About me
Dr. Xin "Robert" Luo
is an Associate Professor of Management Information Systems and
Information Assurance in Robert O. Anderson School of Management
at The
University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
In Anderson school, he also serves as the Associate Director at the Center for Information
Assurance Research and Education which is nationally recognized for
its excellence in information security/assurance teaching and research
and designed and operated by the National Security Agency (NSA). At UNM, he has been awarded Anderson Alumni Professorship, Daniels Fund Business Ethics Fellowship, and Anderson Foundation Fellowship.
He received his Ph.D. in Business Information Systems with support area in Information Security from Mississippi State University. His doctoral dissertation chair is Dr. J.P. Shim, and his dissertation title is "An Empirical Investigation of User’s Trust and Trying toward Mobile Banking Adoption in Cross-cultural Settings: An Analysis of U.S. and Chinese Users." The other dissertation committees members are Dr. Kirk Arnett, Dr. Merrill Warkentin, Dr. Robert Otondo, Dr. Joe Sullivan, and Dr. Jianzhong Xu. He received his MBA from The University of Louisiana and MSIS in Information Systems from Mississippi State University.
His research interests center around information security, E-commerce/M-commerce, IS adoption, and cross-cultural IT management. Before joining academia, he had worked as business associate, web project manager, assistant director, and senior web developer in China and USA. His research articles have appeared or will be published in journals including
Journal of the Association for Information
Systems
European Journal of Information Systems
Decision Support Systems
Decision Sciences
Communications of the ACM
Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Journal of Computer Information Systems
Communication of the Association for Information
Systems
Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic
Commerce
Journal of Organizational and End User Computing
Information Resources Management Journal
Information Management and Computer Security
Cross-Cultural Management-An International Journal
Journal of Information Privacy and Security
International Journal of Information Security &
Privacy
Information Systems Security
Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce
He also has published many book chapters and conference proceedings such as America's Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Information Resource Management Association (IRMA), Pre-ICIS, Information Security Curriculum Development Conference, ISOneworld, Global Conference on Business and Finance, and International Conference on Electronic Business, etc.
He holds memberships of AIS (Association for Information Systems), DSI (Decision Sciences Institute), ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), and International Chinese Information System Association (ICISA).
Teaching Experience
Prior to joining UNM, Dr. Luo had taught at Mississippi State University and Virginia State University. He likes to teach Information Assurance & Security, Computer Programming (VB, Java, C++, C#, JSP), Information Management, and Introduction to IS.
He designed a special topic course, Information Systems Security Management, which is tailored for CIS/MIS senior/graduate students at VSU. He is currently designing another security class with emphasis on cybercrime digital forensics analysis and control and hope to offer it in the near future.
Courses taught at The University of New Mexico
Information Systems Security (MIS major concentration)
Web Development Application (graduate-level elective)
Management of Information Systems (graduate-level elective)
Computer-Based Information Systems (MIS core)
Business Programming (MIS elective)
Courses taught at Virginia State University
Information Systems Security Management (Special Topic)
Current Issues in Information Technology (Capstone Project)
Advanced .NET Programming
Introduction to Programming
Management Information Systems
Introduction to Information Systems
Courses taught at Mississippi State University
Visual Basic Applications
Introduction to Business Information Systems
Professional Service
Dr. Luo is an Associate Editor for European Journal of Information Systems and Journal of Eletronic Commerce Research, and an AE for the track of Information Security and Privacy for ICIS 2013. He is the Managing Editor of The Journal of Internet Banking of Commerce. He also sits on the editorial board of academic journals including Journal of Computer Information Systems, Journal of Cases on Information Technology, Journal of Business Disciplines, International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, International Journal of E-finance, and International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications.
He has been appointed Guest Editor for a special issue on ICT Issues in Greater China Region for The Journal of Global Information Technology Management. In 2011, he co-guest edits a special issue on e-commerce research and development in the Greater China Region for Eletronic Markets, and a special issue on information fraud for International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, respectively. At ICIS 2011, he serves as an Associate Editor for the Track of Information Systems Security and Privacy. In 2012, he has been invited to serve as an Associate Editor for a speical issue on cross-cultural IS research for European Journal of Information Systems.
He is actively involved in AMCIS, DSI, and many other national/international conferences. He served as the Program Co-Chair of 2010 Joint Conference on eServices and Business Intelligence (June 4-6, Chengdu, China). Also, he co-chaired the mini-track of ICT issues in the Greater China Region and the mini-track of ICT issues in the Pan-Pacific Region for AMCIS 2012. Towards 2013, he will be serving as a track co-chair for Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems.He also has served as session chairs for AMCIS and DSI. As an editorial board member for several peer-reviewed journals, he is on the Program Committees for IEEE International Conference on Intelligence Security Informatics – Pacific Asia Workshop on ISI, Conference of the Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, and IRMA. He has reviewed articles for many journals and conferences.
Dr. Luo has served as reviewer/referee for numerous academic journals, books, and conference proceedings including:
- MIS Quarterly
- Information Systems Research
- European Journal of Information Systems
- Decision Support Systems
- Decision Sciences
- Journal of the Association for Information Systems
- Information Systems Journal
- Information & Management
- International Conference on Information Systems
- Information Systems Management
- Journal of Computer Information Systems
- Journal of Organizational Computing and Eletronic Commerce
- Journal of Organization and End User Computing
- Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application
- Journal of International Technology and Information Technology
- Industrial Management & Data Systems
- Information Systems Security
- Electronic Commerce Research
- Electronic Commerce Research & Applications
- Journal of Information Systems Education
- Journal of Case on Information Technology
- Journal of Business Disciplines
- International Journal of Information Technology Project Management
Ongoing Research Projects
Dr. Luo likes conducting collaborative and interdisciplinary research covering information systems, marketing, management, psychology, sociology, and criminology, etc. The research methodological approaches he likes to pursue are survey, lab experiment, and interview. He prefers to employ techniques such as structural equation modeling and factor analysis. He is also keen on employing design science approach for innovative research projects.
Major Research Areas
Information Assurance & Security, Electronic commerce/Mobile commerce, Cross-cultural Information Systems, Innovative Technology Diffusion
Current Ongoing Research Projects
- Social-psychological and criminological aspects of information security
- Cultural factors in IS management (i.e. security mechanism control)
- Green IT/Cloud Computing Readiness for Organizations
- Anti online crime
- IS individual-level or organization-level security citizen behavior
- Malicious hacker social groups and networks
- Monitoring and Employee Behavioral Change
- Cross-cultural Fraud
- Password Management and Analysis
- Emerging Technology Acceptance
- Security Awareness and Privacy Concerns in E-commerce
- Anti-Spyware
- Mobile Banking Security
- Mobile Office Issues and Adoption in 3G Era
- Enterprise Instant Messaging
- Accounting forenscis