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Driven by Data.
Anchored in Theory.

Hi! I am Rui (/reɪ/). I am an assistant professor in Information Systems at City University of Hong Kong.

Research Interest: Technology governance, cybersecurity, privacy, AI governance, AI responsibility mechanism.

Contact: rui.cao{at}cityu.edu.hk

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Education

The University of British Columbia

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

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

Publication

Cao R, Matta M, Cavusoglu H, Aziz A, Kafaee O (2026) 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.