Director
Jianxi Luo is a tenured Associate Professor with the Singapore University of Technology and Design, Director of Data-Driven Innovation Lab, and former Director of SUTD Technology Entrepreneurship Programme. Internationally, he is an Associate Editor of Design Science, Associate Editor of Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, Department Editor of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Guest Editor of Technovation, and editorial board member of Research in Engineering Design.
Professor Luo is ranked among world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier, for his research on data-driven innovation and artificial intelligence for engineering design. His work has been adopted by various firms around the world, and received over a dozen awards from international academic societies. He has (co-)authored over 130 articles and given over 90 invited talks at more than 50 universities, firms and governments around the world. His teaching is focused on design thinking, system thinking, entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership.
Previously, he had been a faculty member at New York University, visiting scholar at Columbia University and Cambridge University, and Chair of INFORMS Technology Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship Section. He also had brief work or consulting experience with EDF, WEF, ADB and Toyota. He holds a Ph.D. in "Engineering Systems: Technology, Management, and Policy" and S.M. in "Technology and Policy" from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and M.S. and B.E. degrees in engineering from Tsinghua University.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- PhD, Engineering Systems: Technology, Management, and Policy
- SM, Technology and PolicyTsinghua University
- MS, Vechile & Mobility Engineering
- BE, Energy & Power Engineering
Services
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
Silver Medal, Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, 2022
Top 2% Scientists Globally by Standardized Citation Impact, Stanford University & Elsevier B.V., 2021
“Reviewers’ Favourite Paper” Award, 23rd International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED), Gothenburg, Sweden, 2021
Editors’ Choice Paper Award, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 2020
Best Paper Award, 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
Autodesk Research, Global, June 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 Resarch 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 Recent Publications
Data-Driven Innovation: What Is It
Jianxi Luo
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. Published OnlineNatural Language Processing in-and-for Design Research
Siddharth Lakshmi, Lucienne Blessing, Jianxi Luo
Design Science. 8, e21. Open AccessDeep Learning for Technical Document Classification
Shuo Jiang, Jie Hu, Christopher Magee, Jianxi Luo
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. Published Online.Intelligent Amphibious Ground-Aerial Vehicles: State of the Art Technology for Future Transportation
Xinyu Zhang; Jiangeng Huang; Yuanhao Huang; Kangyao Huang; Lei Yang; Yan Han; Li Wang; Huaping Liu; Jianxi Luo; Jun Li
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. Published Online. PreprintPatent Data for Engineering Design: A Critical Review and Future Directions
Shuo Jiang, Serhad Sarica, Binyang Song, Jie Hu, Jianxi Luo
Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering. Published Online. PreprintGenerative Pre-Trained Transformer for Design Concept Generation: An Exploration
Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
17th International DESIGN Conference, Cavtat, Croatia, May 23-26, 2022Generative Pre-Trained Transformer for Biologically Inspired Design
Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
34th ASME IDETC-CIE International Conference on Design Theory & Methodology, August 14-17, 2022Generative Design Ideation: A Natural Language Generation Approach
Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
10th Conference on Design Computing & Cognition (DCC), Glasgow, UK, July 4-6, 2022Innovation in Design Processes (Editorial)
Claudia Eckert, Jianxi Luo
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 69(4), 1532-1536, 2022Crowdfunding 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. PreprintEngineering Knowledge Graph from Patent Database
L. Siddharth, Lucienne T. M. Blessing, Kristin L. Wood, Jianxi Luo
Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 22(2): 021008, 2022. Preprint. Spotlight Paper at ASME IDETC-CIE Conference 2022Data-Driven Design-by-Analogy: State of the Art and Future Direction
Shuo Jiang, Jie Hu, Kristin Wood, Jianxi Luo
Journal of Mechanical Design, 144(2): 020802, 2022 (Special Issue: AI and Engineering Design)Semantic Networks for Engineering Design: State of the Art and Future Directions
Ji Han, Serhad Sarica, Feng Shi, Jianxi Luo
Journal of Mechanical Design, 144(2): 020801, 2022 (SI: AI and Engineering Design)Idea Generation with Technology Semantic Network
Serhad Sarica, Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 35(3), 265-283, 2021. PreprintDeriving Design Feature Vectors for Patent Images with Convolutional Neural Network
Shuo Jiang, Jie Hu, Jianxi Luo, Christopher L Magee
Journal of Mechanical Design, 143(6), 061405, 2021Forecasting COVID-19 Pandemic: Unknown Unknowns and Predictive Monitoring
Jianxi Luo
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 166, 120602, 2021Guiding Data-Driven Design Ideation by Knowledge Distance
Jianxi Luo, Serhad Sarica, Kristin Wood
Knowledge-Based Systems, 218, 106873, 2021TechNet: Technology Semantic Network
Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
Expert Systems with Applications, 142, 112995, 2020. PreprintData-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-52Machine Learning Based Design Concept Evaluation
Bradley Camburn , Yuejun He , Sujithra Raviselvam , Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(3), 031113, 2020. Editor's Choice Paper AwardMining 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.
