Teaching Activities
At Duke Kushan University: 2020-Present
Seminar/Lecture Courses
Computational Microeconomics (Econ/COMPSCI 206), 4 Credit, Spring 2022 Session 4 Independent Instructor (TAs: Xinyu Tian, Zeyu Shen, Tianyu Wu, Xinshi Ma, Zesen Zhuang, Yinhong Zhao, Related Open Educational Resources: https://ie.pubpub.org/)
★ Host Guest Lecture and open AMA (online): Computer Science Meets Economics, Prof. Vincent Conitzer, Kimberly J. Jenkins Distinguished University Professor of New Technologies, Professor of Computer Science, Professor of Economics, and Professor of Philosophy at Duke University and Head of Technical AI Engagement, Institute for Ethics in AI, Professor of Computer Science and Philosophy, Visiting Fellow at Pembroke College, University of Oxford:
Economic Principle (Econ 101), 4 Credit, Spring 2022 Session 3, Independent Instructor (TAs: Zichao Chen, Yufan Zhang)
★ Host Guest Lecture (online) and open AMA: The Economic Principle for Econometrics, Prof. Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, University Distinguished Professor of Economics, Co-Director, Economics of Education Specialization, Michigan State University, Feb. 15, 2022: https://ie.pubpub.org/pub/jeffrey
Intelligent Economics: An Explainable AI Approach (Econ 211), 4 Credit, Autumn 2021 Session 2, Independent Instructor (Admins TAs: Xinyu Tian, Tianyu Wu; TAs: Chenyu Wang, Jingwei Li, Zesen Zhuang, Related Open Educational Resources: https://ie.pubpub.org/ )
★ Host Guest Lecture (online): Fintech and Cybersecurity by Dr. Jimmie Lenz, Director of the Master of Engineering in Fintech and in Cybersecurity, Pratt School of engineering, Duke University, Nov. 22, 2021: https://ie.pubpub.org/pub/jimmie
Economic Principal (Econ 101), 4 Credit, Autumn 2021 Session 1, Independent Instructor (TAs: Xinyu Tian and Tianyu Wu)
★ Host Guest Lecture and open AMA (online): DeFi and the Future of Finance by Prof. Campbell R. Harvey, Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Sep. 27, 2021: https://ie.pubpub.org/pub/campbellharvey
Intermediate Macroeconomics (Econ 204), 4 Credit, Spring 2020 Session 4, Independent Instructor
★ Presentations of students: https://sites.duke.edu/econ204_001_s2021
Fintech and AI: Research and Practice (MINITERM 102-005), Spring 2021 Miniterm, Independent Instructor (Course Site: https://sites.duke.edu/miniterm102_005_s2021)
★ Host Field Trip: Fintech and AI: A Historical View, Chinese Security Museum, Shanghai, China, Mar. 16, 2021.
Intelligent Economics: An Explainable AI Approach (Econ 211), 4 Credit, Spring 2021 Session 3, Independent Instructor (Course Site: https://sites.duke.edu/econ211_001_s2021/)
★ Host Guest Lecture and open AMA (online): Parallel Economics: From Artificial Intelligence to Intelligence and Smart Economy by Prof. Fei-Yue Wang 王飞跃, State Special Appointed Expert and Director of the State Key Laboratory for Management and Control of Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mar. 3, 2021: https://ie.pubpub.org/pub/feiyue
Intermediate Macroeconomics (Econ 204), 4 Credit, Autumn 2020 Session 2, Independent Instructor (Course Site: https://sites.duke.edu/econ204_001_f2020)
★ Host Guest Lecture (online): Decentralized Monetary Policy by Prof. Yulin Liu, Director & Head of Research at Bochsler Finance, Dec. 10, 2020
★ Host Cloud Field Trip (online): DKU First Cloud Field Trip to Liquity, Decentralized Borrowing Protocol Running on Ethereum (co-host: Robert Lauko, Founder and CEO of Liquity), Dec. 1, 2020: https://ie.pubpub.org/pub/liquity
Economic Principal (Econ 101), 4 Credit, Autumn 2020 Session 1, Main Instructor (with Peter Sattler) (Course Site: https://sites.duke.edu/econ101_002_f2020)
★ Host Guest Lecture (online): The Legend of Economist and the Methodology of Economics by Prof. Gary Charness, Professor of Economics and the Director of the Experimental and Behavioral Laboratory, Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Sep. 17., 2020: https://ie.pubpub.org/pub/gary
Independent Studies & Capstone Courses
Spring 2022
Signature Work Capstone II (Capstone 496-057) for Ziqiao Ao majoring in Data Science, Jennifer Lee majoring in Political Economics, Lewis Tian majoring in Data Science, and Haoxin Yu majoring in Data Science, Jiasheng Zhu majoring in Political Economics, Francesco Cavallero* majoring in Political Economics, Spring 2022, Session 3, 4 Credit (Note: *Registered under Duke Arts-Sci 493 independent study due to exchange studies at Duke University; #Registered under Capstone 696-084 Session II due to full load in Session I)
Research Independent Study (INDSTU 391-001), Fintech and AI, Session 4, 4 Credit for Jiasheng Zhu majoring in Political Economics, Spring 2022, Independent Instructor
Research Independent Study (INDSTU 393-003), the Value of Social Sentiments in Finance: Newsreader Algorithm 3, Session 3 and 4, 2 Credit for Jiayi Li majoring in Data Science, Spring 2022, co-instructor (with Prof. Xin Tong)
Research Independent Study (INDSTU 393-006), The Economics of Blockchain, Session 3, 4 Credit for Zhitong Chen majoring in Political Economics, Spring 2022, Independent Instructor
Research Independent Study (INDSTU 393-008), Automated Mechanism Design, Session 3 and 4, 4 Credit for Yufan Zhang majoring in Data Science, Spring 2022, Independent Instructor
Research Independent Study (INDSTU 393-008), Algorithmic Trading in Crypto, Session 3 and 4, 4 Credit for Zichao Chen majoring in Data Science, Spring 2022, Independent Instructor
Autumn 2021
Independent Study (INDSTU 391-006), the Value of Social Sentiments in Finance: Newsreader Algorithm 1, Session 1, 4 Credit, for Jiayi Li majoring in Data Science, Autumn 2021 Session I, co-instructor (with Prof. Xin Tong)
Research Independent Study (INDSTU 393-007), Fintech and AI, for Ziqiao Ao majoring in Data Science, Autumn 2021 Session 1, 4 Credit, co-instructor (with Prof. Gergely Horvath)
Research Independent Study (INDSTU 393-012), Asset Trading in Blockchain, for Zichao Chen majoring in Data Science, Autumn 2021 Session 1 and 2, 4 Credit, Independent instructor
Research Independent Study (INDSTU 393-019), DeFi and Network, for Ziqiao Ao majoring in Data Science, Autumn Session 2, 4 Credit, co-instructor (with Prof. Gergely Horvath)
Research Independent Study (INDSTU 393-017), the Value of Social Sentiments in Finance: Newsreader Algorithm 2, Session 2, 2 Credit, for Jiayi Li majoring in Data Science, Autumn 2021 Session I, Independent instructor
Signature Work Capstone I (Capstone 495-063) for Ziqiao Ao majoring in Data Science, Jennifer Lee majoring in Political Economics, Lewis Tian majoring in Data Science, and Haoxin Yu majoring in Data Science, Jiasheng Zhu* majoring in Political Economics, Francesco Cavallero* majoring in Political Economics, Autumn 2021, Session 2, 4 Credit (Note: *Registered under Duke Arts-Sci 493 independent study due to exchange studies at Duke University)