Dr. Hao holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Macau. And he used to work at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) and the China Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team. His research interests encompass financial technology, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and group intelligence.

Dr. Hao has authored approximately 20 high-quality research papers, with over 10 of them being indexed by SCI or SSCI, either as the first author or corresponding author. Additionally, Dr. Hao has taken on leadership roles and actively participated in numerous research projects. He also serves as a peer reviewer for several esteemed international journals, including Artificial Intelligence Review (IF: 9.588, SCI: Q1), CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology (IF: 7.985, SCI: Q1), Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (IF: 7.011, SCI: Q1), Financial Innovation (IF: 6.793, SSCI: Q1), Computers in Biology and Medicine (IF: 6.698, SCI: Q1), Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications (IF: 4.2, SCI: Q2), Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (IF: 3.275, SSCI: Q2), and Mathematical Problems in Engineering (IF: 1.430, SCI: Q3).