Publications

2021

1. Shuo Jiang, Jianxi Luo, Jie Hu, Christoper Magee (2021) A Multimodal Deep Learning Architecture for Hierarchical Classification of Technical Documents. Decision Support Systems. Minor Revision
2. Jianxi Luo, Serhad Sarica, Kristin Wood (2021) Guiding Data-Driven Design Ideation by Knowledge Distance. Knowledge-Based Systems, 218, 106873
3. Serhad Sarica, Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood (2021) Idea Generation with Technology Semantic Network. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing. Published Online
4. Jianxi Luo (2021) Forecasting COVID-19 Pandemic: Unknown Unknowns and Predictive Monitoring. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 166, 120602
5. Shuo Jiang, Jianxi Luo,  Guillermo Ruiz-Pava, Jie Hu, Christopher Magee (2021) Deriving Design Feature Vectors for Patent Images with Convolutional Neural Network. Journal of Mechanical Design, 143(6), 061405
6. Chaoyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Katja Hölttä-Otto, Warren Seering, Kevin Otto (2021) Crowdfunding for Design Innovation: Prediction Model with Critical Factors. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. Published Online
7. Ji Han, Serhad Sarica, Feng Shi, Jianxi Luo (2021) Semantic Networks for Engineering Design: A Survey. International Conference on Engineering Design. Accepted. 
8. Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo (2021) Design Knowledge Representation With Technology Semantic Network. International Conference on Engineering Design. Accepted.
9. Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo (2021) Stopwords in Technical Language Processing. Working Paper
10. Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo (2021) Knowledge Burden and the Future of Innovation with AI. Working Paper

2020

1. Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood (2020) TechNet: Technology Semantic Network. Expert Systems with Applications, 142, 112995
2. Serhad Sarica, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo (2020) Data-Driven Intelligence on Innovation and Competition: Patent Overlay Network Visualization and Analytics. Information Systems Management, 37(3), 198-212
3. Bradley Camburn , Yuejun He , Sujithra Raviselvam , Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood (2020) Machine Learning Based Design Concept Evaluation. Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(3), 031113
4. Francisco Benita, Serhad Sarica, Garvit Bansal (2020) Testing the Static and Dynamic Performance of Statistical Methods for the Detection of National Industrial Clusters. Papers in Regional Science, 99 (4), 1137-1157
5. Shuo Jiang, Jianxi Luo, Guillermo Ruiz Pava, Jie Hu, Christopher L. Magee (2020) Convolutional Neural Network - Based Patent Image Retrieval Method for Design Ideation. IDETC/CIE - Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, St. Louis, MO

2019

1. Jianxi Luo, Daniel Whitney (2019) The Hierarchy-Niche Model for Supply Networks. Production and Operations Management, 28(3), 668–681
2. Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo (2019) Multicores-Periphery Structure in Networks. Network Science, 7(1), 70-87
3. Binyang Song, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jeffrey Alstott, Jianxi Luo (2019) Overlay Technology Space Map for Analyzing Design Knowledge Base of a Technology Domain: The Case of Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Research in Engineering Design, 30(3), 405–423
4. H. Marakkalage, P. L. Lau, S. Sarica, S. K. Viswanath, T. Balasubramaniam, B. Yuen, J. Luo, R. Nayak, C. Yuen (2019) Understanding the Lifestyle of Older Population in Singapore: Mobile Crowdsensing Approach. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 6(1), 82-95
5. Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo (2019) An Infinite Regress Model of Design Change Propagation in Complex Systems. IEEE Systems Journal, 13(4), 3610-3618
6. He, Y., Camburn, B., Liu, H.W. Luo, J., Yang, M., Wood, K.L. (2019) Mining and Representing the Concept Space of Existing Ideas for Directed Ideation. Journal of Mechanical Design, 141, 121101 (SI: Machine Learning for Engineering Design)
7. Siddharth, L., Madhusudanan, N., Chakrabarti, A. (2019) Toward Automatically Assessing the Novelty of Engineering Design Solutions. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 20, 011001.
8. Siddharth, L., Chakrabarti, A., Ranganath, R. (2019) Modeling and Structuring Design Rationale to Enable Knowledge Reuse.  Systems Engineering, in press.
9. Serhad Sarica, Song Binyang; En Low, Jianxi Luo (2019) Engineering Knowledge Graph for Keyword Discovery in Patent Search. International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED19), Delft, Netherlands

