2026

Design Science: Driving Innovation with Unified Principles
Jianxi Luo
Springer Nature, January 2026. Barnes & Noble, Amazon

2025

Design Science: Why, What, and How - Revisited
Panos Papalambros, John Gero,...,Jianxi Luo,...,et al.
Design Science, 11, e48, 2025
AutoTRIZ: Automating Engineering Innovation with TRIZ and Large Language Models
Shuo Jiang, Weifeng Li, Yuping Qian, Yangjun Zhang, Jianxi Luo
Advanced Engineering Informatics, 65, 103312, 2025 Preprint
Large Language Model for Patent Concept Generation
Runtao Ren, Jian Ma, Jianxi Luo
Advanced Engineering Informatics, 65, 103301, 2025 Preprint
Empowering Design Innovation Using AI-Generated Content
Jian Jin, Mingyue Yang, Huicong Hu, Xin Guo, Jianxi Luo, Ying Liu
Journal of Engineering Design, 36(1), 1-18, 2025
Human-Centered AI Design: Developers’ Perspectives
Patrick Karekezi, Gyude Moore, Jianxi Luo
Journal of Engineering Design, 2025
Reading Users' Minds with LLMs: Mental Inference for Artificial Empathy in Design
Qihao Zhu, Leah Chong, Maria Yang, Jianxi Luo
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 147(6), 061401, 2025
Large Language Models in Design and Manufacturing
Fiona Zhao, Evangelos Niforatos, Tonya Custis, Yan Lu, Jianxi Luo
ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 25(2), 020301, 2025
Intelligent Design 4.0: Paradigm Evolution Toward the Agentic AI Era
Shuo Jiang, Min Xie, Frank Youhua Chen, Jian Ma, Jianxi Luo
ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 25(12), 120808, 2025. Preprint
Data-Driven Innovation for Trustworthy AI
Lakshmi Siddharth, Jianxi Luo
She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, 11(3), 261-283, 2025. Preprint
Design Science: What Is It?
Jianxi Luo
3rd IEEE International Conference on Design Science, Shanghai, China
Large Language Models for Combinatorial Optimization of Design Structure Matrix
Shuo Jiang, Min Xie, Jianxi Luo
25th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED), Dallas, TX, United States
Artificial Creativity in Design: A Theory-Based Framework for Implementation
Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
25th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED), Dallas, TX, United States
Knowledge of Technological Artefacts: Investigating the Linguistic and Structural Foundations
Lakshmi Siddharth, Jianxi Luo
Under Review
DesignGPT: Large Language Model Agentic Workflows Boost Engineering Design
Z Zhang, S Liu, Y Shen, Y Zhang, Z Hou, X Wang, J Luo
Under Review

2024

Towards Artificial Empathy for Human-Centered Design
Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 146(6), 061401, 2024 Preprint
DesignFusion: Integrating Generative Models for Conceptual Design Enrichment
Liuqing Chen, Qianzhi Jing, Yixin Tsang, Qianyi Wang, Lingyun Sun, Jianxi Luo
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 146(11): 111703, 2024
Retrieval Augmented Generation Using Engineering Design Knowledge
Siddharth Lakshmi, Jianxi Luo
Knowledge-Based Systems, 303, 112410, 2024 Preprint
Deep Learning for Technical Document Classification
Shuo Jiang, Jie Hu, Christoper Magee, Jianxi Luo
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71, 1163-1179, 2024 Preprint
The Innovation Paradox: Concept Space Expansion with Diminishing Orginality and the Promise of Creative AI
Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo
Design Science, 10, e11, 2024
AskNatureNet: A Divergent Thinking Tool Based on Bio-Inspired Design Knowledge
Liuqing Chen, Zebin Cai, Zhaojun Jiang, Jianxi Luo, Lingyun Sun, Peter Childs, Haoyu Zuo
Advanced Engineering Informatics, 62, 102593, 2024
Beyond the Data Fads: Consequences of Big Data to Contemporary Innovation and Technology Management
Olga Kokshagina, Pascal Le Masson, Jianxi Luo
Technovation, 134, 103026, 2024
Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science in Design
Ji Han, Peter Childs, Jianxi Luo
Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 38, e6, 2024
State-of-the-Art and Technical Trends of Intelligent Flying Cars
X. Zhang, S. Rong, J. Li, D. Li, H. Liu, Y. Huang, K. Huang, J. Luo
Scientia Sinica Technologica, 54(4): 601-624, 2024
Cover Story
Reading Users’ Minds from What They Say: An Investigation into LLM-based Empathic Mental Inference
Qihao Zhu, Leah Chong, Maria Yang, Jianxi Luo
36th ASME Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Washington DC, 25-28 August 2024 Preprint
Best Paper Award
Autotriz: Artificial Ideation with TRIZ and Large Language Models
Shuo Jiang, Jianxi Luo
50th ASME Design Automation Conference (DAC), Washington DC, 25-28 August 2024 Preprint
Human-AI Collaboration by Design
Binyang Song, Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
18th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 20-23 May 2024

