Qiuhua "Jessica" Sheng

Qiuhua “Jessica” Sheng is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Systems and Operations Management. Jessica earned her PhD from the University of Utah. Her research interests include Data Science, Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Healthcare Informatics etc. The courses she taught in CSUN include Data Visualization (BANA310), Machine Learning (BANA410), Business Statistics (SOM120), and Visualization and Communication (BANA610).

Education

  • Ph.D. 2021, University of Utah
  • M.A. 2013, University of Science and Technology of China
  • B.A. 2010, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University

Areas of Expertise/Research

  • Business Intelligence
  • Data Science
  • Machine Learning
  • Healthcare Informatics
  • Artificial Intelligence in Business

Selected Publications

  • Jessica Qiuhua Sheng, Da Xu, Daeeun Daniel Choi, Pouyan Eslami. "When Will Customers Buy? A Deep Learning Approach Incorporating Adaptive Irregularity for Next Purchase Prediction." Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, 2026.
  • Jiaxuan Peng, Da Xu, Paul Jen-Hwa Hu, Jessica QiuhuaSheng, Ting-Shuo Huang. “A Deep Learning–Based Method to Predict the Length of Stay for Patients with Traumatic Fall Injuries in Support of Physicians” Decision Support Systems (2025): 114411.
  • Jessica Qiuhua Sheng, Da Xu, Paul Jen-Hwa Hu, Ting Shuo Huang, et. al. “Mining Multimorbidity Trajectories and Co-Medication Effects from Patient Data to Predict Post–Hip Fracture Outcomes.” ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems 15.2 (2024): 1-24.
  • Jessica Qiuhua Sheng, Da Xu, Paul Jen-Hwa Hu, Ting-Shuo Huang “Investigating the Timing, Quantity, and Co-occurring Patterns of Multimorbidity: Implications for Hip Fracture Prognosis” Scientific Reports 14.1 (2024): 28329.
  • Xu, Da, Jessica QiuhuaSheng, Paul Jen-Hwa Hu, Ting Shuo Huang, and Wei-Chen Lee. “Predicting hepatocellular carcinoma recurrences: A data-driven multiclass classification method incorporating latent variables.” Journal of Biomedical Informatics 96 (2019): 103237.

Honors and Awards

  • 2023–2024 Extraordinary Faculty Service Award, David Nazarian College of Business and Economics, California State University, Northridge.