Luyao Zhang
Data Science Research Center, Duke Kunshan University Assistant Professor of Economics and Senior Research Scientist
China, United States, United Kingdom
Luyao (Sunshine) Zhang is Assistant Professor of Economics and Senior Research Scientist at the Data Science Research Center at Duke Kunshan University (DKU). She has an abiding passion for interdisciplinary collaborations, especially for cutting-edge research of both profound insights and practical impacts, including computational economics, explainable AI, cryptoeconomics, behavioral science, and interdisciplinary big data. Her current research interests are at the interplay of computational science and economics around the applications of Blockchain technology. Her publications appear in economic and computational science journals and conference proceedings for general interest and beyond, including American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the World Economy, Nature Research Scientific Data, Springer Nature Social Indicators Research, Springer Nature Eastern Economic Journal, ACM CCS, AAAI/ACM AIES, Springer Nature Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, IEEE International Conference on Blockchain Proceedings, Remote Sensing, Journal of Digital Earth, Data and Information Management. She received Ph.D. in Economics at Ohio State University, supported by Presidential Fellowship and NSF dissertation grant. She graduated from Peking University with a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Math and Applied Math. She is currently supported by National Science Foundation in China for her research agenda entitled “Trust Mechanism Design on Blockchain: An Interdisciplinary Approach of Game Theory, Reinforcement Learning, and Human-AI Interactions.” She is awarded the 60 Pioneers in Blockchain Innovation by the National Collegiate Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Innovation Alliance in 2022. Beyond academics, she is also the Founding President of SciEcon CIC, a non-for-profit organization based in U.K., aiming to cultivate integrated talents and interdisciplinary research. She has also jointly led research and developer grant projects with blockchain pioneers in both academia and industry supported by Ethereum Foundation, Dfinity Foundation, Primitive Lane and so forth.
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