Jifan Ren is an Associate Professor at the School of Economics and Management, Harbin Institute of Technology (e-mail: renjifan@hit.edu.cn). He engages in research topics such as artificial intelligence and value co-creation, smart services, and human-AI collaboration. He has led and participated in several national and provincial research projects, and his work has been published in leading academic journals in the fields of information systems and service management.