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Driven by Data.
Anchored in Theory.

Hi! I am Rui (/reɪ/). I am a Ph.D. candidate in Management Information Systems at Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. I will be on job market in Fall 2025.

Research Interest: Technology governance, cyber security, information systems, AI in business.

Feel free to reach out to me at rui.cao@sauder.ubc.ca. I will be attending CIST 2025, INFORMS Annual Meeting 2025, and ICIS 2025.

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Education

The University of British Columbia

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Management Information Systems
Supervisor: Hasan Cavusoglu
Committee Member: Moksh Matta, Ning Nan
2021 - 2026
Thesis: Three Essays about Cybersecurity Risk Managament
Master of Science - MS, Management Information Systems
Supervisor: Gene Moo Lee, Hasan Cavusoglu

2018 - 2020
Thesis: Corporate Social Network Analysis - A Deep Learning Approach

Illinois Wesleyan University

Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
Bachelor of Science - BS, Accounting
2014 - 2018
Dean's List, Merit-based scholarship

Publications

Cao R, Matta M, Cavusoglu H, Aziz A, Kafaee O (2025) Is Prevention better than Cure? Effects of Cyber Risk Disclosures on Shareholder Response to Breaches. Information Systems Research.
Cao R, Naumov P (2022) The Limits of Morality in Strategic Games. Proceedings of the Thirty-First International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence IJCAI-22: 2561-2567.
Cao R, Naumov P (2020) Knowing the price of success. Artificial Intelligence 284: 103287.
Cao R, Naumov P (2017) Budget-Constrained Dynamics in Multiagent Systems. Proceedings of the Thirty-First International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence IJCAI-17 Vol 17: 915-921.