UIC invited Prof Fan Jianqing, Frederick L. Moore '18 Professor of Finance at Princeton University and a Foreign Member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium, to attend the Huitong Lecture Series and deliver a speech on 23 September 2024. His talk, "Statistical Intelligence and Digital Economy", drew a large audience of students and staff.
Princeton Tenured Professor and Academician of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts Prof Jianqing Fan in his lecture
The lecture explored the combination of big data and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on their pivotal role in the digital economy, and was organised by UIC’s Institute for Advanced Study, the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Research and Application for Data Science, and the Faculty of Science and Technology.
UIC President Prof Chen Zhi, presents Prof Fan with a commemorative gift
UIC Vice President (Research and Development) Prof Pan Jianxin chairs the lecture
During the talk, Prof Fan discussed the integration of big data and AI in the digital economy. He highlighted the importance of transforming big data into "intelligent data" to understand socio-economic trends and support decision-making better.
He presented three case studies to support the idea: using multi-source data for housing market analysis, an innovative model for detecting financial fraud, and sentiment analysis in financial news for investment strategies. He emphasised that future research will continue exploring the deep integration of statistics and AI, which will drive digital economic innovations.
After the lecture, Prof Fan engaged in a lively Q&A session, addressing frontier topics in statistical intelligence and offering advice on academic and career development.
Prof Fan's interactive session with students and staff
Prof Fan with Prof Pan and Prof Fang Kaitai
Prof Fan with faculty of UIC's Faculty of Science and Technology
From MPRO
Reporter: Uki Zhou
Photographer: Cheryl Chen
Editor: Cecilia Yu, Deen He