10. Yuejun He, Bradley Camburn, Jianxi Luo, Maria Yang; Kristin Wood (2019) Visual Sensemaking of Massive Crowdsourced Data for Design Ideation. International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED19), Delft, Netherlands

11. Jianxi Luo, Serhad Sarica, Kristin Wood (2019) Computer-Aided Ideation Using InnoGPS. IDETC/CIE - Design Automation Conference, Anaheim, CA

12. Serhad Sarica, Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo (2019) Technology Knowledge Graph for Design Exploration: Application to Designing the Future of Flying Cars. IDETC/CIE - Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Anaheim, CA

13. Camburn Bradley Adam, Yuejun He, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood (2019) Evaluating Crowdsourced Design Concepts with Machine Learning. IDETC/CIE - Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Anaheim, CA

14. Serhad Sarica, Bowen Yan, Bulato Gerardo, Pratik Jaipurkar, Jianxi Luo (2019) Data-Driven Network Visualization for Innovation and Competitive Intelligence. HICSS-52, Maui, Hawaii

15. Jianxi Luo (2019) Technology Space Map as a Digital Platform. HICSS-52, Maui, Hawaii

2018

1. Jianxi Luo, Binyang Song, Lucienne Blessing, Kristin Wood (2018) Design Opportunity Conception Using Technology Space Map. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 32(4), 449-461 (Special Issue: Design Creativity)
2. Jianxi Luo (2018) Architecture and Evolvability of Innovation Ecosystems. Technology Forecasting and Social Change, 136, 132-144
3. Jianxi Luo, Giorgio Triulzi (2018) Cyclic Dependence, Vertical Integration, and Innovation: The Case of Japanese Electronics Sector in the 1990s. Technology Forecasting and Social Change, 132, 46-55
4. Bangqi Yin, Jianxi Luo (2018) How Do Accelerators Select Startups? Shifting Decision Criteria Across Stages. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 65(4), 574-589
5. Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood (2018) Data-Driven Platform Design: Patent Data and Function Network Analysis. Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(2), 021101
6. Srinivasan Venkataraman, Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Karupppasamy Subburaj, Mohan Rajesh Elara, Lucienne Blessing, Kristin Wood (2018) Does Analogical Distance Affect Performance of Ideation. Journal of Mechanical Design, 140(7): 071101
7. Katja Hölttä-Otto, Kevin Otto, Chaoyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Timothy Li, Carolyn Seepersad, Warren Seering (2018) The Characteristics of Innovative Mechanical Products - 10 Years Later. Journal of Mechanical Design, 140(8): 084501
8. Margaret Dalziel, Xiangyang Yang, Simon Breslav, Azam Khan, Jianxi Luo (2018) Can We Design An Industry Classification System That Reflects Industry Architecture. Journal of Enterprise Transformation, 8(1-2), 22-46
9. Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Rajesh Elara Mohan, Kristin Wood (2018) Data-Driven Function Network Analysis for Product Platform Planning: A Case Study of Spherical Rolling Robots. International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2018), August 26-29, Quebec City, Canada.
10. Jianxi Luo, Kin Leong Pey, Kristin Wood (2018) Crowdfunding Campaign As a Design-Based Pedagogical Approach for Experiential Learning of Technology Entrepreneurship.  International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2018), August 26-29, Quebec City, Canada.
11. Yuejun He, Jianxi Luo (2018) Assess Novelty of An Invention Using the Central-Extreme Novelty Matrix: A Case Study of Juvo Lab's Fibre-Optic Sensor Mat. International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC), Jan 31 - Feb 2, 2018, Bath, UK.
12. Jianxi Luo (2018) Browse the Technology Space Map to Conceive Design Application Opportunities of a Technology. International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC), Jan 31 - Feb 2, 2018, Bath, UK.
13. Wei Zhang, Steven White, Jianxi Luo (2018) The Accidental Institutional Entrepreneur: How a Startup Emerged as the Root of China’s Solar Industry Cluster. Industry Studies Conference, Seattle, WA.
14. Wei Zhang, Steven White, Jianxi Luo (2018) The Accidental Institutional Entrepreneur: How a Startup Emerged as the Root of China's Solar Industry Cluster. SMS Special Conference, Hyderabad, India.
15. Jianxi Luo (2018) Data-Driven Visualization of Firm’s Knowledge Positions in the Total Technology Space. SMS Special Conference, Hyderabad, India.

