
Prof. Dr. Hamid Khobzi
Assistant Professor at the Institute of Information Systems
- Phone
- +41 31 631 47 83
- hamid.khobzi@iwi.unibe.ch
- Office
- 203
- Postal Address
- Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik
Abteilung Information Engineering
Engehaldenstrasse 8
CH - 3012 Bern
CV
2015-2019 | Ph.D. in Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR |
2017-2018 | Visiting Ph.D. Student (Graduate Research Trainee), McGill University, Canada |
2011-2014 | MSc in Socio-economic Systems Engineering, University of Eyvanekey, Iran |
2007-2011 | BSc in Industrial Engineering, Shomal University, Iran |
Teaching
Research Area
- Data Science Applications in Business
- Social Media
- User engagement
- Online Social Interactions
- Online Social Movements
Publications
Journal Article
Khobzi, H., Lau, R.Y.K., and Cheung, T.C.H. (2018). “The Outcome of Online Social Interactions on Facebook Pages: A Study of User Engagement Behavior”, Internet Research, 29(1), pp. 2-23.
Khobzi, H., and Teimourpour, B. (2015). “LCP Segmentation: A framework for evaluation of user engagement in online social networks”, Computers in Human Behavior, 50, pp. 101-107.
Khobzi, H. and Teimourpour, B. (2014). “How Significant are Users’ Opinions in Social Media?”, International Journal of Accounting & Information Management, 22(4), pp. 254-272.
Khobzi, H., Akhondzadeh-Noughabi, E., Minaei-Bidgoli, B., (2014). “A new application of RFM clustering for guild segmentation to mine the pattern of using banks’ e-payment services”, Journal of Global Marketing, 27(3), pp. 178-190.
Conference or Workshop Item
Khobzi, H. (2019). “Hashtagivism: Making Online News Great Again?”, Twenty-Fifth Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS2019), Cancun, Mexico, August 2019.
Khobzi, H., Lau, R.Y.K, and Cheung, T.C.H. (2017). “Consumers’ Sentiments and Popularity of Brand Posts in Social Media: The Moderating Role of Up-votes”, Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-50), Hawaii, USA, January 2017.
Awards
- Highly Recommended Paper Award, Internet Research, 2020
- Outstanding Academic Performance Award (City University of Hong Kong, 2017)
- Research Tuition Scholarship, (City University of Hong Kong, 2016 - 2018)
- University Grants Committee (UGC) Scholarship, (City University of Hong Kong, 2015 - 2018)
Editorial Board Membership
Current | ||
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Editorial Review Board | Internet Research | (since 2020) |
Past | ||
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Associate Editor | Digital Customer Experiences and Interactions Track, European Conference on Information Systems | 2020 |