Lecture Time: June 3, 2026 (Wednesday), 3:00 PM，南实验楼203
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Lecture Title: From Wonder to Wariness: How the Media See AI, and How AI Is Re-Architecting Global Finance
Speaker: Dr. Fang (Frank) Chen, Associate Professor of Finance, University of New Haven (USA)
Lecture Overview
Artificial intelligence is at once a cultural phenomenon and a technological force. This lecture examines it from two angles — the public discourse surrounding AI and the financial infrastructure it is quietly rebuilding — drawing on computational text analysis and industry evidence.
Part I — From Wonder to Wariness: A Longitudinal Sentiment Analysis of AI Coverage in Major Newspapers
The first part investigates how mainstream media have framed AI over more than a decade. Applying large language models and NLP to a longitudinal corpus of major-newspaper articles, it quantifies shifts in tone and theme over time, tracing a measurable arc from early wonder toward growing wariness around ethics, labor, regulation, and risk, while reflecting on the promise and limits of using LLMs to study media discourse at scale.
Part II — Silicon Valley Insights: How AI and Big Data Are Re-Architecting Global Finance
The second part turns from perception to practice, examining how AI and big data are re-architecting finance across three domains: fraud detection, where machine learning surfaces anomalous transactions in real time; algorithmic and machine trading, where models execute and refine strategies beyond human speed and scale; and agentic AI for financial research and analysis, where autonomous “analyst” systems gather data, reason across multiple steps, and produce analyst-grade outputs. Together they show AI not merely augmenting financial workflows but redefining their design, and raising new questions of trust, accountability, and governance.
About the Speaker
Dr. Fang (Frank) Chen is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Pompea College of Business, University of New Haven, and Coordinator of its M.S. in Finance and Financial Analytics program. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Rhode Island, with expertise in FinTech, AI, risk management, supply chain finance, and corporate governance.
His research appears in leading journals indexed in SSCI and ABDC, including the Review of Asset Pricing Studies, the Journal of Banking & Finance, Financial Review, the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Business Strategy and the Environment, among others. A frequently cited commentator in outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and NBC Connecticut, he has earned his college’s Excellence in Research and Excellence in Teaching Awards.
He serves on the Board of Directors of the Modern Risk Society (MRS) and received its 2020 Contribution Award for advancing international risk management societies.
All faculty and students are warmly welcome to attend.
