Scholars@Duke
Luyao Zhang

Luyao Zhang

Assistant Professor of Economics at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Scholarly Works - Conferences

Quantum-Safe, Efficient, and AI-Enhanced Blockchains for the Web: A Cooperative Tutorial on Quantum Computing, Blockchain Applications, and Data Standards

Conference Www Companion 2026 Companion Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2026 · May 28, 2026 The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics recognized groundbreaking advances in quantum information science, underscoring the transformative potential of quantum technologies for computation and communication. As these developments accelerate, they simultaneously po ... Full text Cite

Generative AI for All and for Humanity: From Zero to Hero with Open Data, Space Computing, and Sustainable Smart Cities

Conference Proceedings SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Educator S Forum SA 2025 · December 14, 2025 Generative artificial intelligence is reshaping creativity, learning, and problem solving - a renaissance for all and for humanity. This one-hour workshop guides educators and learners "from zero to hero"by linking generative AI with open data, space compu ... Full text Cite

Beyond the Prompt: Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation in the Generative Renaissance

Conference Proceedings SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Educator S Forum SA 2025 · December 14, 2025 Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping computer graphics and interactive techniques, sparking a "Generative Renaissance"that transforms how students create, learn, and collaborate. While these tools expand access to powerful creative capabili ... Full text Cite

Unpacking Long-Latency Transactions in Ethereum

Conference Defi 2024 Proceedings of the Workshop on Decentralized Finance and Security Co Located with Ccs 2024 · November 19, 2024 Blockchain systems such as Bitcoin and Ethereum have limitations in efficiency, resulting in an inability to immediately confirm all transactions, leading to extended periods of transactions residing in the mempool. We refer to these transactions as “long ... Full text Cite

Empirical Analysis of EIP-1559: Transaction Fees, Waiting Times, and Consensus Security

Conference Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security · November 7, 2022 A transaction fee mechanism (TFM) is an essential component of a blockchain protocol. However, a systematic evaluation of the real-world impact of TFMs is still absent. Using rich data from the Ethereum blockchain, the mempool, and exchanges, we study the ... Full text Cite

What are people talking about in #Backlivesmatter and #Stopasianhate? Exploring and categorizing twitter topics emerging in online social movements through the latent dirichlet allocation model

Conference Aies 2022 Proceedings of the 2022 Aaai ACM Conference on AI Ethics and Society · July 26, 2022 Minority groups have been using social media to organize social movements that create profound social impacts. Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Stop Asian Hate (SAH) are two successful social movements that have spread on Twitter that promote protests and acti ... Full text Cite

A Data Science Pipeline for Algorithmic Trading: A Comparative Study of Applications for Finance and Cryptoeconomics

Conference Proceedings 2022 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain Blockchain 2022 · January 1, 2022 Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have made algorithmic trading play a central role in finance. However, current research and applications are disconnected information islands. We propose a generally applicable pipeline for designing, program ... Full text Cite