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

1. Lu, T., Yuan, M., Wang, C., & Zhang, X. (2022). Histogram distortion bias in consumer 

   choices. Management Science, 68(12), 8963-8978.

2. Li, T., Tang, Z., Lu, T., & Zhang, X. M. (2022). 'Propose and Review': Interactive Bias 

   Mitigation for Machine Classifiers. Available at SSRN 4139244.

3. Tang, Z., Lu, T., & Li, T. (2024) Metric-Independent Mitigation of Unpredefined Bias in 

   Machine Classification. Intelligent Computing.

4. Lu, T., Zhang, L., Zhang, X., Zhao, Z. Quantifying Distribution Uncertainty in Data Science: A Novel Measure and its Application in the Financial Market

5. Sijia Ma, Chong (Alex) Wang, Xiaoquan (Michael) Zhang, Tao Lu, " Facade of Trust: The 

   Impact of AI-Enhanced Profile Pictures in Online Interactions"