Director

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  - PhD, Engineering Systems: Technology, Management, and Policy
  - SM, Technology and Policy

• Tsinghua University
  - MS, Vehicle & Mobility Engineering
  - BE, Energy & Power Engineering

Services

• Managing Editor, Journal of Engineering Design

• Executive Committee Member, Council of Engineering Systems Universities (CESUN)

• Associate Editor, Design Science

• Associate Editor, Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing

• Department Editor, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

• Guest Editor, Technovation

• Editorial Board Member, Research in Engineering Design

• Chair Emeritus, INFORMS Technology Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship Section

Awards & Honors

• G20 Professorship, G20 Organizing Committee, 2022

• Spotlight Paper, ASME Journal of Computing & Information Science in Engineering, 2022

• Silver Medal, Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, 2022

• “Reviewers’ Favourite Paper” Award, 23rd International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED), Gothenburg, Sweden, 2021

• Editors’ Choice Paper Award, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 2020

• Top 2% Scientists Globally by Standardized Citation Impact, Stanford University & Elsevier B.V., 2019 ~ Present

• Best Paper Award, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences / Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), Anaheim, California, 2019

• Innovative Applications in Analytics Award Finalist, Sponsored by Caterpillar, INFORMS Business Analytics Conference, Austin, Texas, 2019

• Best Paper Award Nomination, Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii, 2019

• Excellence in Research Award, Singapore University of Technology & Design, 2018

• SG Good Design Mark, Singapore Design Business Chamber, 2017

• Richard R. Nelson Prize Finalist, 2016

• Best Paper Award, Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Sydney, Australia, 2016

• Best Poster Award, International Conference on Complex Systems, Phoenix, Arizona, 2015

• “Reviewers’ Favourite Paper” Award, 20th International Conference on Engineering Design, Milan, Italy, 2015

• “Reviewers’ Favourite Paper” Award, 19th International Conference on Engineering Design, Seoul, Korea, 2013

• “Editor’s Choice”, Industrial and Corporate Change, 2012

• Best Dissertation Award (Runner-Up), INFORMS Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Section, 2011

• Best Paper Award (2nd Place), Annual Conference of Chinese Scholars Association in Management Science & Engineering, 2010

• Alfred A.H. Keil Fellowship for Wiser Uses of Science and Technology, 2004

• China International Marine Containers (Group) Scholarship, 2003

• Mercedes-Benz Scholarship, 2002

Recent Invited Talks

• PPG Industries, United States, April 2023

• Imperial College London, United Kingdom, February, 2023

• Lockheed Martin Corporation, United States, November 2022

• University of California at Berkeley, United States, October 2022

• Autodesk Research, United States, June 2022

• Tsinghua University, China, April, 2022

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States, November 2021

• International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM), September 2021

• 1st International Symposium on Intelligence Design, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, March 2021. Keynote

• Enterprise Singapore Venture Building Program, January 2021

• IEEE InTech Forum, IEEE Computer Society, December 2020

• 13th International Workshop on Design Theory, Paris, January 2020. Keynote

• A*STAR Artificial Intelligence Program, January 2020

• Institute for New Economic Thinking, August 2019

• Centre for Brain-Inspired Computing Research, Tsinghua University, July 2020

• 17th Annual International CAD Conference, June 2019. Keynote

• Mengshi Autonomous Vehicle Lab, Tsinghua University, May 2019

• Ideation Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, April 2019

• State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, June 2018

• DSTA Innovation Day, October 2017. Keynote

• Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Zhejiang University, June 2017

Selected Publications

• Data-Driven Innovation: What Is It
  Jianxi Luo
  IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 70(2), 784-790, 2023

• Design Representation as Semantic Networks
  Serhad Sarica, Ji Han, Jianxi Luo
  Computers in Industry, 144, 103791, 2023. Preprint

• Generative Transformers for Design Concept Generation
  Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
  ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 23(4): 041003, 2023. Preprint

• Biologically Inspired Design Concept Generation Using Generative Pre-Trained Transformers
  Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
  ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 145(4): 041409, 2023. Preprint

