Center for Digital Transformation
The Center for Digital Transformation at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, initiated and led by Professor Sun Tianshu, aims to integrate tech with business, theory with practice. It collaborates with enterprises, industries, and the government to find a uniquely Chinese path for industrial digitalization, covering tech strategy, business design, talent, standards, and policies.
The center focuses on two aspects: 1) new tech and big data, like data science, AI, cloud computing, IoT, etc.; 2) matching business designs and industrial policies.
It seeks to combine a global tech view with Chinese - specific industry features, building a co - creation platform for advanced discussions, top - level planning, and tech implementation. The center regularly holds academic and industry events, and supports cross - disciplinary research, education, sharing, and cooperation.
Center Member
Caohong Cheng (Babu)
Senior Consultant
Onsite
Zhao Jin
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Rochester
Onsite
Danqing Mei
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University
Onsite
Hongshen Sun
Research Assistant
B.S., Tsinghua University; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Sloan School of Management, MIT
Zhenyue Zhao
Research Assistant
B.S. & M.S., Nanjing University
Department of Information Science,Cornell University
Xincheng Ma
Research Assistant
B.S., Beihang University; M.S.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
HKUST Business School
Jin Zhang
Research Assistant
B.S., Beijing Institute of Technology
Onsite
Yinfeng Jiang
Research Assistant
B.S., CSU; M.S., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
HKUST Business School
Shuyi Dong
Research Assistant
B.S., Wuhan University; M.S., Nanjing University
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Zhangyizhe Yuan
Research Assistant
B.S., Nanjing University
Onsite
Sipeng Zeng
Research Assistant
B.S., SUSTech; Ph.D., Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Onsite
Qi qi
Research Assistant
B.S., Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Onsite
Academic Collaborators

Prof. J. Frank Li
University of Southern California

Dr. WANG Jin
StanFORD DIGITAL ECONOMY LAB

Prof. Wen Wang
University of Maryland

Prof. Brian Rongqing Han
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Prof. Yan LENG
University of TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Students Supervised
(Doctoral/Master's/Undergraduate supervisor + Member of the thesis defense committee)

Prof. Jisu Cao
University of Connecticut

Prof. Brian Rongqing Han
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Prof. Wilson Lin
Santa Clara University

Mengxia Zhang
Western University

Prof. Heeseung Andrew Lee
The University of Texas at Dallas

Prof. Wensi Zhang
The University of Texas at Dallas

James Enouen
The University of Southern California

Wenxuan Zhou
Zoom

Peifeng Wang
Salesforce

Guangyu Li
Meta

Tian Xie
Meta

Chaofan Zhai
Meta

Xing Lan
Celestis

Prof. Zhikun Lu
New York University, Shanghai

Mingxuan Yue
Google