2023

Data-Driven Innovation: What Is It
Jianxi Luo
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 70(2), 784-790, 2023. Preprint
Designing the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Jianxi Luo
Journal of Engineering Design, 34(10), 779-785, 2023
Generative Transformers for Design Concept Generation
Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 23(4), 041003, 2023. Preprint
Spotlight Paper
Biologically Inspired Design Concept Generation Using Generative Pre-Trained Transformers
Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 145(4): 041409, 2023. Preprint
Intelligent Amphibious Ground-Aerial Vehicles: State of the Art Technology for Future Transportation
Xinyu Zhang, et al., Jianxi Luo, Jun Li
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 8(1), 970-987, 2023. Preprint
Design Representation as Semantic Networks
Serhad Sarica, Ji Han, Jianxi Luo
Computers in Industry, 144, 103791, 2023. Preprint
Embedding Knowledge Graph of Patent Metadata to Measure Knowledge Proximity
Guangtong Li, Siddharth Lakshmi, Jianxi Luo
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 74(4), 476-490, 2023. Preprint
Do Analogies and Analogical Distance Influence Ideation Outcomes in Engineering Design?
Srinivasan, V., Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Karupppasamy Subburaj, Mohan Elara, Lucienne Blessing, Kristin Wood
Applied Cognitive Science and Technology, Springer, 2023
Generative Pre-Trained Transformers for 15-Minute City Design
Rutvik Deshpande, Sayjel Vijay Patel, Camiel Weijenberg, Maciej Nisztuk, Miriam Corcuera, Jianxi Luo, Qihao Zhu
28th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Ahmedabad, India, 18-24 March, 2023. Blog Post
Meta Disciplines: Systems, Design, and Computing
Jianxi Luo
9th International Research Symposium on Problem Based Learning (IRSPBL), Cambridge, MA, USA, June 21-23, 2023
Artificial Empathy for Human-Centered Design: A Framework
Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
49th ASME IDETC-CIE Design Automation Conference (DAC), Boston, MA, USA, 25-28 August, 2023. Preprint
Human-AI Collaborative Innovation
Bingyang Song, Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, October 15-18, 2023

