Frank Chuang 莊豐源

Frank Chuang

Frank Chuang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Information Systems at National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taiwan. He earned his PhD from University College London, where his doctoral research focused on sustainability, governance, and computational social science. He later deepened his data-driven research expertise as a postdoctoral researcher at The Alan Turing Institute, the UK's national institute for data science and artificial intelligence.

Frank's current research integrates data science, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and sustainability. His work combines rigorous computational methods to tackle complex challenges in sustainable business and society.

Research Interests
  • Data science and artificial intelligence
  • Sustainable development
  • Climate finance
  • Institutions, governance, and algorithmic governance
  • Blockchain and decentralized finance (DeFi)
  • Computational social science, including agent-based modeling and social network analysis
  • Quantum computing for finance

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⭐ 給有興趣加入實驗室的同學：
這個實驗室大致方向是 AI × Blockchain × Sustainability 的匯流。研究生可以在其中三選二者，或三選三者都可，但也非常歡迎帶著自己的創新題目與方向一起討論。

Frank's Systems Philosophy:

🌍 Govern for diversity
🔐 Code for trust
🌿 Regenerate for the future

🌍 治理促進多元
🔐 代碼架構信任
🌿 再生共創未來

🪴 Education

  • PhD, 2022
    University College London (倫敦大學學院), United Kingdom
    • The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) (supervised by Prof. Ed Manley)
    • The Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP) (supervised by Prof. Arthur Petersen)
  • MSc (Sustainability and Social Innovation), 2016
    HEC Paris (巴黎高等商學院), France
  • MBA (Information Management), 2005
    National Taiwan University (國立臺灣大學), Taiwan
  • BBA (Information Management), 2001
    National Taiwan University (國立臺灣大學), Taiwan

⏳ Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Management Information Systems, National Chengchi University (國立政治大學), Taiwan, 2024—Present
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, The Alan Turing Institute (英國圖靈研究院), United Kingdom, 2022—2024
  • Consultant (promoted from Trainee), IBM, Taiwan, 2005—2008

📚 Teaching Portfolio

  1. IT Innovation (資訊科技創新) - Undergraduate
  2. Operating Systems (作業系統) - Undergraduate
  3. Learning Algorithms and Quantum Computing (學習演算法與量子計算) - Graduate & Undergraduate
  4. Advanced Innovative Information Technology (進階創新科技技術) - Graduate
  5. Blockchain and the Token Economy (區塊鏈與代幣經濟) - Undergraduate / Graduate

💡 Selected Publications

  1. The role of worldviews in the governance of sustainable mobility, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS), 2020.
  2. OntoZilla: An ontology-based, semi-structured, and evolutionary peer-to-peer network for information systems and services, Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS), 2009.

🧪 Research Lab

I am supervising/co-supervising 10 research students. Our lab is called Sustainable Innovation Systems Lab (永續創新系統實驗室) (also known as Quantum Pepe Lab / 量子佩佩實驗室).

If you enjoy challenging conventional thinking and tackling the world's complex problems, come knock on our lab's door.

如果你喜歡挑戰傳統思維，解決世界的複雜難題，歡迎來敲我們實驗室的門。

🚀 Projects

  1. 2025/05—2026/02 🍀智能合約安全與審計機制研究案🍀
    (Smart Contract Security and Audit Mechanisms)
    🫠 主持人 (Principal Investigator)
    委託機構：財金資訊股份有限公司
  2. 2024/11—2025/12 🍀數位發展部「數位創新關鍵基礎建設獨立驗證與確認服務案」諮詢服務產學合作計畫（數位憑證皮夾：數位身分與可驗證憑證）🍀
    (Consulting Service for the Ministry of Digital Affairs, Focus: Digital Identity and Verifiable Credentials)
    🫠 協同主持人 (Associate Investigator)
    委託機構：迪悌資訊顧問股份有限公司
  3. 2023/04—2024/03 🍀Cityledger: Blockchain for Sustainable Actions and Civic Investment🍀
    🫠 Project Lead, The Alan Turing Institute (supervised by Prof. Jon Crowcroft)
    Demonstration at AI UK 2024
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