Publications

2022

1. Engineering Knowledge Graph from Patent Database
   Siddharth Lakshmi, Lucienne Blessing, Kristin Wood, Jianxi Luo
   Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 22(2): 021008, 2022. Preprint | Download EKG Dataset
2. Semantic Networks for Engineering Design: State of the Art and Future Directions
   Ji Han, Serhad Sarica, Feng Shi, Jianxi Luo
   Journal of Mechanical Design (SI: AI and Engineering Design). 144(2): 020802, 2022. Preprint
3. Data-Driven Design-by-Analogy: State of the Art and Future Directions
   Shuo Jiang, Jie Hu, Kristin Wood, Jianxi Luo
   Journal of Mechanical Design (SI: AI and Engineering Design). 144(2): 020801, 2022. Preprint, Visual Summary
4. Idea Generation with Technology Semantic Network
   Serhad Sarica, Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
   Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing. Published Online. Get a Copy
5. 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. Published Online. Preprint
6. Deep Learning for Technical Document Classification
   Shuo Jiang, Jianxi Luo, Jie Hu, Christoper Magee
   Under Review
7. Generative Pre-Trained Transformer for Design Concept Generation: An Exploration
   Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
   17th International Design Conference (DESIGN 2022). Under Review.
8. Patent Data for Engineering Design: A Review
   Shuo Jiang, Serhad Sarica, Binyang Song, Jie Hu, Jianxi Luo
   17th International Design Conference (DESIGN 2022). Under review.
9. Are Inventive Concepts Getting Harder to Create?
   Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo
   Working Paper
10. Technology Fitness Landscape and the Future of Innovation
    Shuo Jiang, Jianxi Luo
    Working Paper
11. Data-Driven Innovation: What Is It?
    Jianxi Luo
    Under Review

2021

1. Guiding Data-Driven Design Ideation by Knowledge Distance
   Jianxi Luo, Serhad Sarica, Kristin Wood
   Knowledge-Based Systems, 218, 106873, 2021. Get a Copy
2. Deriving Design Feature Vectors for Patent Images with Convolutional Neural Network
   Shuo Jiang, Jianxi Luo,  Guillermo Ruiz-Pava, Jie Hu, Christopher Magee
   Journal of Mechanical Design, 143(6), 061405, 2021. Get a Copy
3. Stopwords in Technical Language Processing
   Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo
   PLOS ONE 16(8): e0254937, 2021.
4. Forecasting COVID-19 Pandemic: Unknown Unknowns and Predictive Monitoring
   Jianxi Luo
   Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 166, 120602, 2021. Get a Copy
5. 3 Strategies to Convince People That Your Startup Is Legit
   Wei Zhang, Steven White, Liyan Wang, Jianxi Luo
   Harvard Business Review, 2021. Published Online
6. Semantic Networks for Engineering Design: A Survey
   Ji Han, Serhad Sarica, Feng Shi, Jianxi Luo
   International Conference on Engineering Design, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2021. Preprint
7. Design Knowledge Representation With Technology Semantic Network
   Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo
   International Conference on Engineering Design, Gothenburg, Sweden. 2021. Preprint
   Reviewer's Favorite Paper Award
8. Data-Driven Design-by-Analogy: State of the Art
   Shuo Jiang, Jie Hu, Jianxi Luo
   International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), August 17-20, 2021. Preprint

2020

1. TechNet: Technology Semantic Network Based On Patent Data
   Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
   Expert Systems with Applications, 142, 112995, 2020. Preprint
2. Data-Driven Intelligence on Innovation and Competition: Patent Overlay Network Visualization and Analytics
   Serhad Sarica, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
   Information Systems Management, 37(3), 198-212, 2020. Get a Copy
3. Machine Learning Based Design Concept Evaluation
   Bradley Camburn , Yuejun He , Sujithra Raviselvam , Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
   Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(3), 031113, 2020. Get a Copy
   Editor's Choice Paper Award
4. Testing the Static and Dynamic Performance of Statistical Methods for the Detection of National Industrial Clusters.
   Francisco Benita, Serhad Sarica, Garvit Bansal
   Papers in Regional Science, 99 (4), 1137-1157, 2020
5. Modeling and Structuring Design Rationale to Enable Knowledge Reuse
   Siddharth, L., Chakrabarti, A., Ranganath, R.
   Systems Engineering, 23(3), 294-311, 2019
6. Convolutional Neural Network - Based Patent Image Retrieval Method for Design Ideation
   Shuo Jiang, Jianxi Luo, Guillermo Ruiz Pava, Jie Hu, Christopher L. Magee
   International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), August 17-19, 2020. Preprint