• Deep Learning for Technical Document Classification
  Shuo Jiang, Jie Hu, Christopher Magee, Jianxi Luo
  IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. Preprint

• Intelligent Amphibious Ground-Aerial Vehicles: State of the Art Technology for Future Transportation
  Xinyu Zhang, et al., Jianxi Luo, Jun Li
  IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 8(1), 970-987, 2023. Preprint

• Embedding Knowledge Graph of Patent Metadata to Measure Knowledge Proximity
  Guangtong Li, Siddharth Lakshmi, Jianxi Luo
  Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 74(4), 476-490, 2023. Preprint

• Meta Disciplines: Systems, Design, and Computing
  Jianxi Luo
  International Research Symposium on Problem Based Learning (IRSPBL 2023) and Transforming Engineering Education 2023 (TEE 2023), 21-23 June, Cambridge, MA, United States

• Generative Pre-Trained Transformers for 15-Minute City Design
  Rutvik Deshpande, Qihao Zhu, Sayjel Patel, Jianxi Luo
  28th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA 2023), 18-24 March, Ahmedabad, India

• Close the Gap in the US CHIPS and Science Law
  Jianxi Luo
  Nature, 610, 34, 2022

• New Design: Opportunities for Engineering Design in an Era of Digital Transformation
  Roger Jiao, Jianxi Luo, Johan Malmqvist, Joshua Summers
  Journal of Engineering Design, 33(10): 685-690, 2022

• Natural Language Processing in-and-for Design Research
  Siddharth Lakshmi, Lucienne Blessing, Jianxi Luo
  Design Science, 8, e21, 2022

• Innovation in Design Processes
  Claudia Eckert, Jianxi Luo
  IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 69(4), 1532-1536, 2022

• Crowdfunding for Design Innovation: Prediction Model with Critical Factors
  Chaoyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Katja Hölttä-Otto, Warren Seering, Kevin Otto
  IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 69(4), 1565-1576, 2022. Preprint

• Engineering Knowledge Graph from Patent Database
  L. Siddharth, Lucienne T. M. Blessing, Kristin L. Wood, Jianxi Luo
  ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 22(2): 021008, 2022. Preprint. Spotlight Paper at ASME IDETC-CIE Conference 2022

• Patent Data for Engineering Design: A Critical Review and Future Directions
  Shuo Jiang, Serhad Sarica, Binyang Song, Jie Hu, Jianxi Luo
  ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 22(6): 060902, 2022. Preprint

• Data-Driven Design-by-Analogy: State of the Art and Future Direction
  Shuo Jiang, Jie Hu, Kristin Wood, Jianxi Luo
  ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 144(2): 020802, 2022

• Semantic Networks for Engineering Design: State of the Art and Future Directions
  Ji Han, Serhad Sarica, Feng Shi, Jianxi Luo
  ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 144(2): 020801, 2022

• Technology Fitness Landscape for Design Innovation: A Deep Neural Embedding Approach Based on Patent Data
  Shuo Jiang, Jianxi Luo
  Journal of Engineering Design, 33(10): 716-727, 2022

• Enhancing Patent Retrieval using Text and Knowledge Graph Embeddings
  Siddharth Lakshmi, Guangtong Li, JIanxi Luo
  Journal of Engineering Design, 33(8/9): 670-683, 2022

• Idea Generation with Technology Semantic Network
  Serhad Sarica, Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
  ASME Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 35(3), 265-283, 2021. Preprint

• Deriving Design Feature Vectors for Patent Images with Convolutional Neural Network
  Shuo Jiang, Jie Hu, Jianxi Luo, Christopher L Magee
  ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 143(6), 061405, 2021

• Forecasting COVID-19 Pandemic: Unknown Unknowns and Predictive Monitoring
  Jianxi Luo
  Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 166, 120602, 2021

• Guiding Data-Driven Design Ideation by Knowledge Distance
  Jianxi Luo, Serhad Sarica, Kristin Wood
  Knowledge-Based Systems, 218, 106873, 2021

• TechNet: Technology Semantic Network
  Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
  Expert Systems with Applications, 142, 112995, 2020. Preprint

