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Siu Ming Yiu

Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Computer Science, Executive Director of the HKU-SCF FinTech Academy, HKU at University of Hong Kong

Areas of expertise

  • - Applied AI
  • - Bioinformatics
  • - FinTech
  • - Cryptography
  • - Security

Major works

Prof SM Yiu's major works on Applied AI, FinTEch Computer Security, Cryptography, Bioinformatices:

https://repository.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp00207

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About me

Prof S.M. Yiu is Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Computer Science at HKU, and Executive Director of the HKU-SCF FinTech Academy. He has published 300+ research papers in refereed journals (Citations: 28,000+ from Google Scholar; h-index of 61) and was a recipient of Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Analytics) in 2016, 2017, 2019 and a top 1% researcher in HKU (2011-23). His research interests include Security, Cryptography, Applied Al, FinTech, and Bioinformatics. He co-founded 2 start-ups with his former PhD student: Quantitative trading using Al technologies; and ChatGPT system without relying on OpenAl, a first-ever endeavor in Hong Kong. He holds advisory positions in industry (Security and FinTech) and government departments (HK Police, HK Genome Institute, Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data). Teaching honors he received: 7 awards from the Department of Computer Science, 2 from Faculty of Engineering and a university teaching excellence award.