2019

1. The Hierarchy-Niche Model for Supply Networks
   Jianxi Luo, Daniel Whitney
   Production and Operations Management, 28(3), 668–681, 2019. Get a Copy
2. Multicores-Periphery Structure in Networks
   Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
   Network Science, 7(1), 70-87,2019. Preprint
3. Overlay Technology Space Map for Analyzing Design Knowledge Base of a Technology Domain: The Case of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
   Binyang Song, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jeffrey Alstott, Jianxi Luo
   Research in Engineering Design, 30(3), 405–423, 2019. Get a Copy
4. 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. Get a Copy
5. 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
6. 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.
   Journal of Mechanical Design, 141, 121101, 2019 (SI: Machine Learning for Engineering Design). Get a Copy
7. Toward Automatically Assessing the Novelty of Engineering Design Solutions
   Siddharth, L., Madhusudanan, N., Chakrabarti, A.
   Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 20, 011001, 2019
8. Engineering Knowledge Graph for Keyword Discovery in Patent Search
   Serhad Sarica, Song Binyang; En Low, Jianxi Luo
   International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED19), Delft, Netherlands, 2019

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

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

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

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

13. Data-Driven Network Visualization for Innovation and Competitive Intelligence
    Serhad Sarica, Bowen Yan, Bulato Gerardo, Pratik Jaipurkar, Jianxi Luo (2019)
    HICSS-52, Maui, Hawaii, 2019
    Best Paper Nomination
14. Technology Space Map as a Digital Platform
    Jianxi Luo
    HICSS-52, Maui, Hawaii, 2019

2018

1. 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 (Special Issue: Design Creativity). Get a Copy
2. Architecture and Evolvability of Innovation Ecosystems
   Jianxi Luo
   Technology Forecasting and Social Change, 136, 132-144, 2018. Get a Copy
3. Cyclic Dependence, Vertical Integration, and Innovation: The Case of Japanese Electronics Sector in the 1990s
   Jianxi Luo, Giorgio Triulzi
   Technology Forecasting and Social Change, 132, 46-55, 2018
4. How Do Accelerators Select Startups? Shifting Decision Criteria Across Stages
   Bangqi Yin, Jianxi Luo
   IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 65(4), 574-589, 2018
5. Data-Driven Platform Design: Patent Data and Function Network Analysis
   Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
   Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(2), 021101, 2018
6. Does 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, 2018
7. The 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, 2018
8. 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
9. Data-Driven Function Network Analysis for Product Platform Planning: A Case Study of Spherical Rolling Robots
   Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Rajesh Elara Mohan, Kristin Wood
   International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE), Quebec City, Canada, August 26-29, 2018
10. 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), Quebec City, Canada, August 26-29, 2018
11. Assess Novelty of An Invention Using the Central-Extreme Novelty Matrix: A Case Study of Juvo Lab's Fibre-Optic Sensor Mat
    Yuejun He, Jianxi Luo
    International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC), Bath, UK, Jan 31 - Feb 2, 2018
12. Browse the Technology Space Map to Conceive Design Application Opportunities of a Technology
    Jianxi Luo
    International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC), Bath, UK, Jan 31 - Feb 2, 2018
13. The Accidental Institutional Entrepreneur: How a Startup Emerged as the Root of China’s Solar Industry Cluster
    Wei Zhang, Steven White, Jianxi Luo
    Industry Studies Conference, Seattle, WA, 2018
14. The Accidental Institutional Entrepreneur: How a Startup Emerged as the Root of China's Solar Industry Cluster
    Wei Zhang, Steven White, Jianxi Luo
    SMS Special Conference, Hyderabad, India, 2018
15. Data-Driven Visualization of Firm’s Knowledge Positions in the Total Technology Space
    Jianxi Luo
    SMS Special Conference, Hyderabad, India, 2018

