{"id":177,"date":"2025-12-20T00:24:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/?p=177"},"modified":"2025-12-20T00:31:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:31:56","slug":"yunjie-calvin-xu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/yunjie-calvin-xu\/","title":{"rendered":"Yunjie (Calvin) Xu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Conversation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode 14 Yunjie (Calvin) Xu<br>Professor, Fudan University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conversation with Yunjie (Calvin) Xu, Professor at the Department of Information Management and Business Intelligence, School of Management, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. He talked about growing up poor in a farming family, his faith, the social problems of AI, and balancing work and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trailer (1:00)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trailer - In Conversation E14 Calvin Xu\" width=\"443\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5X0WHdAViv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview (1:24:55)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In Conversation E14 Calvin Xu\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/veKd-oqhsmo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Timecodes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:00 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trailer<\/a><br>0:55 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?t=55s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intro<\/a><br>4:45 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?t=285s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Growing up in poor farming village in China<\/a><br>9:24 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?t=564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What led to career in information management<\/a><br>14:18 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?t=858s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moving from China to the US<\/a><br>15:21 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?t=921s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why choose Calvin for an English name<\/a><br>16:59 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?t=1019s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turning points in career<\/a><br>26:46 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?=1606s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Serendipity and life priorities<\/a><br>34:05 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?=2045s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Information science field<\/a><br>38:50 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?=2330s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Influences<\/a><br>41:33 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?=2493s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Publication and writing<\/a><br>58:18 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?=3498s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Advice for new researchers<\/a><br>1:02:02 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?=3722s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biggest successes<\/a><br>1:03:09 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?=3789s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biggest challenges<\/a><br>1:12:21 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?=4341s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Life principles<\/a><br>1:19:44 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?=4784s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meaning of happiness<\/a><br>1:21:18 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/veKd-oqhsmo?=4878s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Goals<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interview was supported by the iSchools Research Grant 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More about Calvin Xu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdsm.fudan.edu.cn\/en\/teacher-info.html?UID=012080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fudan University<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/calvinyxu.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Personal website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=xln-8MEAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Conversation Episode 14 Yunjie (Calvin) XuProfessor, Fudan University In conversation with Yunjie (Calvin) Xu, Professor at the Department of Information Management and Business Intelligence, School of Management, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. He talked about growing up poor in a farming family, his faith, the social problems of AI, and balancing work and family. 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