Talks
Invited lectures and keynotes
Talks given by invitation — university seminars, professional associations, chambers of commerce, and a guest-of-honour address — across the United States, Taiwan and India.
| date | title | venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Teaching Data Science with AI | Academia Sinica · Tainan, Taiwan |
| 2023 | Data Visualization and Machine Learning | Department of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas · Richardson, TX |
| 2022 | Taiwan and Texas: Research and Exchange Programs at UTD | Bringing Taiwan Studies to Texas and Beyond, University of St. Thomas · Houston, TX |
| 2022 | China’s Digital Hegemony: Social Credit System, Digital Currency and Health Code System | American Bar Association Conference, hosted by the Global Risk Mitigation Foundation |
| 2021 | Text Analytics Applications | Statistics Seminar, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas · Richardson, TX |
| 2021 | Social Data Computing: Mining and Modeling Social Media Data | Guest of Honour Speech, International Virtual Conference on Innovations and Research in Marine Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Academy of Maritime Education and Training · Chennai, India |
| 2021 | Text Mining and Analytics Applications | Computer Science Outreach Tech Talk series, University of Texas at Dallas · Richardson, TX |
| 2020 | Relations with China after the Election | After the Elections panel, Texas Tech University · Virtual |
| 2020 | Artificial Intelligence: Global Opportunities | Vidya Academy of Science and Technology · Kerala, India |
| 2020 | Social Data Collection and Analytics, with an Illustration Using COVID-19 Data | Computing Science Online Conference, University of Texas at Dallas · Virtual |
| 2020 | Social Media Data Collection and Analytics | Computer Science Outreach, University of Texas at Dallas · Richardson, TX |
| 2019 | The China Factor in the 2020 Taiwan Elections | Greater Dallas Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce · Dallas, TX |
| 2019 | Belt and Road Initiative: A Brief Introduction | Greater Dallas Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce Business and Education Conference · Dallas, TX |
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| Date | Title | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | When Distrust Mobilizes: Attitudes and Voting in Hong Kong and Taiwan | APSA Annual Meeting · Boston, MA |
| 2026 | Generational Cleavages in Media Effects: Evidence from Taiwan’s Presidential Elections | APSA Annual Meeting · Boston, MA |
| 2026 | Modeling Media Effects in Taiwan Elections: Latent Voter Segments, Bayesian Networks, and Synthetic Data | Conference on Electoral Politics in Taiwan, University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC |
| 2026 | Media Effects and Party Support Volatility in the US: A Synthetic Data Approach | SPSA, Generative Language Models in Political Science Research · New Orleans, LA |
| 2025 | AI Readiness in Public Governance: Digital Democracy in Taiwan | 19th International Conference on Crisis and Emergency Management, UT Dallas · Richardson, TX |
| 2025 | Media Effects and Voter Loyalty in Taiwan: A Machine Learning Approach | APSA Conference Group on Taiwan Studies · Vancouver, BC |
| 2025 | Media Effects and Public Opinion in Taiwan: A Machine Learning Approach | World Congress of Taiwan Studies, Academia Sinica · Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2025 | Teaching Data Science with AI | Academia Sinica · Tainan, Taiwan |
| 2025 | A Comparative Study of Democratic Decline in Hong Kong and Nicaragua: An NLP Approach | Global Research Association of Politics in Hong Kong, University of St. Thomas · Houston, TX |
| 2025 | Modeling Political Support Dynamics Using Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Networks: A Synthetic Data Approach | SPSA, Generative Language Models in Political Science Research · New Orleans, LA |
| 2024 | AI Readiness in Research and Teaching of Ecological Capital Governance | 16th International Conference and Practical Forum on Public Governance, National Chung Hsing University · Taichung, Taiwan |
| 2024 | Media Use and Partisanship: A Longitudinal Study of Taiwan Voters | Conference of the Taiwan and Asia Program, Sam Houston State University · Huntsville, TX |
| 2024 | Random Regret Minimization Models of Electoral Choice in Taiwan | APSA Conference Group on Taiwan Studies · Philadelphia, PA |
| 2024 | Political Economy of Housing Capital: The Case of China | Midwest Political Science Association · Chicago, IL |
| 2024 | Dimensionality of American Public Opinion on Foreign Policy: A Structural Topic Model Analysis | Midwest Political Science Association · Chicago, IL |
| 2023 | Integrating Public Voices for CO2 Management and Energy Policies Using GPT and Generative Data Methods | 15th International Conference and Practical Forum on Public Governance, National Chung Hsing University · Taichung, Taiwan |
| 2023 | Staple of Hong Kong Political Studies | Conference on Hong Kong Politics, Princeton University · Princeton, NJ |
| 2023 | Data Visualization and Machine Learning | Department of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas · Richardson, TX |
