Data Analytics
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QIN, Yu
FAN, Yangyang
ZHANG, Zhongju
Harnessing Alternative Data for Financial Forecasting
Financial technology is transforming the world of financial services. Using big data analytics to enhance decision-making in areas such as portfolio and risk management has become a top priority for many financial institutions. Thanks to HKUST’s Yi Yang and co-researchers, institutions and investors now have a novel system for predicting financial risk that ... Read More
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CHEN, Xi
DOU, Yiwei
LEV, Baruch
Machine Learning: The Best Investment Adviser?
When it comes to identifying winning investments, data-driven methods may outperform both economic models and professional analysts, according to HKUST’s Yang Ha (Tony) Cho and colleagues. They sought to “push the frontier of earnings prediction” by “applying machine learning methods to a large set of detailed financial data” for the first time. Earnings are ... Read More
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Does Locker Alliance Network Improve Last Mile Delivery Efficiency?
The Locker Alliance Network (LAN), a cutting-edge initiative under Singapore’s Smart Nation vision, aims to revolutionize parcel pickup processes. This government-led project seeks to enhance the last-mile delivery efficiency for Logistic Service Providers (LSPs), thereby reducing their operational footprint. However, it remains unclear how different locker ... Read More
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UETAKE, Kosuke
WANATABE, Yasutora
Competing for Consumers' Attention in a Busy World
Consumers facing increased time pressure have lower levels of attention, according to HKUST scholar Kohei Kawaguchi and colleagues. The researchers explored how consumers’ attention and utility (a measure of product usefulness) are influenced by time pressure and variables such as the number of recommended products. Ultimately, they concluded that “context ... Read More
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PROVOST, Foster
HAN, Xintian
Explaining AI’s Data-Driven Decisions
Today, artificial intelligence (AI) systems make data-driven decisions in a multitude of applications and industries. Explanations of the reasoning behind these decisions are crucial to the success and acceptance of such systems, say HKUST researcher Carlos Fernández-Loría and colleagues. Rising to this challenge, the authors present and rigorously test a ... Read More
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UETAKE, Kosuke
WANATABE, Yasutora
Competing for Consumers’ Attention in a Busy World
Consumers facing increased time pressure have lower levels of attention, according to HKUST scholar Kohei Kawaguchi and colleagues. The researchers explored how consumers’ attention and utility (a measure of product usefulness) are influenced by time pressure and variables such as the number of recommended products. Ultimately, they concluded that “context ... Read More
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CHAN, Carri W.
GREEN, Linda V.
LEKWIJIT, Suparerk
ESCOBAR, Gabriel
The Capacity to Care: Step-down or Intensive Units?
Step-down care units (SDUs) are a cost-effective way to treat patients referred from intensive care units (ICUs), but they could be failing patients admitted from emergency departments (EDs). In an important new study, HKUST’s Lijian Lu and co-researchers examine the effectiveness of SDUs and identify stark differences in patient outcomes. ED patients ... Read More
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LIM, Hyungsoo
From Data to Actionable Insights: Harnessing the Power of Business and Social Analytics
HKUST’s Center for Business and Social Analytics (CBSA) generates quality insights from massive amounts of social data. Chair Professor HUI Kai-Lung, CBSA Director; Associate Professor Allen HUANG, CBSA Associate Director; and Dr LIM Hyungsoo, Postdoctoral Fellow at CBSA British mathematician Clive Humby famously coined the phrase “Data is the new oil” ... Read More
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Big data is important for business, and the HKUST Business School is taking note of developments in business analytics and reacting accordingly. Chair Professor Lancelot F. JAMES. Department of ISOM, HKUST Business School In this article I present my views on some challenges faced by the HKUST Business School in this era of big data, how it has been ... Read More
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How Data Analytics Are Used in Marketing
A closer look into three main kinds of data-driven marketing analytics – descriptive, predictive and prescriptive. Assistant Professor LIU Jia Department of Marketing, HKUST Business School Data-driven marketing simply put means using quantitative methods to derive meaning from data to make informed marketing decisions. Thanks to the availability of a ... Read More
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