Craig School of Business

Stephen Choi

Associate Professor

Information Systems and Decision Sciences | 559.278.4863 | Office: PB235

Education

Ph.D., Information Systems, College of Computing Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology

M.S., Management Information Systems, School of Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology,

B.S. - Management Information Systems, School of Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology

B.A. - Chemistry and Economics (Minor in Psychology), Rutgers University

Courses Taught

IS 51. Programming Fundamentals
IS 130. Management Information Systems
IS 141. Cybersecurity
IS 166. System Analysis and Design
IS 170. Machine Learning Applications
IS 174. Artificial Intelligence in Business
IS 176T. Special Topics in Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Stephen Choi is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at California State University Fresno. He received his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the College of Computing Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology. His research interests focus on Artificial Intelligence domain where machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning with business data are emphasized. His studies have appeared in Information & Management, Computers in Human Behavior, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Behaviour & Information Technology, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Hawaii International Conference of System Sciences (HICSS), Americas Conference of Information Systems (AMCIS), International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), and more. Dr. Choi stays active with AI education where he is the AI certificate program coordinator and is involved with AI course development and pedagogies. Before joining college academics, Dr. Choi worked as a business professional and manager for over ten years with leading companies such as Pfizer pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, and Covance.

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Reinforcement, Human-Artificial Intelligence Collaboration, Social Mobile Computing

Choi, S., Lee, O. K. D., Suh, W., & Lim, K. H. (2023). Unveiling the underlying cognitive processes of creative idea generation using mobile collaboration platforms. Information & Management, 60(8), 103874.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378720623001222

Tashiro, S. & Choi, S. Labor Market Outcomes Under Digital Platform Business Models in the Sharing Economy: The Case of the Taxi Services Industry, Business Economics, August, 2021

Choi, S. “Better Communication Leads to a Higher Output?” An Analysis of Pair Communication on the Pair Programming Productivity, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2021.3110399.

Choi, S. and Kim, S., An Exploratory Study of the Participation in the Sharing Economy: What are the Influencing Variables? The 54th Hawaii International Conference of System Sciences (HICSS), January 5-8, 2021, Hawaii

Choi, K. and Kim, Y., "Easing Cross-Border Communication: MOBILE-mediated Communication and Its Framework," the 50th Hawaii International Conference of System Sciences (HICSS), January 4-7, 2017, Hawaii

Tashiro, S. and Choi, K., "Labor Supply Behavior under Digital Platform Business Model in the Sharing Economy: Uber Study," 2018 The Conference of American Economic Association (ASSA), Philadelphia, PA. Jan 5-7, 2018

Choi, K.S.& Lee, O. "Inducing Creativity, Embraced by Mobility: The Critical Link between Creativity and Mobility in Group Collaboration", Korean Chapter KrAIS, The 37st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2017, Seoul, Korea, December 10-13, 2017

Choi, K., Im, I. and Hofstede, G.J. "A Cross-Cultural Comparative Analysis of Small Group Collaboration Using Mobile Twitter," Computers in Human Behavior, 2016, 65, pp. 308-318

Kim, Y., Choi, K., Natalie, F., "Extending the Network: the Influence of Offline Friendship on Twitter Network" the 22nd Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), August 11-13, 2016, San Diego, CA.

Choi, K. and Kim, Y., “Easing Cross-Border Communication: MOBILE-mediated Communication and Its Framework,” the 50th Hawaii International Conference of System Sciences (HICSS), January 4-7, 2017, Hawaii.

Choi, K. 2016, "Diffusing Portability and Mobility Constructs into Media Synchronicity Theory" the 2016 Conference of Korea Management Information Systems (KMIS), Busan, Korea, 2016

Bain, L.Z., Choi, K., Hayden, M. "A First Attempt at Improving Student Engagement by Understanding Student Perception and Barriers to IT Career Development" 2016 Information Systems Education Conference (ISECON), Nov 10-12, 2016, Pittsburg, PA

Abuelfadl, M., Choi, K.S. & Abbey, B., Mobile Stock Trading Platforms and Individual Investors Financial Performance, Annals of Management Science, 5(1), December 2016, 1-17.

Choi, K. and Im, I., A Comparative Group Collaborative Communication Analysis of Mobile Microblogging and Non-Mobile Online Message Board, International Journal of Electronic Commerce, Vol. 19, Issue 4, summer 2015, pp 1-24.

