勋)

 

Asia Programs Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School

(Jan, 2009- Jan, 2010: Post-doctoral Research in Harvard)

http://ashinstitute.harvard.edu/asia/fellows

Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

Academic Director, “Complexity & Network Communication” Research Group in USTC

 

Mail Address: 79 John F. Kennedy St., Mailbox #130

Asia Programs, Harvard Kennedy School,

         Taubman Building 381. Cambridge, MA 02138

Cell-Phone: +1-857-756-3385  FAX: +1-617-495-4948

E-mail: chu_jianxun[at]ksg. harvard.edu or chujx[at]ustc.edu.cn or chujx[at]ustc.edu

MSN: chu_jianxun[at]hotmail.com

 

INTRODUCTION:

NAME: Jianxun CHU；  English Name: Jackson;   Birth: April, 27.

 

ACADEMIC INTERESTS: E-government and Media Management, Social Networks of Innovation and Org Learning, Knowledge Management, Crisis Communication and Responding to large-scale disasters, Complex Systems and Complex Networks.

ADDITIONAL INTERESTS: Chinese Calligraphy, Coin-Collection, Ping-Pong, harmonicon and cooking…

 

ACADEMIC MEMBERS :

Member of the Internationalization Committee, International Communication Association (ICA).

Member of the Committee of System Dynamics, Systems Engineering Society of China (SESC).

Member of the BOARD of Complex Systems Research Committee of SOPEM in China

 

EDUCATION:

█ PhD (2006), Management Science and Engineering (Media Management), USTC.

Dissertation: Studies on the Dynamics of Knowledge Communication based on Complex Networks.

Honor: the Outstanding PhD Graduate of USTC

 

█ Master(2003), Management Science and Engineering, USTC.

Paper Title: The Assumption of Quantum Learning: Exploring the Complex Adaptation of Knowledge Communication and Organizational Learning.

 

█ Bachelor(2000), Communication, USTC.

Paper Title: The Systematic Theory of Knowledge Communication: The Sub-system of the National Knowledge Innovation Systems.

 

EXPERIENCE:

2009-        Asia Fellow, Ash Institute of Harvard Kennedy School (one-year postdoc or visiting scholar research plan)

2003 - 2008:  Director, “Complexity & Network Communication” Research Group , USTC

Associate Professor, Dept. of Sci-Tech Communication and Policy, USTC 2007-now

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sci-Tech Communication and Policy, USTC 2003-2007

Assistant of President Council, President’s Office of USTC (part-time job), 2005-2008

2004 - 2006: Ph.D., Doctoral Programs in Media Management, USTC.

Awards: Outstanding Graduate of USTC, 2006; Outstanding Doctor in Anhui Province, 2006

Merit Faculty Prize of University, President’s Office in USTC, 2005

        Paper Awards, National Ph.D. Candidate Symposium on Social Science, Beijing, 2004

2000 - 2003:  Master of Management Science and Engineering. School of Business, USTC, 2003

Awards: The President Prize of CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) (Funding $100,000RMB), 2003

Paper Awards, International Conference on Adaptation in Complex Systems, 2002

The Top Paper Awards, in the 3rd Asia-Pacific Symposium on Press, 2001

 “Guang-Hua” Scholarship for Postgraduate in USTC, 2001

1995 - 2000:  Bachelor, Dept. of Information Management and Decision Science, USTC.2000

Awards:  The Outstanding Student Scholarship in USTC, 1999

Chinese National 1st Outstanding Awards, Mathematical Modeling Contest, 1998

          

INTERNATIONAL VISITING:

May-June, 2005:

Attending the ICA 2005 Annual Conference in New York, and then invited to the Dept. of Speech Communication in UIUC (by Prof. Noshir Contractor) and Texas A&M U in US;

July-Aug, 2005:

Attending Complex Systems Summer School (supported by Santa Fe Institute) in Beijing, with a international class under Prof. John Holland; Additionally, I was supported by SFI to attend two international conferences in China (“Complexity Problems”,2001; “Intervention and Adaptation in Complex Systems”, 2002).