2017

1. Jianxi Luo (2017) Innovate InnoGPS to Innovate. Keynote Speech, DSTA Innovation Day, Singapore Expo, October
2. Binyang Song, Srinivasan Venkataraman, Jianxi Luo (2017) Patent Stimuli Search and its Influence on Ideation Outcomes. Design Science, 3, e25 (Special Collection: Network-based Modeling and Analysis in Design)
3. Yuejun He, Jianxi Luo (2017) The Novelty “Sweet Spot” of Invention. Design Science, 3, e21.
4. Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo (2017) Inventors' Explorations Across Technology Domains. Design Science, 3, e20.
5. Jianxi Luo, Bowen Yan, Kristin Wood (2017) InnoGPS for Data-Driven Exploration of Design Opportunities and Directions: The Case of Google Driverless Car Project. Journal of Mechanical Design, 139(11), 111416 (Special Issue: Data-Driven Design)
6. Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo (2017) Mining Patent Precedents for Data-driven Design: The Case of Spherical Rolling Robots. Journal of Mechanical Design, 139(11), 111420 (Special Issue: Data-Driven Design)
7. Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood (2017) The Growing Complexity in Invention Process. Research in Engineering Design, 28(4), 421-435.
8. Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo (2017) Filtering Patent Maps for Visualization of Diversification Paths of Inventors and Organizations. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 68(6), 1551–1563.
9. Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo (2017) Measuring Technological Distance for Patent Mapping. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 68(2), 423–437.
10. Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo (2017) Mapping Technology Space by Normalizing Technology Relatedness Networks. Scientometrics, 110(1), 443-479.
11. Jianxi Luo (2017) System-of-Systems Innovation: Proactive Methods for Conception and Strategies for Implementation. Journal of Enterprise Transformation, 7(3-4), 91-115.
12. Srinivasan Venkataraman, Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Karupppasamy Subburaj, Mohan Rajesh Elara, Lucienne Blessing, Kristin Wood (2017) Investigating Effects of Analogical Distance on Ideation Performance. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), August 6-9, 2017, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
13. Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo (2017) Identifying patent precedents for engineering design: an iterative heuristic method of mining text, citation and inventor information. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), August 6-9, 2017, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
14. Srinivasan Venkataraman, Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Karupppasamy Subburaj, Mohan Rajesh Elara, Lucienne Blessing, Kristin Wood (2017) Investigating Effects of Stimuli on Ideation Outcomes. ASME International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED), Vancouver, Canada.
15. Jianxi Luo, Jefrrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan (2017) Inventor Diversification in Technology Networks. POMS Hong Kong Conference, January 4-5, Hong Kong.

2016

1. K. Burghardt, C. Verzijl, J. Huang, M. Ingram, Binyang Song, M-P. Hasne (2016) Testing Modeling Assumptions in the West Africa Ebola Outbreak. Scientific Reports, 6, 34598
2. Yuejun He, Jianxi Luo (2016) Novelty, Conventionality, and Value of Invention. Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC), June 27–29, Evanston, Chicago, USA.
3. Jeff Alstott, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo. Using Games to Understand Tradeoffs in Designing Across Technology Domains. Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC), June 27–29, Evanston, Chicago, USA.
4. Binyang Song, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo (2016) Design Opportunity Conception Using Technology Space Map. Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC), June 27–29, Evanston, Chicago, USA.
5. Giorgio Triulzi, Jeffrey Alstott, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo (2016) Predicting Inventors’ Movements Across Technology Domains. Modeling Science, Technology & Innovation Conference, National Academy of Sciences, May 17-18, Washington D.C., USA.
6. Binyang Song, Giorgio Triulzi, Jefrrey Alstott, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo (2016) Overlay Patent Network for Analyzing Design Space Evolution: the Case of Hybrid Electrical Vehicles. 14th International Design Conference, May 16-19, Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
7. Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio, Triulzi, Jianxi Luo. 2016. Identifying High-Productivity Inventor Recruits Using Technology Network Maps. International Conference on Science of Science (ICSS), March 22-23, Washington DC, United States.
8. Jianxi Luo. 2016. Expansionism-Based Design and System of Systems. Complex System Design & Management (CSD&M) Asia-Pacific Conference, February 24-26, Singapore.
9. Bangqi Yin, Jianxi Luo (2016) Critical Factors in the Selection of Start-up Incubator Residents. DRUID Asia Conference, February 23-25, Singapore.
10. Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo (2016) Filtered Patent Maps for Predicting Technology Diversification Paths of Inventors and Organizations. DRUID Asia Conference, February 23-25, Singapore.
11. Jianxi Luo, Giorgio Triulzi (2016) Cyclic Dependence, Vertical Integration and Innovation. DRUID Asia Conference, February 23-25, Singapore.