Choi, K., A Comparative Analysis of Different Gender Pair Combinations in Pair Programming, Behaviour & Information Technology, Vol 34, Issue 8, August 2015, pp. 825-837

Abu El Fadl, M., Abbey, B. S. and Choi, K. "Effect of IT Trading Platform on Financial Risk-Taking and Portfolio Performance", The 48th Hawaii International Conference of System Sciences (HICSS), January 5-8, 2015, Grand Hyatt, Kauai, Hawaii.

Graham, R. & Choi, K., Explaining African-American Cell Phone Usage Through the Social Shaping of Technology Approach, Journal of African American Studies 2015, pp. 1-16

Choi, K., Deek, F.P., and Im,I. 2009. Pair Dynamics in Team Collaboration, Computers in Human Behavior, Volume 25, Issue 4, July 2009, Pages 844-852

Choi, K., Deek, F. P., and Im, I., 2008 Exploring the Underlying Aspects of Pair Programming: The Impact of Personality, Journal of Information & Software Technology, Volume 50, Issue 11, October 2008, Pages 1114-1126

Choi, K.S., Rovenpor, J., Im, I., & Fjermestad, J. "The Effects of Micro-Blogging, Personality, and Culture on Group Decision-Making", The 31st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2010, Saint Louis, Missouri,USA, December 12 - 15, 2010.

Choi, K., Im, I., and Yoo, Y. "Liquid Communication: An Analysis of the Impact of Mobile Micro-blogging on Communication and Decision-Making", The 34th International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS), December 15-18, 2013, Milan, Italy

Choi, K. S., Im, I., and Kim, B., “Good Things Come in Lightweight: A Comparative Group Decision-Making Analysis of Twitter on Mobile Communication Device and Computer Mediated Communication", The 32nd International Conference of Information Systems (ICIS), December 4-7, 2011, Shanghai, China

Choi, K., Abu El Fadl, M. and Abbey, B. S. “An Empirical Examination of the Relationship between Financial Trader's Decision-making and Financial Software Applications”, The 20th Americas Conference of Information Systems (AMCIS), August 7-10, 2014, Savannah, GA

Choi, K.S. “Evaluating Gender Significance within a Pair Programming Context", The 46th Hawaii International Conference of System Sciences (HICSS), January 7-10, 2013, Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, USA.

Choi, K.S. and Im, I. “Considering the Cultural Differences with the Use of Twitter on a Mobile Communication Device under Dispersed Group Collaboration Context”, The 18th Americas Conference of Information Systems (AMCIS), August 5-8, 2012, Seattle, Washington, USA

Choi, K.S. “Working toward Optimal Pair Programming Management and Environment”, The 17th Americas Conference of Information Systems (AMCIS), Detroit, Michigan, USA, August 4-7, 2011

Choi, K., Im, I., & Danely, J., "Do They Tweet Differently? A Cross-Cultural Group Study of Twitter Use on Mobile Communication Devices", The 17th Pacific Asia conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2013, Jeju Island, Korea, June 18-22, 2013

Choi, K., Waldman, M., and Ulema, M. 2008 Analyses of Compliance with IS 2002 Curriculum, Information Systems Education Journal, 6 (11). Feb., 2008, Meritorious Paper

Choi, K., 2007 Team Programming Influencing Factors: A Field Survey, Journal of International Technology and Management, Volume XVIII, N3-4, December 2007, pages 1-13.

Choi, K., “An Analysis of Computing Major Students Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Distribution”, 23rd Annual Information Systems Educators Conference (ISECON) 2006, November 2-5, 2006, Dallas, Texas, USA

Choi, K. S., “Exploring the Underlying Influencing Factors of Extreme Programming”, Korea Management Information Systems (KMIS) Fall Conference, Korean Science and Technology Hall, Seoul Korea, 10 Nov 2006

Waldman, M., Ulema, M., & Choi, K. “An Analysis of IS 2002 compliance in selected US Business Schools”, 22nd Annual Information Systems Educators Conference (ISECON), 2005, October 6-9, 2005, Columbus, Ohio, USA, Number 3564, ISSN: 1542-7381.

Choi, K.S. and Deek, F.P., "Extreme Programming, Too Extreme?" Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP), June 24-27, 2002, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Choi, K. S., "Imposing Computer Mediated Communication Theories on Virtual Reality", The International Conference on Information Technology: Research and Education (ITRE), August 10-13, 2003, Newark, New Jersey, USA