Heng Xu
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Heng Xu | |
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Alma mater | Shandong University National University of Singapore Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Information technology |
Institutions | Pennsylvania State University American University |
Heng Xu is a professor specializing in corporate social responsibility regarding big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. She is a professor in the Department of Information Technology and Analytics and the Director of Kogod Cybersecurity Governance Center at the Kogod School of Business of American University.
Life
[edit]Xu earned a B.B.A. in Information Systems from the Shandong University School of Management in 2001.[1] In 2006, she completed a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the National University of Singapore School of Computing.[1] While completing her doctoral studies, Xu studied fashion designing, enrolling part-time at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.[2]
Xu joined the College of Information Sciences and Technology at the Pennsylvania State University as an assistant professor in 2006.[1] She became director of its privacy analytics lab in 2007.[1] From 2012 to June 2018, she was an associate professor with tenure.[1] In this role, she researched the social and technical aspects of information privacy.[2] From August 2013 to August 2016, Xu was a program director in the directorate for social, behavioral, and economic sciences at the National Science Foundation.[1] In that role, she oversaw secure and trustworthy cyberspace (SaTC), critical technics, and technologies for advancing big data science and engineering.[1]
In July 2018, Xu joined the Kogod School of Business at American University as a professor of information technology and analytics.[1] She is the director of the Kogod cybersecurity governance center and co-director of the robust analytics lab.[1] She researches corporate social responsibility with big data and artificial intelligence, fairness in machine learning, and cybersecurity management.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Xu, Heng (2022). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Robust Analytics. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ a b "Dr. Heng Xu 's Homepage". faculty.ist.psu.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ^ "Home - Heng Xu". robustanalytics.org. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ^ "Professor". American University. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- Living people
- Shandong University alumni
- National University of Singapore alumni
- Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts alumni
- Pennsylvania State University faculty
- American University faculty
- Chinese expatriate academics in the United States
- United States National Science Foundation officials
- 21st-century Chinese women scientists
- People in information technology
- Chinese women computer scientists
- Information scientists
- People associated with computer security