2022

Close the Gap in the US CHIPS and Science Law
Jianxi Luo
Nature, 610, 34, 2022
New Design: Opportunities for Engineering Design in an Era of Digital Transformation
Roger Jiao, Jianxi Luo, Johan Malmqvist, Joshua Summers
Journal of Engineering Design, 33(10), 685-690, 2022. Preprint
Natural Language Processing in-and-for Design Research
Siddharth Lakshmi, Lucienne Blessing, Jianxi Luo
Design Science, 8, e21, 2022. Open Access
Innovation in Design Processes
Claudia Eckert, Jianxi Luo
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 69(4), 1532-1536, 2022. Open Access
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, 69(4), 1565-1576, 2022. Preprint
Engineering Knowledge Graph from Patent Database
Siddharth Lakshmi, Lucienne Blessing, Kristin Wood, Jianxi Luo
ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 22(2): 021008, 2022.
Preprint | Summary | Download EKG Dataset
Spotlight Paper
Patent Data for Engineering Design: A Critical Review and Future Directions
Shuo Jiang, Serhad Sarica, Binyang Song, Jie Hu, Jianxi Luo
ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 22(6): 060902, 2022. Preprint
Semantic Networks for Engineering Design: State of the Art and Future Directions
Ji Han, Serhad Sarica, Feng Shi, Jianxi Luo
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (SI: AI and Engineering Design), 144(2): 020802, 2022. Preprint
Data-Driven Design-by-Analogy: State of the Art and Future Directions
Shuo Jiang, Jie Hu, Kristin Wood, Jianxi Luo
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (SI: AI and Engineering Design), 144(2): 020801, 2022. Preprint, Summary
Technology Fitness Landscape for Design Innovation: A Deep Neural Embedding Approach Based on Patent Data
Shuo Jiang, Jianxi Luo
Journal of Engineering Design, 33(10): 716-727, 2022. Preprint, Summary
Enhancing Patent Retrieval using Text and Knowledge Graph Embeddings: A Technical Note
Siddharth Lakshmi, Guangtong Li, JIanxi Luo
Journal of Engineering Design, 33(8/9): 670-683, 2022. Preprint
Generative Pre-Trained Transformer for Design Concept Generation: An Exploration
Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
17th International DESIGN Conference, Cavtat, Croatia, May 23-26, 2022. Preprint, Video
Patent Data for Engineering Design: A Review
Shuo Jiang, Serhad Sarica, Binyang Song, Jie Hu, Jianxi Luo
17th International DESIGN Conference, Cavtat, Croatia, May 23-26, 2022. Preprint, Video
Generative Design Ideation: A Natural Language Generation Approach
Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
10th Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC), Glasgow, UK, July 4-6, 2022. Preprint, Video
TechNet 2.0: Expanding Technology Semantic Network with Qualitative Relations to Enhance Reasoning Capabilities
Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo
10th Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC), Glasgow, UK, July 4-6, 2022. Preprint, Video
Generative Pre-Trained Transformer for Biologically Inspired Design
Qihao Zhu, Jianxi Luo
ASME IDETC-CIE - 34th International Conference on Design Theory & Methodology, August 14-17, 2022. Preprint, Video

2021

Guiding Data-Driven Design Ideation by Knowledge Distance
Jianxi Luo, Serhad Sarica, Kristin Wood
Knowledge-Based Systems, 218, 106873, 2021. Preprint
Idea Generation with Technology Semantic Network
Serhad Sarica, Binyang Song, Kristin Wood, Jianxi Luo
Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 35(3), 265-283, 2021. Preprint
Deriving Design Feature Vectors for Patent Images with Convolutional Neural Network
Shuo Jiang, Jianxi Luo, Guillermo Ruiz-Pava, Jie Hu, Christopher Magee
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 143(6), 061405, 2021. Preprint
Stopwords in Technical Language Processing
Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo
PLOS ONE 16(8): e0254937, 2021. Open Access
Forecasting COVID-19 Pandemic: Unknown Unknowns and Predictive Monitoring
Jianxi Luo
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 166, 120602, 2021. Open Access
3 Strategies to Convince People That Your Startup Is Legit
Wei Zhang, Steven White, Liyan Wang, Jianxi Luo
Harvard Business Review, 2021. Open Access
Semantic Networks for Engineering Design: A Survey
Ji Han, Serhad Sarica, Feng Shi, Jianxi Luo
International Conference on Engineering Design, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2021. Preprint, Video
Design Knowledge Representation With Technology Semantic Network
Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo
International Conference on Engineering Design, Gothenburg, Sweden. 2021. Preprint, Slides
Reviewer's Favorite Paper Award
Data-Driven Design-by-Analogy: State of the Art
Shuo Jiang, Jie Hu, Jianxi Luo
ASME IDETC-CIE - 41st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), August 17-19, 2021. Preprint, Video