• Data-Driven Intelligence on Innovation and Competition
  Serhad Sarica, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
  Information Systems Management, 37(3), 198-212, 2020. Best Ppaer Award Nomination at HICSS-52

• Machine Learning Based Design Concept Evaluation
  Bradley Camburn , Yuejun He , Sujithra Raviselvam , Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
  ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(3), 031113, 2020. Editor's Choice Paper Award

• Mining and Representing the Concept Space of Existing Ideas for Directed Ideation
  He, Y., Camburn, B., Liu, H.W. Luo, J., Yang, M., Wood, K.L.
  ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 141, 121101, 2019 (SI: Machine Learning for Engineering Design)

• Overlay Technology Space Map for Analyzing Design Knowledge Base of a Technology Domain: The Case of Hybrid Electric Vehicle
  Binyang Song, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jeffrey Alstott, Jianxi Lu
  Research in Engineering Design, 30(3), 405–423, 2019

• The Hierarchy-Niche Model for Supply Networks
  Jianxi Luo, Daniel Whitney
  Production and Operations Management, 28(3), 668–681, 2019

• Multicores-Periphery Structure in Networks
  Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
  Network Science, 7(1), 70-87,2019. Preprint

• Understanding the Lifestyle of Older Population in Singapore: Mobile Crowdsensing Approach
  H. Marakkalage, P. L. Lau, S. Sarica, S. K. Viswanath, T. Balasubramaniam, B. Yuen, J. Luo, R. Nayak, C. Yuen
  IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 6(1), 82-95, 2019

• An Infinite Regress Model of Design Change Propagation in Complex Systems
  Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo
  IEEE Systems Journal, 13(4), 3610-3618, 2019. Get a Copy

• Design Opportunity Conception Using Technology Space Map
  Jianxi Luo, Binyang Song, Lucienne Blessing, Kristin Wood
  Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 32(4), 449-461, 2018 (SI: Design Creativity)

• Architecture and Evolvability of Innovation Ecosystems
  Jianxi Luo
  Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 136, 132-144, 2018

• Cyclic Dependence, Vertical Integration, and Innovation: The Case of Japanese Electronics Sector in the 1990s
  Jianxi Luo, Giorgio Triulzi
  Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 132, 46-55, 2018

• Data-Driven Platform Design: Patent Data and Function Network Analysis
  Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
  ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(2), 021101, 2018

• Does Analogical Distance Affect Performance of Ideation
  Srinivasan V., Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, K. Subburaj, Mohan Rajesh Elara, Lucienne Blessing, Kristin Wood
  ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 140(7): 071101, 2018

• The Characteristics of Innovative Mechanical Products – 10 Years Later
  Katja Hölttä-Otto, Kevin Otto, Chaoyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Timothy Li, Carolyn Seepersad, Warren Seering
  ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 140(8): 084501, 2018

• How Do Accelerators Select Startups? Shifting Decision Criteria Across Stages
  Jianxi Luo
  IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 65(4), 574-589, 2018. Preprint

• Can We Design an Industry Classification System That Reflects Industry Architecture?
  Margaret Dalziel, Xiangyang Yang, Simon Breslav, Azam Khan, Jianxi Luo. Journal of Enterprise Transformation, 8(1-2), 22-46, 2018.

• System-of-Systems Innovation: Proactive Methods for Conception and Strategies for Implementation
  Jianxi Luo
  Journal of Enterprise Transformation, 7(3-4), 91-115, 2017

• Patent Stimuli Search and its Influence on Ideation Outcome
  Binyang Song, Srinivasan Venkataraman, Jianxi Luo
  Design Science, 3, e25, 2017 (SI: Network-based Modeling & Analysis in Design)

• The Novelty “Sweet Spot” of Invention
  Yuejun He, Jianxi Luo
  Design Science, 3, e21, 2017

• Inventors’ Explorations Across Technology Domains
  Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
  Design Science, 3, e20, 2017

• InnoGPS for Data-Driven Exploration of Design Opportunities and Directions: The Case of Google Driverless Car Project
  Jianxi Luo, Bowen Yan, Kristin Wood
  ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 139(11), 111416, 2017 (SI: Data-Driven Design)

• Mining Patent Precedents for Data-driven Design
  Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo
  ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 139(11), 111420, 2017 (SI: Data-Driven Design)

• The Growing Complexity in Invention Process
  Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
  Research in Engineering Design, 28(4), 421-435, 2017.

