Jianxi Luo is a Professor of Systems Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. He holds a PhD in Engineering Systems and an MS in Technology Policy from MIT, plus an MS in Automotive Engineering and a BE in Thermal Engineering from Tsinghua University. Prof. Luo is Editor-in-Chief of Research in Engineering Design and the author of Design Science: Driving Innovation with Unified Principles. He is ranked No.1 in East Asia and 17th globally in the field of Design Practice and Management in Stanford‘s list of top 2% scientists. He founded the MSc in AI-Driven Innovation at CityUHK.
Luo’s current research focuses on design theory and methodology, specializing in generative AI for engineering design. He was best known for his contributions to establishing the Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) paradigm, including its foundational theories, methods, and tools, for which he was named a G20 Professor. Luo’s work has yielded several industry-adopted AI-for-design tools, alongside 170+ publications, 130+ invited talks, and 20+ international awards from organizations such as ASME, INFORMS, Design Society, and Complex Systems Society. His broader interests encompass design science, complex systems, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, leadership, and innovation policy. Luo served as the Chair of INFORMS Technology Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship Section and as an executive committee member of the Council of Engineering Systems Universities in the USA.
Previously, he was Director of the Data-Driven Innovation Lab at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Principal Investigator at the SUTD-MIT International Design Centre, and Director of the SUTD Technology Entrepreneurship Programme. He also served as an adjunct faculty member at Schwarzman College of Tsinghua University, a full-time faculty member at New York University, a visiting scholar at Cambridge University and Columbia University. Luo has collaborated with organizations such as World Economic Forum, Environmental Defense Fund, Asian Development Bank, and Toyota USA.
Awards and Achievements
- 2025 “Reviewers Choice Paper” 25th International Conference on Engineering Design, Dallas TX, USA.
- 2024 “AE Excellence Award” ASME Journal of Computing & Information Science in Engineering.
- 2024 “Best Paper Award” ASME 36th Conference on Design Theory & Methodology.
- 2024 “Cover Story” Science China: Technological Sciences.
- 2023 “Spotlight Paper” ASME Journal of Computing & Information Science in Engineering.
- 2022 “Global Top 2% Scientist (Career Long Impact)” Stanford & Elservier.
- 2022 “Spotlight Paper” ASME Journal of Computing & Information Science in Engineering.
- 2022 “G20 Professorship” G20 Organizing Committee.
- 2022 “Silver Medal” Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions.
- 2021 “Reviewers’ Favourite Paper” 23rd International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED), Gothenburg, Sweden.
- 2020 “Editors’ Choice Paper” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design.
- 2019 “Best Paper Award” ASME 31st International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology.
- 2019 “Caterpillar Innovative Applications in Analytics Award Finalist” INFORMS.
- 2019 “Best Paper Award Nomination” 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS), Maui, Hawaii.
- 2019 “Global Top 2% Scientist (Single Year Impact)” Stanford & Elservier. From 2019 to Present.
- 2018 “Excellence in Research Award” Singapore University of Technology & Design.
- 2018 “Featured Research” ISE Magazine / Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers.
- 2017 “Singapore Good Design Mark” Singapore Design Business Chamber.
- 2016 “Richard R. Nelson Prize Finalist” Research Policy and Industrial & Corporate Change editorial boards.
- 2016 “Best Paper Award” 9th Annual Conference of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Sydney, Australia.
- 2015 “Best Poster Award” International Conference on Complex Systems, Phoenix, Arizona.
- 2015 “Reviewers’ Favourite Paper” 20th International Conference on Engineering Design, Milan, Italy.
- 2013 “Reviewers’ Favourite Paper” 19th International Conference on Engineering Design, Seoul, Korea.
- 2012 “Editor’s Choice Paper” Industrial and Corporate Change.
- 2011 “Best Dissertation Award Runner-Up” INFORMS Technology Management Section.
- 2010 “Best Paper Award 2nd Place” Annual Conference of Chinese Scholars Association in Management Science & Engineering.
- 2004 “Alfred A.H. Keil Fellowship for Wiser Uses of Science and Technology” Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- 2003 “CIMC Scholarship” China International Marine Containers Group.
- 2002 “Mercedes-Benz Scholarship” Mercedes-Benz.
External Services
- 2025, Proposal Reviewer, Israel National Science Foundation
- 2024, Proposal Reviewer, U.S. National Science Foundation
- 2023, Proposal Reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation
- 2021, Proposal Reviewer, Belgium KU Leuven Research Council
- 2024 - Now, Co-Chair, Design Society AI+Design SIG
- 2022 - 2024, Adjunct Faculty, Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University
- 2022 - 2024, Executive Committee Member, Council of Engineering Systems Universities (USA)
- 2015 - 2016, Chair, INFORMS Technology Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship Section
Editorial Boards
- 2025 - Now, Editor-in-Chief, Research in Engineering Design
- 2022 - Now, Managing Editor, Journal of Engineering Design
- 2020 - Now, Associate Editor, Design Science
- 2023 - Now, Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering
- 2021 - Now, Associate Editor, Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis & Manufacturing
- 2024 - Now, Editorial Board Member, She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation
- 2023 - 2025, Editorial Board Member, International Journal of AI for Materials and Design
- 2021 - 2024, Department Editor, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
- 2021 - 2023, Guest Editor, Technovation
- 2020 - 2025, Editorial Board Member, Research in Engineering Design
Courses Taught
- Designing the Future of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University)
- Product Development and Innovation (CityUHK)
- Design Science (SUTD, CityUHK)
- Modeling a Systems World (SUTD)
- Introduction to Design (SUTD)
- Design Thinking and Innovation (SUTD)
- Entrepreneurship (NYU, SUTD)
- Managing Technological Change and Innovation (NYU)
Last update date :
11 Apr 2026