2020

TechNet: Technology Semantic Network Based On Patent Data
Serhad Sarica, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
Expert Systems with Applications, 142, 112995, 2020. Preprint, Database, API, Web Portal
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
Machine Learning Based Design Concept Evaluation
Bradley Camburn , Yuejun He , Sujithra Raviselvam , Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(3), 031113, 2020. Get a Copy
Editor's Choice Paper Award
Convolutional Neural Network - Based Patent Image Retrieval Method for Design Ideation
Shuo Jiang, Jianxi Luo, Guillermo Ruiz Pava, Jie Hu, Christopher L. Magee
ASME IDETC-CIE - 40th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE), August 17-19, 2020. Preprint, Video

2019

The Hierarchy-Niche Model for Supply Networks
Jianxi Luo, Daniel Whitney
Production and Operations Management, 28(3), 668–681, 2019. Get a Copy
Multicores-Periphery Structure in Networks
Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
Network Science, 7(1), 70-87,2019. Preprint
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
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
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
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.
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 141, 121101, 2019 (SI: Machine Learning for Engineering Design). Get a Copy
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
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
Computer-Aided Ideation Using InnoGPS
Jianxi Luo, Serhad Sarica, Kristin Wood
ASME IDETC-CIE - 45th Design Automation Conference, Anaheim, CA, August 18-21, 2019
Technology Knowledge Graph for Design Exploration: Application to Designing the Future of Flying Cars
Serhad Sarica, Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo
ASME IDETC-CIE - 29th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Anaheim, CA, August 18-21, 2019
Evaluating Crowdsourced Design Concepts with Machine Learning
Camburn Bradley Adam, Yuejun He, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
ASME IDETC-CIE - 31st Design Theory and Methodology Conference, Anaheim, CA, August 18-21, 2019
Best Paper Award
Data-Driven Network Visualization for Innovation and Competitive Intelligence
Serhad Sarica, Bowen Yan, Bulato Gerardo, Pratik Jaipurkar, Jianxi Luo
52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii, 2019
Best Paper Nomination
Technology Space Map as a Digital Platform
Jianxi Luo
52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii, 2019

2018

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
Architecture and Evolvability of Innovation Ecosystems
Jianxi Luo
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 136, 132-144, 2018. Get a Copy
Cyclic 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, 2018
How Do Accelerators Select Startups? Shifting Decision Criteria Across Stages
Bangqi Yin, Jianxi Luo
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 65(4), 574-589, 2018
Data-Driven Platform Design: Patent Data and Function Network Analysis
Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(2), 021101, 2018
Does Analogical Distance Affect Performance of Ideation
Srinivasan V., Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo, K. Subburaj, Mohan Rajesh Elara, Lucienne Blessing, Kristin Wood
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 140(7): 071101, 2018
The Characteristics of Innovative Mechanical Products - 10 Years Later
Katja Hölttä-Otto, Kevin Otto, Chaoyang Song, Jianxi Luo, Timothy Li, Carolyn Seepersad, Warren Seering
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 140(8): 084501, 2018
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
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
ASME IDETC-CIE - 30th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology, Quebec City, Canada, August 26-29, 2018
Crowdfunding Campaign As a Design-Based Pedagogical Approach for Experiential Learning of Technology Entrepreneurship
Jianxi Luo, Pey Kin Leong, Kristin Wood
ASME IDETC-CIE - 15th International Conference on Design Education, Quebec City, Canada, August 26-29, 2018
Assess Novelty of An Invention Using the Central-Extreme Novelty Matrix: A Case Study of Juvo Lab's Fibre-Optic Sensor Ma
Yuejun He, Jianxi Luo
International Conference on Design Creativity (ICDC), Bath, UK, Jan 31 - Feb 2, 2018
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
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
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
Data-Driven Visualization of Firm’s Knowledge Positions in the Total Technology Space
Jianxi Luo
SMS Special Conference, Hyderabad, India, 2018