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, 2019The Hierarchy-Niche Model for Supply Networks
Jianxi Luo, Daniel Whitney
Production and Operations Management, 28(3), 668–681, 2019Multicores-Periphery Structure in Networks
Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
Network Science, 7(1), 70-87,2019. PreprintUnderstanding 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, 2019An Infinite Regress Model of Design Change Propagation in Complex Systems
Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo
IEEE Systems Journal, 13(4), 3610-3618, 2019. Get a CopyDesign 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, 2018Cyclic 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, 2018Data-Driven Platform Design: Patent Data and Function Network Analysis
Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(2), 021101, 2018Does Analogical Distance Affect Performance of Ideation
Srinivasan V., Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, K. Subburaj, Mohan Rajesh Elara, Lucienne Blessing, Kristin Wood
Journal of Mechanical Design, 140(7): 071101, 2018The Characteristics of Innovative Mechanical Products – 10 Years Later
Katja Hölttä-Otto, Kevin Otto, Chaoyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Timothy Li, Carolyn Seepersad, Warren Seering
Journal of Mechanical Design, 140(8): 084501, 2018How Do Accelerators Select Startups? Shifting Decision Criteria Across Stages
Jianxi Luo
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 65(4), 574-589, 2018. PreprintCan 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, 2017Patent 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, 2017Inventors’ Explorations Across Technology Domains
Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
Design Science, 3, e20, 2017InnoGPS for Data-Driven Exploration of Design Opportunities and Directions: The Case of Google Driverless Car Project
Jianxi Luo, Bowen Yan, Kristin Wood
Journal of Mechanical Design, 139(11), 111416, 2017 (SI: Data-Driven Design)Mining Patent Precedents for Data-driven Design
Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo
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. PreprintFiltering 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. PreprintMeasuring Technological Distance for Patent Mapping
Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 68(2), 423–437, 2017. PreprintThe 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 journalA Simulation-Based Method to Evaluate the Impact of Product Architecture on Product Evolvability
Jianxi Luo
Research in Engineering Design, 26: 355–371, 2015Open 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. PreprintTechnology-Based Design and Sustainable Economic Growth
Jianxi Luo, Alison L. Olechowski, Christopher L. Magee
Technovation, 34(11), 663-677, 2014. PreprintLoops 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, 2013The 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, 2016Detecting Evolving Patterns of Self-Organizing Networks by Flow Hierarchy Measurement
Jianxi Luo, Christopher L. Magee
Complexity, 16(6), 53-61, 2011The 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, 2009Automotive 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, 2008A 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, 2004Influences of Thermostat on Engine Thermal System Transient Performance
Journal of Tsinghua Science and Technology, 44(5), 701~704, 2004Numerical Simulation of Separated Flow via 2d Hybrid Grid Technique
Jianxi Luo, Yangjun Zhang, Baoning Zhang
Power Engineering, 23(1), 2240~2244, 2003Numerical Investigation on Complex Flow Field under Vehicle
Jianxi Luo, Zhangsong Zhan, Yangjun Zhang
Automotive Engineering, 25(4), 330~334, 2003Thermal Management System Design for Fuel Cell Engine Experiments
Jianxi Luo, Yangjun Zhang, Shangrong Tu
Vehicle Engine, 4, 32-34, 2003Criterion 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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