| 2023 | Are We Measuring Internal Political Efficacy in Authoritarian Regimes? The Case of Hong Kong | APSA Conference Group on Taiwan Studies |
| 2023 | Affective Polarization and Partisan Dealignment in Taiwan | APSA Conference Group on Taiwan Studies |
| 2023 | The “Cyber” Factor in Taiwan Elections | Building the Peaceful Foundation for the Uncertain Taiwan Strait Conference, Sam Houston State University · Houston, TX |
| 2022 | Isotonic Regression and Machine Learning Models: Illustration with COVID Data | Texas Methods Conference, University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX |
| 2022 | Polarization, Media Exposure and Hyperpartisanship in Taiwan | Taiwan Institute for Governance and Communication Research International Conference on Political Polarization · Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2022 | Taiwan COVID Resilience: A Global Perspective | Trilateral Relationship between Taiwan, the United States, and China Conference, University of St. Thomas · Houston, TX |
| 2022 | Hyperpartisanship in Taiwan Media and Electorate | APSA Conference Group on Taiwan Studies · Montreal, Canada |
| 2022 | Are We Measuring Internal Political Efficacy in Autocracies? Comparing Hong Kong and Taiwan | APSA Conference Group on Taiwan Studies · Montreal, Canada |
| 2022 | Modeling US–China Trade Relations: A Time Series Machine Learning Approach Using MNC Stock Data | International Society for Data Science and Analytics, Notre Dame · Virtual |
| 2022 | Isotonic Regression and Machine Learning Models: Illustration with COVID Data | International Society for Data Science and Analytics, Notre Dame · Virtual |
| 2022 | Taiwan and Texas: Research and Exchange Programs at UTD | Bringing Taiwan Studies to Texas and Beyond, University of St. Thomas · Houston, TX |
| 2022 | China’s Digital Hegemony: Social Credit System, Digital Currency and Health Code System | American Bar Association Conference, hosted by the Global Risk Mitigation Foundation |
| 2022 | If We Burn, You Burn With Us: Annihilation Motive in Uprisings | Midwest Political Science Association · Chicago, IL |
| 2022 | Cultural Divide and Polarization: Spatial Models on Bestseller Book Data | Midwest Political Science Association · Chicago, IL |
| 2021 | Did Covid-19 Kill Trump Politically? The Pandemic and Voting in the 2020 US Presidential Election | National Chung Hsing University post-COVID governance conference · Taichung, Taiwan |
| 2021 | Political Polarization and Partisan Dis-alignment in Taiwan | Taiwan Institute for Governance and Communication Research · Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2021 | Text Analytics Applications | Statistics Seminar, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas · Richardson, TX |
| 2021 | Revolution as an Ultimatum Game: The Case of Hong Kong’s Anti-ELAB Movement | American Association of Chinese Studies · Virtual |
| 2021 | COVID-19 and Cognitive Warfare in the Taiwan Strait Crisis | APSA Conference Group on Taiwan Studies · Virtual |
| 2021 | Political Polarization in Taiwan: Issues and Sentiments in Party Support Models | APSA Conference Group on Taiwan Studies · Virtual |
| 2021 | Social Data Computing: Mining and Modeling Social Media Data | Guest of Honour Speech, International Virtual Conference on Innovations and Research in Marine Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Academy of Maritime Education and Training · Chennai, India |
| 2021 | Text Mining and Analytics Applications | Computer Science Outreach Tech Talk series, University of Texas at Dallas · Richardson, TX |
| 2021 | China’s Use of Force in Taiwan: A Policy Analysis | Conference of the Taiwan and Asia Program, Walker Institute, University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC |
| 2020 | Relations with China after the Election | After the Elections panel, Texas Tech University · Virtual |
| 2020 | Artificial Intelligence: Global Opportunities | Vidya Academy of Science and Technology · Kerala, India |
| 2020 | Partisan Polarization and Fragmentation in the Taiwanese Electorate: Evidence from the 2020 Elections | APSA Conference Group on Taiwan Studies · Virtual |
| 2020 | Social Data Collection and Analytics, with an Illustration Using COVID-19 Data | Computing Science Online Conference, University of Texas at Dallas · Virtual |
| 2020 | Social Media Data Collection and Analytics | Computer Science Outreach, University of Texas at Dallas · Richardson, TX |
| 2019 | Social Value Formation in the Shared Economy: A Case Study of Community Refrigerators in Taiwan | Social Value International Conference · Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2019 | Political Economy of Taiwan’s Regional Relations | The Taiwan Relations Act at 40 conference, Western Michigan University · Kalamazoo, MI |
| 2019 | Political Polarization in Taiwan and the United States: A Research Puzzle | Taiwan Institute for Governance and Communication Research, National Chengchi University · Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2019 | Polarization and Representation Deficit: A Comparative Study of Taiwan and the United States | Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy, National Chung Hsing University · Taichung, Taiwan |
