Dr. Lu Tao joined the College of Business of the Southern University of Science and Technology in 2020 as an assistant professor and PhD advisor. His main research areas in the Information Systems are social networks online word-of-mouth (analytic modeling and experimental design). He is also interested in asset pricing ambiguity and neural network structure design in financial market. Dr. Lu has extensive experience in security asset management and his research findings in FinTech have been applied in algorithms trading in quantitative hedge funds.

Education Background

• Ph.D. Information Systems The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2017-2020
• M.Phil. Information Systems Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2015-2017
• B.S. Physics/Economics Tsinghua University 2011-2015

Journal Publications

• LuT. Yuan M. Wang C. & Zhang X. (2022). Histogram distortion bias in consumer choices. Management Science 68(12) 8963-8978.
• Li T. Tang Z. Lu T. & Zhang X. M. (2022). 'Propose and Review': Interactive Bias Mitigation for Machine Classifiers. Available at SSRN 4139244.
• Tang Z. Lu T. & Li T. (2024) Metric-Independent Mitigation of Unpredefined Bias in Machine Classification. Intelligent Computing.
• Lu T. Zhang L. Zhang X. Zhao Z. Quantifying Distribution Uncertainty in Data Science: A Novel Measure and its Application in the Financial Market
• Sijia Ma Chong (Alex) Wang Xiaoquan (Michael) Zhang Tao Lu " Facade of Trust: The Impact of AI-Enhanced Profile Pictures in Online Interactions"