• Mapping Technology Space by Normalizing Technology Relatedness Networks
  Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
  Scientometrics, 110(1), 443-479, 2017. Preprint

• Filtering Patent Maps for Visualization of Diversification Paths of Inventors and Organizations
  Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
  Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 68(6), 1551–1563, 2017. Preprint

• Measuring Technological Distance for Patent Mapping
  Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
  Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 68(2), 423–437, 2017. Preprint

• The United Innovation Process: Integrating Science, Design and Entrepreneurship as Sub-processes
  Jianxi Luo
  Design Science, 1, e2, 2015. Historically the first peer-reviewed publication of the Design Science journal

• A Simulation-Based Method to Evaluate the Impact of Product Architecture on Product Evolvability
  Jianxi Luo
  Research in Engineering Design, 26: 355–371, 2015

• Open Standards, Vertical Disintegration and Entrepreneurial Opportunities: How Vertically-Specialized Firms Entered the U.S. Semiconductor Industry
  Jeffrey Funk, Jianxi Luo
  Technovation, 45/46, 52-62, 2015. Preprint

• Technology-Based Design and Sustainable Economic Growth
  Jianxi Luo, Alison L. Olechowski, Christopher L. Magee
  Technovation, 34(11), 663-677, 2014. Preprint

• Loops and Autonomy Promote Evolvability of Ecosystem Network
  Jianxi Luo, Alison L. Olechowski, Christopher L. Magee
  Scientific Reports, 4, 6440, 2014.

• Which Industries to Bail Out First in Economic Recession? Ranking U.S. Industrial Sectors by the Power-of-Pull
  Jianxi Luo
  Economic Systems Research, 25(2), 157-169, 2013

• The Architecture of Transaction Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchy in Two Sectors
  Jianxi Luo, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Daniel E. Whitney, Christopher L. Magee
  Industrial and Corporate Change, 21(6), 1307-1335, 2012
  Editor's Choice Paper, 2012
  Richard Nelson Prize Finalist, 2016

• Detecting Evolving Patterns of Self-Organizing Networks by Flow Hierarchy Measurement
  Jianxi Luo, Christopher L. Magee
  Complexity, 16(6), 53-61, 2011

• The Past, Present and Future of China’s Automotive Industry: A Value Chain Perspective
  Matthias Holweg, Jianxi Luo, Nick Oliver
  International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 2(1/2), 76-118, 2009

• Automotive Transportation in China: Technology, Policy, Market Dynamics, and Sustainability
  James Winebrake, Sandra Rothenberg, Jianxi Luo, Erin Green
  Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 2(4), 213-233, 2008

• A Model Predicting Performance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Stack Thermal Systems
  Yangjun Zhang, Minggao Ouyang, Qingchun Lu, Jianxi Luo, Xihao Li
  Applied Thermal Engineering, 24(4), 501~513, 2004

• Influences of Thermostat on Engine Thermal System Transient Performance
  Journal of Tsinghua Science and Technology, 44(5), 701~704, 2004

• Numerical Simulation of Separated Flow via 2d Hybrid Grid Technique
  Jianxi Luo, Yangjun Zhang, Baoning Zhang
  Power Engineering, 23(1), 2240~2244, 2003

• Numerical Investigation on Complex Flow Field under Vehicle
  Jianxi Luo, Zhangsong Zhan, Yangjun Zhang
  Automotive Engineering, 25(4), 330~334, 2003

• Thermal Management System Design for Fuel Cell Engine Experiments
  Jianxi Luo, Yangjun Zhang, Shangrong Tu
  Vehicle Engine, 4, 32-34, 2003

• Criterion of Three-Dimensional Flow Separation with Rotation Effects
  Baoning Zhang, Yangjun Zhang, Qingguo Meng, Jianxi Luo
  Journal of Tsinghua Science and Technology, 42(2), 254~257, 2002

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