Prof. Allen Huang

Associate Dean of the School of Business and Management and a Professor in Accounting at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Biography

Allen Huang is the Associate Dean of the School of Business and Management and a Professor in Accounting at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is also the Associate Director of the Center of Business and Social Analytics and Faculty Associate at the Institute for Emerging Market Studies and IAS Center for Quantum Technologies. Professor Huang’s research has studied issues related to natural language processing in financial text, earnings management, financial analyst, accounting fraud, and securities litigation. Professor Huang currently teaches Big Data and AI in Business, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, and Managerial Accounting at various Executive Education, EMBA, MBA and undergraduate programs at HKUST. He is also an expert on cryptocurrency and his comments on related issues frequently appear on international media including Bloomberg and Financial Times. Allen holds a PhD from Duke University and a bachelor’s degree from Peking University.