2015

1. Jianxi Luo. 2015. The United Innovation Process: Integrating Science, Design and Entrepreneurship as Sub-processes. Design Science, 1, e2.
2. Jeffrey Funk, Jianxi Luo. 2015. Open Standards, Vertical Disintegration and Entrepreneurial Opportunities: How Vertically-Specialized Firms Entered the U.S. Semiconductor Industry. Technovation, 45/46, 52-62. >>
3. Jianxi Luo. 2015. A Simulation-Based Method to Evaluate the Impact of Product Architecture on Product Evolvability. Research in Engineering Design, 26: 355–371.
4. Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo (2015) Mapping Technology Space by Normalizing Technology Relatedness Networks. International Conference for Complex Systems, Tempe, Arizona, Untied States.
5. Giorgio Triulzi and Jianxi Luo (2015) Detecting Change in Design Trajectories and Agents' Inventive Strategies in Large Patent Citation Networks. International Conference for Complex Systems, Tempe, Arizona, United States.
6. Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo (2015) Predicting Invention with Technology Networks. International Conference for Complex Systems, Tempe, Arizona, United States. 
7. Jeffrey Alstott. 2015. Forecasting Technology for Effective Action. 2015 Effective Altruism Global Conference, Oxford, UK.
8. Giorgio Triulzi, Jeffrey Alstott and Jianxi Luo (2015) Mapping Technology Space by Normalizing Technology Relatedness Networks. European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics, 1-3 June, Maastricht, Netherlands.
9. Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo (2015) Mapping Technology Space by Normalizing Technology Relatedness Networks. NetSci, June 1-5, Zaragoza, Spain.
10. Chaoyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Katja Otto, Warren Seering, Kevin Otto. 2015. Risk and Innovation Balance in Crowdfunding New Products. International Conference on Engineering Design, Milan, Italy.
11. Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo (2015) Visualizing Main Paths of Diversification of Innovation Agents on Technology Networks. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

~2014

1. Jianxi Luo, Alison L. Olechowski, Christopher L. Magee (2014) Technology-Based Design and Sustainable Economic Growth. Technovation, 34(11), 663-677. >>
2. Jianxi Luo (2014) Loops and Autonomy Promote Evolvability of Ecosystem Networks. Scientific Reports, 4: 6440. 
3. Jianxi Luo (2013) Which Industries to Bail Out First in Economic Recession? Ranking U.S. Industrial Sectors by the Power-of-Pull. Economic Systems Research 25(2), 157-169. 
4. Jianxi Luo, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Daniel E. Whitney, Christopher L. Magee (2012) The Architecture of Transaction Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchy in Two Sectors. Industrial and Corporate Change. 21(6), 1307-1335. >>
5. Jianxi Luo and Christopher L. Magee (2011) Detecting Evolving Patterns of Self-Organizing Networks by Flow Hierarchy Measurement. Complexity, 16(6), 53-61.
6. Jianxi Luo (2014) Network Structure and Evolvability of Innovation Ecosystems. DRUID Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark
7. Wei Zhang, Jianxi Luo, Steven White (2014) Global Entrepreneurship and the Origin of An Ecosystem Root Firm: The case of China’s Solar Photovoltaic Industry Sector. Strategic Management Society Special Conference,  Tel Aviv, Israel.
8. Jianxi Luo, Giorgio Triulzi (2014) Architecture of Value Network Participation and Innovation: An Empirical Analysis of the Japanese Electronics Sector. INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA.
9. Caoyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Katja Hölttä-Otto, Kevin Otto (2014) Innovation and Risk in Product Development: Empirical Testing of 3D Printers on KickStarter.com. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA.
10. Katja Hölttä-Otto, Kevin Otto, Jianxi Luo (2013) Innovation Differences Between New Ventures and Incumbent Firms. Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Engineering Design, Seoul, Korea.
11. Victor Tang, Jianxi Luo (2013) Idea Matrix and Creativity Operators. Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Engineering Design, Seoul, Korea.