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Research interests
Computer Science / Information Technology - Natural Language Processing
Computer Science / Information Technology - Big data
Computer Science / Information Technology - Deep learning 
Electronic & Computer Engineering - Artificial intelligence
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Computer Science, PhD, Northwestern University
2015
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ZKDI: A Zero-Knowledge Proof-based Data Intelligence System for Financial and Web3 Data Analytics
LI, B. (CoPI), YANG, Y. (CoPI), WANG, S. (PI) & ZHOU, X. (CoPI)
15/04/26 → 14/04/30
Project: Research
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From Inquiry to Purchase: Optimizing Large Language Model-Based Conversational AI for Enhanced Customer Conversion
YANG, Y. (PI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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How Generative AI Impacts Financial Analysis: A Field Experiment
YANG, Y. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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FinBERT Pro and FinSent: Context-Specific Sentiment Analysis for Financial Professionals
HUANG, A. (PI), YANG, Y. (CoPI) & HUI, K. L. (CoPI)
1/11/24 → 31/10/26
Project: Research
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Multimodal Financial Large Language Model for Stock Market Prediction
YANG, Y. (PI) & TANG, Y. (CoI)
1/11/24 → 30/04/26
Project: Research
Research output
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GAPrune: Gradient-Alignment Pruning for Domain-Aware Embeddings
Tang, Y. & Yang, Y., 26 Jan 2026. 22 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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Learning from Earnings Calls: Graph-Based Conversational Modeling for Financial Prediction
YANG, Y., Tang, Y., Fan, Y. & Zhang, K., 16 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Information Systems Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Adapting General-Purpose Embedding Models to Private Datasets Using Keyword-based Retrieval
Wei, Y., Han, J. & Yang, Y., Jul 2025, Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2025. Che, W., Nabende, J., Shutova, E. & Pilehvar, M. T. (eds.). Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), p. 6856-6870 15 p. (Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/Report › Conference Paper published in a book › peer-review
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ADVERSARIAL MIXUP UNLEARNING
Peng, Z., Tang, Y. & Yang, Y., 2025, p. 38294-38313. 20 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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Bias A-head? Analyzing Bias in Transformer-Based Language Model Attention Heads
YANG, Y., DUAN, H., ABBASI, A., LALOR, J. & TAM, K. Y., May 2025, p. 276-290.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
Awards
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The Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence Finalist Award
YANG, Y. (Recipient), Dec 2019
Prize: Honorary Award