2017

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)
The Novelty “Sweet Spot” of Invention
Yuejun He, Jianxi Luo
Design Science, 3, e21, 2017
Inventors' Explorations Across Technology Domains
Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
Design Science, 3, e20, 2017
InnoGPS for Data-Driven Exploration of Design Opportunities and Directions: The Case of Google Driverless Car Project
Jianxi Luo, Bowen Yan, Kristin Wood
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 139(11), 111416, 2017 (Special Issue: Data-Driven Design)
Mining Patent Precedents for Data-driven Design: The Case of Spherical Rolling Robots
Binyang Song, Jianxi Luo
ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 139(11), 111420, 2017 (Special Issue: Data-Driven Design)
The Growing Complexity in Invention Process
Jianxi Luo, Kristin Wood
Research in Engineering Design, 28(4), 421-435, 2017. Get a Copy
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
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
Mapping Technology Space by Normalizing Technology Relatedness Networks
Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
Scientometrics, 110(1), 443-479, 2017. Preprint
System-of-Systems Innovation: Proactive Methods for Conception and Strategies for Implementation
Jianxi Luo
Journal of Enterprise Transformation, 7(3-4), 91-115, 2017
ISE Magzine Feature Article
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.
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
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
Inventor Diversification in Technology Networks
Jianxi Luo, Jefrrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan
POMS Hong Kong Conference, January 4-5, Hong Kong, 2017

2016

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
The 9^th Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, September 2, Sydney, Australia, 2016
Best Paper Award
Novelty, Conventionality, and Value of Invention
Yuejun He, Jianxi Luo
Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC), Evanston, Chicago, USA, June 27–29, 2016
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
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
Predicting Inventors’ Movements Across Technology Domains
Giorgio Triulzi, Jeffrey Alstott, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
Modeling Science, Technology & Innovation Conference, National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C., USA, May 17-18, 2016
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
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
Expansionism-Based Design and System of Systems
Jianxi Luo
Complex System Design & Management (CSD&M) Asia-Pacific Conference, Singapore, February 24-26, 2016
Critical Factors in the Selection of Start-up Incubator Residents
Bangqi Yin, Jianxi Luo
DRUID Asia Conference, Singapore, February 23-25, 2016
Filtered Patent Maps for Predicting Technology Diversification Paths of Inventors and Organizations
Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
DRUID Asia Conference, Singapore, February 23-25, 2016
Cyclic Dependence, Vertical Integration and Innovation
Jianxi Luo, Giorgio Triulzi
DRUID Asia Conference, Singapore, February 23-25, 2016

2015

The United Innovation Process: Integrating Science, Design and Entrepreneurship as Sub-processes
Jianxi Luo
Design Science, 1, e2, 2015
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
A Simulation-Based Method to Evaluate the Impact of Product Architecture on Product Evolvability
Jianxi Luo
Research in Engineering Design, 26: 355–371, 2015
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
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
Predicting Invention with Technology Networks
Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
International Conference for Complex Systems, Tempe, Arizona, United States, 2015
Forecasting Technology for Effective Action
Jeffrey Alstott
Effective Altruism Global Conference, Oxford, UK, 2015
Mapping Technology Space by Normalizing Technology Relatedness Networks
Giorgio Triulzi, Jeffrey Alstott and Jianxi Luo
European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands, June 1-3, 2015
Mapping Technology Space by Normalizing Technology Relatedness Networks
Jeffrey Alstott, Giorgio Triulzi, Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
NetSci, Zaragoza, Spain, June 1-5, 2015
Best Poster Award
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
Visualizing Main Paths of Diversification of Innovation Agents on Technology Networks
Bowen Yan, Jianxi Luo
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2015

~2014

Technology-Based Design and Sustainable Economic Growth
Jianxi Luo, Alison L. Olechowski, Christopher L. Magee
Technovation, 34(11), 663-677, 2014. Preprint
Loops and Autonomy Promote Evolvability of Ecosystem Networks
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, 2013
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, 2016
Detecting Evolving Patterns of Self-Organizing Networks by Flow Hierarchy Measurement
Jianxi Luo and Christopher L. Magee
Complexity, 16(6), 53-61, 2011
Network Structure and Evolvability of Innovation Ecosystems
Jianxi Luo
DRUID Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2014
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
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
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
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
Idea Matrix and Creativity Operators
Victor Tang, Jianxi Luo
19th International Conference on Engineering Design, Seoul, Korea, 2013. S lides

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