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Siyuan (Bruce) JIN (金思远) is a third-year PhD candidate in HKUST Information Systems (IS) department. He is fortunate to be advised by Prof. Kar Yan Tam.

He received the China National Scholarship in 2020, Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (HKPFS) award in 2024, and Young Scientists Program Award in 2025. His papers have been accepted by top IS conferences, including International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), and Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research (SCECR). Apart from research, he has contributed to policy papers for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and has helped secure funding applications exceeding 20 million HKD. He has also organized over 40 IS online PhD student seminars.

Prior to HKUST, he spent two years as a full-stack engineer at HSBC IT Architecture and HSBC Laboratory, developing Blockchain and CBDC projects. His work earned the 2021 Top Performer award, 2021 Role Model honor, and finalist status in the 2021 Global CBDC Challenge by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

News

Jun, 2025
Paper on blockchain-based K-Pop community is selected by HKUST IS Summer Workshop 2025.
Jun, 2025
Paper on rCBDC adoption conditionally accepted at ACM Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice .
Apr, 2025
Paper on code reviewer accepted by SCECR 2025.
Apr, 2025
Paper on stablecoin transparency accepted by SCECR 2025.
Apr, 2025
Had a presentation at the 2025 HKUST PhD Student Conference.
Mar, 2025
Selected as a mentor for the 2025 HKUST Web3 Ideathon Competition.
Mar, 2025
Our IS Reading Group reached 100+ members!
Feb, 2025
Paper on root cause analysis accepted by AIOps'25.
Dec, 2024
Selected to participate in the MISQ Reviewer Workshop.
Dec, 2024
Received the HKUST Young Scientists Program Award (FinTech).
Nov, 2024
Paper on blockchain-based K-Pop community nominated for the 2024 ICIS Best Short Paper Award.
Nov, 2024
Paper on blockchain infrastructure governance presented at the 2024 Greater Bay Area Finance Workshop.
Aug, 2024
Paper on blockchain-based K-Pop community accepted for publication in 2024 CIST.
Aug, 2024
Paper on code reviewer accepted for publication in 2024 CIST.
Jul, 2024
Paper on blockchain-based K-Pop community accepted by the 2024 ICIS Fintech Track.
Jul, 2024
Paper on stablecoin transparency accepted by the 2024 ICIS.
Jul, 2024
Successfully completed the PhD Qualification Exam and advanced to candidacy.
Jun, 2024
Paper accepted for the MIS Quarterly Virtual Paper Development Workshop.
May, 2024
Had a presentation at the HKUST PhD Student Conference.
Oct, 2023
joint policy paper "e-HKD Pilot Programme" published by HKMA.
Sep, 2023
Paper related to software metrics distribution accepted by QRS 2023.
Dec, 2022
Selected as a mentor for the 2022 HKUST Fintechstic Competition.

IS Paper Sharing Group

Inspired by open talks in other subjects, we organize an information systems paper sharing series. Our initial targeted audience is mainly PhD students. We also welcome faculty members and industry practitioners to share more advanced topics in this area. You can email me (siyuan.jin@connect.ust.hk) if you want to join us. [Details]

Contact

  • Email: siyuan.jin@connect.ust.hk