Dr. Cao is an associate professor with joint appointment in the Accounting and Finance Departments at the Robinson School of Business. His work includes the development of a research program focused on how unstructured big data and emerging AI technologies can help guide stock investment decisions as well as executives’ corporate decisions. Because most corporate reporting and disclosure data are unstructured and high-dimensional, such as text and images, this research topic is crucial for disclosure research in the field of accounting and Fintech, corporate finance & investment research in the field of finance.