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Warut Khern-am-nuai

Title: 
Associate Professor, Information Systems
Academic title(s): 

Desautels Scholar

Warut Khern-am-nuai
Contact Information
Email address: 
warut.khern-am-nuai [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate email address: 
lijuan.xue2 [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

Bronfman Building [Map]
1001 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
H3A 1G5

Degree(s): 
  • Ph.D. in Management (Management Information Systems) with Minor in Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

  • Master of Science in Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

  • Master of Business Administration (Honors), National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand

  • Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) (First-Class Honors), King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand

Area(s): 
Information Systems
Office: 
573
Courses: 

INSY 446 DataMiningforBusinessAnalytics 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

INSY 652 Predictive Analytics 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

Curriculum vitae: 
PDF icon vita202208.pdf
Group: 
Faculty
Tenured & Tenure Track
Research areas: 
Management of Information Security
Platform for Online Marketplaces
Predictive Analytics
Selected publications: 

Khern-am-nuai, W., Hashim, M., Pinsonneault, A., Yang W., and Li, N. (2022) “Augmenting Password Strength Meter Design using the Elaboration Likelihood Model: Evidence from Randomized Experiments.” Information Systems Research (Forthcoming).
Publisher Website: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/isre.2022.1125
Public Repository: http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2800499

Deng, Y., Zheng, J., Khern-am-nuai, W., and Kannan, K. (2022), "More than the Quantity: The Value of Editorial Reviews for UGC Platform." Management Science (Forthcoming).
Publisher Website: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.2021.4238
Public Repository: http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3460070

Kannan, K., Saha, R., and Khern-am-nuai, W. (2022) “Identifying Perverse Incentives in Buyer Profiling on Online Trading Platforms.” Information Systems Research, 33(2), 464-475.
Publisher Website: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/isre.2021.1077
Public Repository: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3046625

Yu, Y., Khern-am-nuai, W., and Pinsonneault, A. (2022), "When Paying for Reviews Pays Off: The Case of Performance-Contingent Monetary Rewards." MIS Quarterly, 46(1), 609-626.
Publisher Website: https://misq.org/when-paying-for-reviews-pays-off-the-case-of-performance-contingent-monetary-rewards.html
Public Repository: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3161667

Kim, A., Saha, R., and Khern-am-nuai, W. (2021), "Manufacturer’s 1-Up from Used Games: Insights from the Secondhand Market for Video Games." Information Systems Research, 32(4), 1173-1191.
Publisher Website: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/isre.2021.1023
Public Repository: http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3487397

Pamuru, V., Khern-am-nuai, W., and Kannan, K. (2021), "The Impact of an Augmented Reality Game on Local Businesses: A Study of Pokémon Go on Restaurants." Information Systems Research, 32(3), 950-966.
Publisher Website: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/isre.2021.1004
Public Repository: http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2968221

Khern-am-nuai, W., Kannan, K., and Ghasemkhani, H. (2018), “Extrinsic Versus Intrinsic Rewards for Contributing Reviews in an Online Platform.”  Information Systems Research, 29(4), 871-892.
Publisher Website: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/isre.2017.0750
Public Repository: http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2496528

Furnell, S., Khern-am-nuai, W., Esmael, R., Yang, W., and Li, N. (2018), “Enhancing security behaviour by supporting the user.” Computers & Security, 75(2018), 1-9.
Publisher Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167404818300385

Awards, honours, and fellowships: 

2022: Desautels Faculty Scholar

2022: MMA Teaching Award

2021: INFORMS Service Science Best Cluster Paper Award Nominee

2021: Best Emergent Research Forum (ERF) Paper Award Nominee, Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)

2020: Bronze Prize, PhD Dissertation Award (Field: Economics), National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT), Thailand

2019: BCom Core Teaching Award

2018: Best Student Paper Award Runners-up, Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST)

2017: Best Paper Award Nominee, Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS)

2015: (ISC)² Foundation Graduate Scholarship Award, (ISC)² Foundation, USA

2015: Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, Purdue University, USA

2015: Robert W. Johnson Award for Distinguished Research, Purdue University, USA

2015: Krannert Certificate for Distinguished Teaching, Purdue University, USA

2022: Co-Principal Investigator, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grants (2022 - 2027) for "Understanding Fairness in Fair Machine Learning." $145,974 CAD

2021: Principal Investigator, Internal NSERC General Research Fund Grant, McGill University (2021 - 2022) for "Helping Retail Industry Navigate the Post-Pandemic World with Artificial Intelligence." $5,000 CAD

2021: Principal Investigator, Internal SSHRC General Research Fund Grant, McGill University (2021 - 2022) for "The Economic Implications of AI Implementations on Online Platforms." $7,000 CAD

2021: Principal Investigator, Partnership Engage Grants, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2021 - 2023) for "Causal Inference for Bias Detection in AI Predictions." $24,967 CAD

2021: Principal Investigator, Internal Social Sciences and Humanities Development Grant, McGill University (2021 - 2022) for "Closer Look at Fairness in Fair Machine Learning." $3,000 CAD

2021: Principal Investigator, Discovery Grants, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (2021 - 2026) for "Helping Retail Industry Navigate the Post-Pandemic World with Artificial Intelligence." $155,000 CAD

2021: Principal Investigator, Discovery Launch Supplement for Early Career Researcher, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (2021 - 2026) for "Helping Retail Industry Navigate the Post-Pandemic World with Artificial Intelligence." $12,500 CAD

2021: Co-Principal Investigator, Blake Family Fund for Ethics, Leadership and Governance for "Fairness in Machine Learning: An Experimental Analysis" $17,000 USD

2020: Principal Investigator, Insight Development Grants, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for "The Economic Implications of AI Implementations on Online Platforms." $33,212 CAD

2020: Principal Investigator, Insight Grants, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for "The Role of Social Technologies in Online Review Platforms." $45,385 CAD

2020: Principal Investigator, Internal McGill COVID-19 Rapid Response for Social Sciences and Humanities for "Helping Retailers and Customers to Cope with Surge Demands under COVID-19." $9,395 CAD

2019: Co-Principal Investigator, Insight Development Grants, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for "Economic and Societal Impact of Discrimination-Free Machine Learning." $49,136 CAD

2019: Principal Investigator, Internal Social Sciences and Humanities Development Grant, McGill University for "The Cost of Fairness: Examine Economic Implications of Fairness-Aware Machine Learning." $4,000 CAD

2017: Principal Investigator, Partnership Engage Grants, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for "Closer Look at Online Reviews: Discovering Underlying Structures and Hidden Values." $24,930 CAD

2017: Principal Investigator, Research support for new academics, Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et Culture for "L'impact du système de questions et réponses sur les plateformes en ligne." $57,150 CAD

2017: Principal Investigator, Internal Social Sciences and Humanities Development Grant, McGill University for "Impact of Location Based Games on Local Businesses: A Study of Pokemon Go on Restaurants." $5,000 CAD

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