Blockchain, Crypto Assets, and Financial Innovation: A Decade of Insights and Advances
暫譯: 區塊鏈、加密資產與金融創新：十年的洞察與進展

Dr. Gang Kou is Distinguished Professor of Chang Jiang Scholars Program in Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and vice director of Xiangjiang Laboratory. Previously, he was a professor of School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, and a research scientist in Thomson Co., R&D. He received his Ph.D. in Information Technology from the College of Information Science & Technology, Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha; Master degree in Dept of Computer Science, Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha; and B.S. degree in Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, China. He has published more than 200 papers in various peer-reviewed journals, such as Science, Nature communications. Gang Kou's h-index is 74 and his papers have been cited by others for more than 20000 times. He is listed as the Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science).

Professor Yongqiang Li is currently the President of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. He is a recipient of the State Council's Special Allowance and has been selected for the Ministry of Education's "New Century Excellent Talents Support Program." Professor Li's research primarily focuses on social networks, marketing organizational behavior, and higher education teaching. He has published over 60 academic papers.

Professor Zongyi Zhang is currently the President of Xiamen University and has previously served as the President of Chongqing University and Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and has been selected as a leading talent in the 'Ten Thousand Talents Plan' for philosophy and social sciences. Professor Zhang's research interests mainly focus on transitional economics and growth, technology innovation and management, financial risk management, and energy economics and management. He has published over 250 papers in academic journals and conferences, and authored 12 academic books and textbooks.

Professor J. Leon Zhao was formerly Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Information Systems at the City University of Hong Kong, and the Eller Professor and Interim Head of the Department of Management Information Systems at the University of Arizona. He is the co-editor of Springer's Financial Innovation and the associate editor of several academic journals. He has hosted many international conferences in the field of information technology and edited special issues for more than 20 academic journals. He won the IBM Academic Award in 2005, Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor of Tsinghua University in 2009, and Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor of the Chinese University Hong Kong (Shenzhen) in 2022. His research interests include Generative AI applications, Agentic workflow, human AI collaboration, blockchain technology and applications, and big data finance and healthcare.

Professor Zhi Zhuo has previously served as the President of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and Shandong University of Finance and Economics. He is a recipient of the State Council's Government Special Allowance and the Humboldt Research Fellowship. His research primarily focuses on commercial insurance, risk management, and actuarial science. Professor Zhuo has published over 100 academic papers and authored nine individual books and textbooks.

高剛博士是西南財經大學長江學者特聘教授及湘江實驗室副主任。之前，他曾擔任電子科技大學管理與經濟學院教授，以及湯姆森公司研發部的研究科學家。他在內布拉斯加州奧馬哈大學資訊科學與技術學院獲得資訊技術博士學位；在內布拉斯加州奧馬哈大學計算機科學系獲得碩士學位；以及在中國清華大學物理系獲得學士學位。他在各類同行評審期刊上發表了超過200篇論文，如《科學》和《自然通訊》。高剛的h指數為74，他的論文被引用超過20000次。他被科睿唯安（Clarivate Analytics）列為高被引研究者（Highly Cited Researcher）。

李永強教授目前是西南財經大學校長。他是國務院特殊津貼的獲得者，並被選為教育部「新世紀優秀人才支持計劃」的成員。李教授的研究主要集中在社會網絡、行銷組織行為和高等教育教學方面。他已發表超過60篇學術論文。

張宗義教授目前是廈門大學校長，曾擔任重慶大學和西南財經大學校長。他是國家優秀青年科學基金的獲得者，並被選為哲學社會科學「千人計劃」的領軍人才。張教授的研究興趣主要集中在轉型經濟與增長、技術創新與管理、金融風險管理以及能源經濟與管理。他在學術期刊和會議上發表了超過250篇論文，並著有12本學術書籍和教科書。

趙建倫教授曾任香港城市大學資訊系主任及講座教授，並擔任亞利桑那大學管理資訊系的Eller教授及臨時系主任。他是Springer的《金融創新》期刊的共同編輯，並擔任多個學術期刊的副編輯。他在資訊技術領域主辦了多個國際會議，並為超過20個學術期刊編輯特刊。他於2005年獲得IBM學術獎，2009年成為清華大學長江學者講座教授，2022年成為香港中文大學（深圳）長江學者講座教授。他的研究興趣包括生成式AI應用、代理工作流程、人機協作、區塊鏈技術及應用，以及大數據金融與醫療保健。

卓志教授曾擔任西南財經大學和山東財經大學校長。他是國務院政府特殊津貼的獲得者及洪堡研究獎學金的持有者。他的研究主要集中在商業保險、風險管理和精算科學。卓教授已發表超過100篇學術論文，並著有九本個人書籍和教科書。