Vincent Y. Zhuang, Ph.D.
School of Accounting & Finance,
PolyU Business School,
Faculty of Business,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
11 Yuk Choi Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon,
Hong Kong
Tel: +852 3400 3294
Fax: +852 2330 9845
E-mail: vincent.zhuang AT polyu.edu.hk
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Profile
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Age breeds wisdom.
I completed my Ph.D. training at City University of Hong Kong(大隱隱於市，學研研出塵) and I was a visiting Ph.D. student at McCombs Schools of Business of The University of Texas at Austin. Now I am with School of Accounting & Finance at PolyU Business School.
I am proud to be a member of Andy's Army. My Erdős number is 3 (Vincent Y. Zhuang - Andrew B. Whinston - Daniel J. Kleitman/Bruce L. Rothschild - Paul Erdős). Find out your Erdös Number. I hope I can get a Bacon number soon.
My academic genealogy goes back to Sir Isaac Newton and beyond using data from the Mathematics Genealogy Project. A diagram of my academic genealogy is available here thanks to Joseph Bonneau, Ian Goldberg, and Gerhard Hancke.
I love to brainstorm and am always interested in talking to students about new research ideas. If you're a current PolyU undergrad or master's student, get in touch to see if we can find a project together.
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Research Interests
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"Data! Data! Data! I can’t make bricks without clay." The Adventure of the Copper Beeches, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1892
Topics: Managerial Financial Communication, Financial Reporting, Multimodal Cues using AI and LLM, Real Estate Economics, VR Tours in Real Estate, Hospitality Loyalty Tokens, Security Economics, Psychology, Smart Card and Mobile Payment, Information Security, and Modern Cryptography
Methods: Financial Econometrics, Field Experiment, Machine Learning, Applied Cryptography, Natural Language Processing, Proximity Authentication, Cryptographic Protocol, Privacy Models, Psychodynamic Theory
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Research Funding (External Competitive)
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General Research Fund(PI), HK$472,427(~US$61,000), RGC - HK Research Grants Council, 2023-2025
Teaching Development Grant(Co-I), HK$698,718(~US$90,000), UGC - HK University Grants Committee, 2023-2025
NSF Standard Grant(Co-I), US$422,227, US National Science Foundation, 2017-2020
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Publications and Pipeline
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Recent Professional Activities
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Program Committee Member:
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2024
The Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2020-2024
Bright Internet Global Summit (BIGS) 2022-2024
International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL) 2017-2023
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC) 2019-2023
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (ICB) 2018-2024
Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE) 2017-2021
The 11th International Conference on Information Security Theory and Practice 2017
The 1st International Symposium on User Modeling and Language Learning 2017
The International Workshop on Affective and Sentimental Computing 2017
The 4th International Workshop on Semantic Computing and Personalization 2017
The 12th International Workshop RFID and IoT Security (RFIDSec) 2016
International Symposium on Emerging Technologies on Education (SETE) 2016-2018
Ad-hoc Journal Reviewer:
Information Systems Frontiers (ISF) 2024-2025
China Accounting and Finance Review (CAFR) 2023-2024
Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (JAAF) 2022-2024
Journal of International Accounting Research (JIAR) 2021-2023
Information Technology and Management (ITM) 2020-2021
Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS) 2019,2024
Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS) 2019
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (TNSM) 2020-2021
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII) 2015-2021
IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC) 2017
International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics (JMLC) 2017
Computer Networks 2015
Ad Hoc Networks 2015
International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (IJDSN) 2014
Inaugural Student Program Committee Member:
(Student PC or Shadow PC AT Google Headquarters, Mountain View, CA, United States)
37th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P 2016) 2016
Program Co-Chair:
2nd International Workshop on User Modeling for Web-based Learning 2016
Local Organization Chair:
RFIDSec 2016: The 12th International Workshop on RFID and IoT Security 2016
Publicity Co-Chairs:
The 1st International Symposium on User Modeling and Language Learning 2017
The 4th International Workshop on Semantic Computing and Personalization 2017
The 22nd International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications 2017
Conference Reviewer:
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2018-2024
The Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2020-2024
Bright Internet Global Summit (BIGS) 2022-2024
International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL) 2017-2023
53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 2020-2024
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC) 2019-2022
IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (ICB) 2018-2024
Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE) 2017-2021
The 11th International Conference on Information Security Theory and Practice 2017
The 1st International Symposium on User Modeling and Language Learning 2017
The International Workshop on Affective and Sentimental Computing 2017
The 4th International Workshop on Semantic Computing and Personalization 2017
The 12th International Workshop RFID and IoT Security (RFIDSec) 2016
IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P) 2016
IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (IEEE ISIE) 2016
Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST) 2016
Workshop on Information Security and Privacy (WISP) 2016
ACM Symposium on Information, Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS) 2013
International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS) 2013
International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS) 2012
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Teaching
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Instructor at HK PolyU (Undergraduate Elective, Master Core/Elective)
Python Programming for Accounting and Finance (AF3214) - (Spring 2025 | 2024 | 2023)
Accounting and Financial Analytics Project (AF5937) - (Spring 2024 | 2023 | 2022)
Applications of Computing and Technology in Accounting and Finance (AF5365) - (Fall 2021)
Media attention: [FinTech Demo 2024] [FinTech Demo 2023] [FinTech Demo 2022]
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Students and Research Associates*
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I am fortunate to work with talented students and research associates/fellows.
Ph.D. Student: Zijie Feng
Alumni and Past Undergrads/RA/RF:
Postgraduate FYP: Yue Cao, Yiyi Liu, Qingya Ye, Qingran Zhang, Yingyu Zhong, Xiuyi Zhu
Undergrads: Danny Cheung, Michelle Cheung, Astrid Han, Leona Li, Harriet Lo, Kwan Lam Ng Ng, Farabi Rahmatullah, Yidong Wang, Amy Wang, Yuntao Yeong, Haoyang Zhong
RA/RF: Jingying Chen, Zijie Feng, Yumou Jin, Bing Li, Yingyu Zhong, Qile Zhu
STEM Internship Scheme: Qinglin Dong, Angel Kwok, Grace Lau, Farabi Rahmatullah, Leo Zhao
Others: Alfred Chan, Kevin Chan, Bosley HO, Shreyash Kawle, Timmy Lo, Twinkle Zhang
*Alphabetical order