Allen Huang is Head and Professor of Accounting at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). His research examines how large language models and other machine learning tools can be used to understand financial disclosures, analyst research, and corporate misreporting. His work has appeared in leading journals, including The Journal of Finance, The Accounting Review, and the Journal of Accounting Research. It has also been featured in the Financial Times, The Economist, Washington Post, and Harvard Business Review. He is an editor at the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting and an associate editor at the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. He is also a member of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s CBDC Expert Group and an expert on cryptocurrency and blockchain. Before joining academia, he was a quantitative equity analyst at Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital. He holds a PhD from Duke University and a bachelor’s degree from Peking University.