Aug-Sep, 2005:

Visiting Researcher, working in City U of Hong Kong invited by Prof. Jonathan Zhu;

July, 2006:

Universities Service Centre for China Studies in Chinese University of Hong Kong;

July-Aug, 2007:

Attending the 25th International Conference of System Dynamics Society in Boston, and visiting MIT/ Harvard; Visiting Santa Fe Institute (meeting with Prof. Geoffrey West, CC Woods and Ms. Shannon), to bridge between SFI and System Dynamics Society in Shanghai, and also for a simple workshop on complex systems.

Jan, 2009- now:

Asia Programs Fellow, Ash Institute of Harvard Kennedy School

Research Focus: One-year Post-doctoral Research on how to use Theories of Complex Systems and Methods of Social Network Analysis into the field of Crisis Communication Networks and Policy-Making for responding to the large-scale disasters in US and China, with the “Acting-in-Time” group under Professor Herman “Dutch” Leonard and Arnold Howitt in Harvard Kennedy School.

Additional Focus: Organizational Behaviors/ Organizational Learning for Virtual Teams in Governments, Multi-National Companies, Non-Profit Organizations and Research Groups, especially for Knowledge Sharing based on theories of Transactive Memory Systems.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCES (to be updated 2002 Spring -2007 Fall):

E-Government (Spring Courses to MPA in USTC and some Executive Education classes)

Knowledge Management and Information Management (Fall Courses to MPA / MBA in USTC)

Communication Industries and Media Management (Fall Courses to undergraduates from Dept of Sci-Tech Communication and Policy in USTC)

Communication Studies (Spring Courses to Graduates from Dept of Sci-Tech Communication and Policy in USTC)

 

PROJECTS (to be updated by Dec, 2008)

PI. $80,000RMB. “Knowledge Sharing in the Virtual Teams: A Transactive Memory System Perspective”. (2009,1-2010,12) Grant from NSSFC (National Social Science Foundation of China)(New project!);

PI. $180,000RMB. “Research on CAS-based Crisis Communication Networks Analysis and Collaboration Mechanism”. (2006,1-2008,12) Grant from NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China)(Finished!);

PI. $100,000RMB. “Studies on the Complexity of Information Communication Networks in the Situation of Crisis”.(2005,5-2007,12) Grant from the “President Prize” of CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences)(Finished!);

PI. $8,000RMB. “CAS-based Crisis Communication Networks Theories and Applications”. (2004,12-2005,12) Grant from the Outstanding Youth Foundation of USTC(Finished!);

PI. $5,000RMB. “Theoretical Research on Diffusion of Knowledge and Dynamics of Communication based on Complex Networks”. (2004,11-2006,11) grant from the Graduate Innovation Foundation by Graduate School of USTC (Finished. PhD Dissertation);

Co-PI. $80,000RMB. “Diffusion Networks of Social Influence on Public Crisis and its Responding Mechanism”. (2007.1-2009.12). Grant from National Social Science Foundation of China (with Dr. J.C. Wei from USTC).

Co-PI. $300,000RMB. “Policies for the Innovational Country on Civil Science Literacy in China”. (2007,10-2008,10) grant from Bureau of Planning & Strategy in CAS(Finished with Prof. SK Tang);

Co-PI. $200,000RMB. “Empirical Studies on Testing Indexes of Civil Science Literacy in China”. (2006,9-2007,8) grant from China Association for Science and Technology(Finished with Prof. CJ Guo);

Co-PI. $280,000RMB. “Knowledge Sharing and Strategic Plan of Sci-Tech Innovation Systems in Anhui”. (2003, 9-2005, 12) grant from Government of Anhui Province (Finished with Prof. X Li).

 

BOOKS & CHAPTERS: (to be updated by Jan, 2009)

CHU Jianxun, W., Ye and ZZ, Wang. “Communication Policy: Chinese and Foreign Media Mangement”, Beijing: Science Press, Jan, 2009. (334pp)

 

PUBLICATIONS (Papers including important conferences): (to be update by 2007-12-31)

CHU Jianxun, WANG Zhenzhen & TANG Shukun. “Exploring the Crisis Communication Models and Organizational Learning in the Public Emergency”, Proceedings of the Chinese Academy of Management Conference, Nanjing, Nov. 20-23, 2007. (in Chinese).

