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Day 1: Academic Sessions (Wednesday, May 28, 2025)

Classroom 3001, 3/F, Lee Shau Kee Business Building
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

 

Time Program
   
09:00 - 09:15

Welcome

 
Kai-lung Hui
Acting Dean, HKUST Business School
   
09:15 - 10:00

Session 1

 

Towards Trustworthy Large Language Model Systems

 
Shuai Wang
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, HKUST
   
10:00 - 10:45

Session 2

 

From Gigabytes to Megabytes: Overcoming the Excessive Space Usage of Modern Zero-knowledge Systems

 
Dimitrios Papadopoulos
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, HKUST
   
10:45 - 11:00 Break
   
11:00 - 11:45

Session 3

 

Using AI, a double-edge sword, in Cybersecurity World

 
Ricci Ieong
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, HKUST
   
11:45 - 12:30

Session 4

 

Detecting Machine-Generated Fake News Using LLM-Driven Rationales and Adversarial Contrastive Learning

 
Boris Ng
Assistant Professor and Presidential Young Scholar, Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
   
12:30 - 13:15

Session 5

 

Managing Algorithm Manipulation through Human-AI Collaboration

 
Jiali Zhou
Assistant Professor, Information Technology & Analytics, American University, Washington, D.C.
   
13:15 - 14:15 Lunch
   
14:15 - 15:00

Session 6

 

Merchants of Vulnerabilities: How Bug Bounty Programs Benefit Software Vendors

 
Muhammad “Zia” Ziauddin Hydari
Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Katz School, University of Pittsburg
   
15:00 - 15:45

Session 7

 

Cybersecurity as a Credence Good: Market Impact and Policy Solutions

 
Ping Fan Ke
Assistant Professor of Information Systems, School of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University
   
15:45 - 16:00 Break
   
16:00 - 16:45

Session 8

 

Negative Reputation Spillover in Sensitive Product Markets : Evidence from a Hacker Marketplace

 
Jiali Zhou
Assistant Professor, Information Technology & Analytics, American University, Washington, D.C.
 
Seung Hyun Kim
Professor of Information Systems (with YSB Research Chair Professorship), School of Business, Yonsei University
 
Kai-lung Hui
Acting Dean, HKUST Business School
   
16:45 - 17:30

Session 9

 

Breached and Denied: The Cost of Data Breaches on Individuals as Mortgage Application Denials

 
Min-Seok Pang
Karen A. and William S. Monfre Professor in Business, Professor of Information Systems and Analytics, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison
   
17:30 - 17:45

Wrap-up of first day

 
Kai-lung Hui
Acting Dean, HKUST Business School
   
18:00 Dinner