2017

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

2016

1. Testing Modeling Assumptions in the West Africa Ebola Outbreak
   K. Burghardt, C. Verzijl, J. Huang, M. Ingram, Binyang Song, M-P. Hasne
   Scientific Reports, 6, 34598, 2016
2. Why Do Some Pioneer Firms, but not Others, Become Roots of New Industry Clusters? The Case of China’s Solar PV Industry.
   Wei Zhang, Steven White, Jianxi Luo
   9^th Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, September 2, Sydney, Australia, 2016
   Best Paper Award
3. Novelty, Conventionality, and Value of Invention
   Yuejun He, Jianxi Luo
   Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC), Evanston, Chicago, USA, June 27–29, 2016
4. Using Games to Understand Tradeoffs in Designing Across Technology Domains
   Jeff Alstott, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
   Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC), Evanston, Chicago, USA, June 27–29, 2016
5. Design Opportunity Conception Using Technology Space Map
   Binyang Song, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
   Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC), Evanston, Chicago, USA, June 27–29, 2016
6. Predicting Inventors’ Movements Across Technology Domains
   Giorgio Triulzi, Jeffrey Alstott, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
   Modeling Science, Technology & Innovation Conference, National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, May 17-18, 2016
7. Overlay Patent Network for Analyzing Design Space Evolution: the Case of Hybrid Electrical Vehicles
   Binyang Song, Giorgio Triulzi, Jefrrey Alstott, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
   14th International Design Conference, Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 16-19, 2016
8. Identifying High-Productivity Inventor Recruits Using Technology Network Maps
   Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio, Triulzi, Jianxi Luo
   International Conference on Science of Science (ICSS), Washington DC, United States, March 22-23, 2016
9. Expansionism-Based Design and System of Systems
   Jianxi Luo
   Complex System Design & Management (CSD&M) Asia-Pacific Conference, Singapore, February 24-26, 2016
10. Critical Factors in the Selection of Start-up Incubator Residents
    Bangqi Yin, Jianxi Luo
    DRUID Asia Conference, Singapore, February 23-25, 2016
11. Filtered Patent Maps for Predicting Technology Diversification Paths of Inventors and Organizations
    Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
    DRUID Asia Conference, Singapore, February 23-25, 2016
12. Cyclic Dependence, Vertical Integration and Innovation
    Jianxi Luo, Giorgio Triulzi
    DRUID Asia Conference, Singapore, February 23-25, 2016

2015

1. The United Innovation Process: Integrating Science, Design and Entrepreneurship as Sub-processes
   Jianxi Luo
   Design Science, 1, e2, 2015
2. 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
3. A Simulation-Based Method to Evaluate the Impact of Product Architecture on Product Evolvability
   Jianxi Luo
   Research in Engineering Design, 26: 355–371, 2015
4. Mapping Technology Space by Normalizing Technology Relatedness Networks
   Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
   International Conference for Complex Systems, Tempe, Arizona, Untied States, 2015
5. Detecting Change in Design Trajectories and Agents' Inventive Strategies in Large Patent Citation Networks
   Giorgio Triulzi and Jianxi Luo
   International Conference for Complex Systems, Tempe, Arizona, United States, 2015
   Best Poster Award
6. Predicting Invention with Technology Networks
   Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
   International Conference for Complex Systems, Tempe, Arizona, United States, 2015
7. Forecasting Technology for Effective Action
   Jeffrey Alstott
   Effective Altruism Global Conference, Oxford, UK, 2015
8. Mapping Technology Space by Normalizing Technology Relatedness Networks
   Giorgio Triulzi, Jeffrey Alstott and Jianxi Luo
   European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands, 1-3 June, 2015
9. Mapping Technology Space by Normalizing Technology Relatedness Networks
   Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
   NetSci, Zaragoza, Spain, June 1-5, 2015. 
10. Risk and Innovation Balance in Crowdfunding New Products
    Chaoyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Katja Otto, Warren Seering, Kevin Otto
    International Conference on Engineering Design, Milan, Italy, 2015
    Reviewer's Favorite Paper Award
11. Visualizing Main Paths of Diversification of Innovation Agents on Technology Networks
    Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
    INFORMS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2015

~2014

1. Technology-Based Design and Sustainable Economic Growth
   Jianxi Luo, Alison L. Olechowski, Christopher L. Magee
   Technovation, 34(11), 663-677, 2014. Preprint
2. Loops and Autonomy Promote Evolvability of Ecosystem Networks
   Jianxi Luo
   Scientific Reports, 4: 6440, 2014 
3. 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
4. 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
5. Detecting Evolving Patterns of Self-Organizing Networks by Flow Hierarchy Measurement
   Jianxi Luo and Christopher L. Magee
   Complexity, 16(6), 53-61, 2011
6. Network Structure and Evolvability of Innovation Ecosystems
   Jianxi Luo
   DRUID Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2014
7. Global Entrepreneurship and the Origin of An Ecosystem Root Firm: The case of China’s Solar Photovoltaic Industry Sector
   Wei Zhang, Jianxi Luo, Steven White
   Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2014
8. Architecture of Value Network Participation and Innovation: An Empirical Analysis of the Japanese Electronics Sector
   Jianxi Luo, Giorgio Triulzi
   INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2014
9. Innovation and Risk in Product Development: Empirical Testing of 3D Printers on KickStarter.com
   Caoyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Katja Hölttä-Otto, Kevin Otto
   Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, 2014
10. Innovation Differences Between New Ventures and Incumbent Firms
    Katja Hölttä-Otto, Kevin Otto, Jianxi Luo
    19th International Conference on Engineering Design, Seoul, Korea, 2013
    Reviewer's Favorite Paper Award
11. Idea Matrix and Creativity Operators
    Victor Tang, Jianxi Luo
    19th International Conference on Engineering Design, Seoul, Korea, 2013