CHU Jianxun, WANG Zhenzhen, LIU Ting & WU Hao. “Exploring the Studies on Knowledge Communication Networks based on Social Network Analysis”, Proceedings of the 3rd workshop on Social Networks and CRM. Nanjing, Nov. 16-19, 2007. (in Chinese)

CHU Jianxun, TANG Shukun & YE Wen. “Simulating the Structual Behaviors on Organi- zational Knowledge Communication Based on Small-World Networks”, Proceedings of ICM 2007 published by Science Press. Wuhan, Aug. 2007. (in English)

CHU Jianxun, TANG Shukun. “A Q-SECI model based on the insight learning and its application”. Science Research Management, 2007, Vol. 28, No. 4: 95-99. (in Chinese)

Jianxun CHU. “Changing the Organizational Structure Can Improve Knowledge Commu- nication: A simulation analysis on small-world networks”. The First International Conference on Management Innovation, June 4-6, Shanghai. Published by Universe Academic Press in Toronto. ICMI2007, Vol.1: 254-257. (in English)

CHU Jianxun, ZHENG Sihui & TANG Shukun. “Structuring the Public Crisis Management System based on CAS and its Complexity”, Chinese Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Beijing, Dec. 8-10, 2006. (in Chinese)

Shukun Tang, Jianxun Chu, et al. “Epidemic Theory on Knowledge Communication: A Simulation Analysis of Organizational Communication based on Complex Networks”, the 56th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Dresden, June, 2006. (in English)

CHU Jianxun, TANG Shukun. “Quantum Learning Model: Insight Learning of Tacit Know- ledge in Organizations”, Science of Science and Management of S. & T. 2006, Vol.27, No. 8: 80-83. (in Chinese)

CHU Jian-xun & TANG Shu-kun. “The Study on the knowledge creation model based on the insight learning”, Studies in Science of Science, Vol.24, S.: 225-228. Aug. 2006. (in Chinese)

CHU, Jianxun, TANG Shukun, XIAO Xiangbing & PEI Shilan. “Exploring the Quantem SECI Model and Its Mechanism: An Extension of SECI Based on the Insight Learning”, Science of Science and Management of S. & T. (Vol. 27, No. 12): 106-110. 2006. (in Chinese)

CHU, Jianxun. “Complexity and Interdisciplinary Modes of Santa Fe Institute”, one chapter of the book: LIU Zhonglin. “Interdisciplinary Science in China”, USTC Press, 2006. (in Chinese)

TANG, Shukun & CHU, Jianxun. “Macro-Analyses on the Circular Economy Systems in China and the Indexes of Comprehensive National Strength”, one paper from the book: JI Kunsen & WEI Sui. “Theories and Uses of the Circular Economy”, Anhui University Press, 2006. (in Chinese)

Jianxun CHU, Shukun TANG & Wei ZHANG. “Dynamics of Knowledge Communication: Simulation Analyses on Organizational Structure and Function based on Complex Networks”, submitted to the 57th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). San Francisco, US. May, 2007. (in English)

CHU Jianxun. “Empirical Studies on Reports of Public Crisis and the Media in the Mainland of China: Rethinking about the Responsibility of Media during SARS”, Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Doctor Forum, July, 2006. (by the University Service of CUHK). (in Chinese)

Shukun TANG, Jianxun CHU, et al. “Epidemic Theory on Knowledge Communication: A Simulation Analysis of Organizational Communication based on Complex Networks”, the 56th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA). Dresden, Germany. June, 2006. (in English).