| 2019 | Clientelist Politics in Taiwan: Reverse Coattails Effects and Electoral Fortune in Local Elections, 1998–2018 | APSA Conference Group on Taiwan Studies · Washington, DC |
| 2019 | New Social Media Sampling Strategy: An Exploratory Study Using Non-API Methods for Social Data Extraction | International Society for Data Science and Analytics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications · Nanjing, China |
| 2019 | The China Factor in the 2020 Taiwan Elections | Greater Dallas Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce · Dallas, TX |
| 2019 | Issue Impacts and Vote Choice in Taiwan Elections, 2004–2016 | Midwest Political Science Association · Chicago, IL |
| 2019 | Trumping the Economy? | Texas Methodology Conference, Rice University (poster) · Houston, TX |
| 2019 | Belt and Road Initiative: A Brief Introduction | Greater Dallas Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce Business and Education Conference · Dallas, TX |
| 2019 | Non-API Based Data Extraction Methods and Social Media Sampling Strategies | Asia Political Methodology Annual Meeting, Doshisha University · Kyoto, Japan |
| 2018 | China Factor in the New Southbound Policy: A Comparative Study of Malaysia and the Philippines | Taiwan and the World in Transition conference, Kennesaw State University · Kennesaw, GA |
| 2018 | Tweet War Amid Trade War: Limitations of Twitter Messages and Retweets for Public Opinion Research | International Conference on E-society Research, National Sun Yat-sen University · Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| 2018 | Partisan Networks and Sustainability of Party Systems: A Network Analysis of Political Parties in Taiwan | APSA Conference Group on Taiwan Studies · Boston, MA |
| 2018 | Democratic Legitimacy and Political Activism: An Assessment of Student Movements in East Asian Societies | Midwest Political Science Association · Chicago, IL |
| 2017 | Democratic Deficit in East Asia? A Comparative Study of Critical Citizenship in Taiwan and Hong Kong | American Association of Chinese Studies, University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC |
| 2017 | Democratic Legitimacy in East Asia: A Comparative Study of Civic Engagement in Taiwan and Hong Kong | Taiwan in a New Era conference, Illinois State University · Normal, IL |
| 2017 | The Impact of Issues on the 2016 Presidential Election in Taiwan | APSA Conference Group on Taiwan Studies · San Francisco, CA |
| 2017 | What Political Reforms Do Citizens in an Electoral Autocracy Want? Evidence from a Conjoint Analysis | International Studies Association Annual Convention · Hong Kong |
| 2017 | The New Southbound Policy as a Reorientation of Taiwan’s Economic Strategy | The Maturation of a Mini-Dragon conference, University of St. Thomas · Houston, TX |
| 2016 | Economic Integration and Elections: A Comparative Study of Taiwan and Hong Kong | Taiwan Election and Democratization Study conference, National Chengchi University · Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2016 | Politicized to Mobilize? A Longitudinal Study of First Time Voter Turnout in Taiwan, 2004–2016 | Taiwan Election and Democratization Study conference, National Chengchi University · Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2016 | A Comparative Study of the China Factor in Taiwan and Hong Kong Elections | Taiwan in the Realm of East Asia conference, Wake Forest University · Winston-Salem, NC |
| 2016 | Trade Liberalization and Disintegration: A Comparative Study of the China Factor in Taiwan and Hong Kong Elections | Taiwan in the Realm of East Asia conference, Wake Forest University · Winston-Salem, NC |
| 2016 | Was 2016 a Realigning Election? | American Association of Chinese Studies, Pepperdine University · Los Angeles, CA |
| 2016 | Economic Integration and “Third Force Voters”: A Comparative Study of Taiwan and Hong Kong Elections | Taiwan Election and Democratization Study conference, National Chengchi University · Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2016 | Politicized to Mobilize? A Panel Study of First Time Voter Turnout in Taiwan | Taiwan Election and Democratization Study conference, National Chengchi University · Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2016 | Integration, Identities and Democratization: The Case of Hong Kong | International Studies Association Pacific Annual Meeting, Hong Kong City University · Hong Kong |
| 2016 | Measuring Sinophobia in Taiwan: Anxiety, Skepticism, and Its Political Impact on the 2012 Taiwan Presidential Election | Midwest Political Science Association · Chicago, IL |
| 2016 | The Hong Kong Election Study: A New Public Opinion Data Project | Midwest Political Science Association · Chicago, IL |
| 2016 | Modeling Hidden Dynamics in Big Survey Data: Models of Voter Attitudes in Election Studies | International Symposium on Grids and Clouds, Academia Sinica · Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2016 | Houses and Herding: Polling Party Support in Britain | Asia Political Methodology Annual Meeting, Tsinghua University · Beijing, China |
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