Jianxun Chu, et al. “Knowledge Communication based on Complex Networks: A Simulation Analysis of Knowledge Management and Organizational Communication”, Sciencepaper Online in China, Dec. 2005. (in English)

CHU Jianxun, TANG Shukun & ZHENG Sihui. “Exploring the Complexity of Crisis Communication”, Sciencepaper Online in China, Nov. 2005. (in Chinese)

Jianxun Chu, Jing-jing Li, Meng Xu & Li Zhao. “Simulating Escape Panic Based on the Mechanism of Asymmetric Information Distribution”, Paper for 2005 CSSS (Complex Systems Summer School) of SFI (Santa Fe Institute), Beijing, June – July, 2005. (in English)

Chu, Jianxun, Tang, Shukun & Yi Xu. “Understanding the Chinese Guanxi Networks: Complex Networks and Behaviors in Organizational Communication”, the 55th Annual Con- ference of International Communication Association(ICA). NewYork, May2005. (in English)

Tang, Shukun & Chu, Jianxun. “Crisis Communication: Theoretical Framework of the New Subject”, Science Reports (Academic Version), Dec, 2004. (in Chinese)

Chu, Jianxun & Tang, Shukun. “Complex Crisis Communication: Reviews on Theoretical Research of Crisis Communication”, the 4th symposium of APSP. Beijing:2004. (in Chinese)

Chu, Jianxun & Wu, Wengui. “Theoretical Reviews on Chinese Guanxi Network Analysis and its Results”, the 7th Conference on Across-Straits Chinese Culture and Management. Hefei:2004. (in Chinese)

Chu, Jianxun. “Small-World Model in Network Society and Dynamics of Communication Networks”, special guest paper for the National Doctoral Candidates’ Symposium on Social Science sponsored by Chinese Department of Education, Beijing: 2004. (in Chinese)

Chu, Jianxun, Tang, Shukun & Zhigang Li. “Small Worlds in Networks Communication: The New Theoretical View on the Structure of Media and Complex Networks”, Proceedings of Chinese Computer-Mediated Communication Annual Conference, Nanjing: 2004. (in Chinese)

Chu, Jianxun. “The Assumption of Quantum Learning: Exploring the Complex Adaptation of Knowledge Communication and Organizational Learning”, Dissertation for Master, 2003. (in Chinese)

Chu, Jianxun. “Understanding the Complexity in Organizations from Chinese Culture”, Poster Presentation in the conference on Intervention and Adaptation in Complex Systems, Beijing, 2002 (in English).

Tang, Shukun, Chu, Jianxun & Yi Xu. “Study on the Self-Organizing Mechanism in Casual Group Decision-Making”, International Symposium on “Complexity and Management” (Sponsored by Chinese National Science Foundation). Shanghai: Aug.6-7,2002. (in Chinese)

Chu, Jianxun. “Internet Communication and the Complexity”, Proceedings of CCAST (World Laboratory) Workshop, for the Symposium on “Complexity Problems”. Beijing: 2001. ( I attended the Student Symposium on Complexity problems in Nov.19-22, 2001, and was considered for a travel scholarship, so SFI was so kind to afford some of my cost. ) (in English)

Tang, Shukun and Chu, Jianxun. “Chaos and Order: Understanding the Complexity of the Internet Communication in the Social Information Systems”, The 3rd Asia-Pacific Symposium on Press and Scientific and Social Progress. Beijing: 2001(in Chinese).


PHOTOS (Selected for Academic Activities to make more vivid) (update by 2006)


Photo-1 With the honor of representing for all of the 145 PhD. Laureates, Dr. Jianxun Chu gave a subject matter address on the Doctoral Congregation in the university of USTC in 2006. 

Photo-2 With Prof. John H. Holland, “Father of GA (Genetic Algorithm)”, in the 2005 CSSS (Complex Systems Summer School) supported by Santa Fe Institute in Beijing, July 2005.

Photo-3 Being invited by Prof. Jonathan Zhu to do researches on communication and media studies as a Visiting Research Fellow in CityU of Hong Kong during this summer of 2005.

Photo-4 The vice-president of Santa Fe Institute, Prof. Chris Woods and executive director Shannon Larsen, visiting USTC and entertaining some members of CSSS in “Anhui Hotel”, Hefei, Oct 2005.

Photo-5 Attending the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association(ICA), and being selected as a member of Internationalization Committee in ICA (May, 2005, in Manhattan, New York, US).

Photo-6 With Prof. Noshir Contractor from UIUC (now be the Jane S. & William J. White Professor in Northwestern University), who visited                            “Complexity and Network Communication”  group in USTC, and holding a simple workshop on organizaitonal communication, complex networks and social network, Nov 2004.