HUANG, Jia-Ping

Last update: December 27, 2023

Ph.D. (economics), Ph.D. in Engineering

Lecturer
Research Institute of New Economy and Finance
China Center for Special Economic Zone Research
Shenzhen University

ORCID: 0000-0003-4774-6590

Research Interests

Cooperative Game Theory, Social and Economic Networks, Mathematical Economics

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (economics), VU University Amsterdam/Tinbergen Institute, the Netherlands, 2011-2015
    Dissertation: Topics on Social and Economic Networks, Completion: April 5, 2016
    Supervisors: Gerard van der Laan, Ines Lindner, Maurice Koster
  • PhD in Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 2008-2011
    Dissertation: Dynamic Stochastic Analysis of Risk Management Problems in Financial Engineering and Manufacturing
    Supervisor: Ushio Sumita
  • Master of Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 2006-2008
  • Bachelor of Policy and Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 2002-2006

Work Experience

Nov 2015 - present
Lecturer, Shenzhen University.
Apr 2011 - Aug 2011
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tsukuba.

Selected Publications

  1. Huang, J.-P., Zhang, Y., & Wang, J. (2023). Dynamic effects of social influence on asset prices.
    Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, 18, 671-699. doi:10.1007/s11403-023-00382-z
  2. Qin, Q., Liu, Y., & Huang, J.-P. (2020). A cooperative game analysis for the allocation of carbon emissions reduction responsibility in China’s power industry.
    Energy Economics, 92, 104960. doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104960
  3. Huang, J.-P., Heidergott, B., & Lindner, I. (2019). Naïve Learning in Social Networks with Random Communication.
    Social Networks, 58, 1-11. doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2019.01.004
  4. van den Brink, R., He, S., & Huang, J.-P. (2018). Polluted River Problems and Games with a Permission Structure.
    Games and Economic Behavior, 108, 182-205. doi:10.1016/j.geb.2017.10.005
  5. Huang, J.-P., Koster, M., & Lindner, I. (2016). Diffusion of behavior in network games with threshold dynamics.
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 84, 109-118. doi:10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2016.10.007
  6. Huang, J.-P., & Sumita, U. (2015). Development of Computational Algorithms for Pricing European Bond Options under the Influence of Macro-economic Conditions.
    Applied Mathematics and Computation, 251, 453-468. doi:10.1016/j.amc.2014.11.071
  7. Huang, J.-P., & Sumita, U. (2013). Dynamic Analysis of a Multivariate Reward Process Defined on the UMCP with Application to Optimal Preventive Maintenance Policy Problems in Manufacturing.
    Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 27(2), 187-208. doi:10.1017/S0269964812000411
  8. Huang, J.-P., & Sumita, U. (2012). Evaluation of Cumulative Random Shocks Generated from a Semi-Markov Modulated Poisson Process and Its Application to CDO Pricing.
    Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan, 55(2), 158-180. doi:10.15807/jorsj.55.158
  9. Sumita, U., & Huang, J.-P. (2009). Dynamic Analysis of a Unified Multivariate Counting Process and Its Asymptotic Behavior.
    International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, vol. 2009, Article ID 219532, 43 pages. doi:10.1155/2009/219532

International Conference Presentations

  1. 20th Annual SAET Conference, Seoul (online), Republic of Korea, June 13-17, 2021
  2. 2018 International Conference on Economic Theory and Applications, Chengdu, China, Jul 18-20, 2018
  3. Euro2018: 29th European Conference on Operational Research, Valencia, Spain, Jul 8-11, 2018
  4. NetSci-X 2018: International School and Conference on Network Science, poster, Hangzhou, China, Jan 5-8, 2018
  5. 18th INFORMS Applied Probability Society Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, Jul 5-8, 2015
  6. 14th China Economics Annual Conference, Shenzhen, China, Dec 13-14, 2014
  7. IMA Conference on Game Theory and its Applications, Oxford, UK, Dec 8-10, 2014
  8. 1st European Conference on Social Networks, Barcelona, Spain, Jul 1-4, 2014
  9. International Conference on Operations Research (OR2013), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Sep 3-6, 2013
  10. 7th International Conference Game Theory and Management (GTM2013), St. Petersburg, Russia, Jun 26-28, 2013
  11. 11th Workshop on Networks in Economics and Sociology - Multidisciplinary Economics and Networks, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Jun 13-14, 2013
  12. 4th international workshop on “Models of Influence and Network Theory” and Tinbergen workshop on Economic Theory and Game Theory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Apr 25-26, 2013
  13. 2008 International Workshop on Applied Probability (IWAP2008), Compiègne, France, Jul 7-10, 2008

Teaching

Undergraduate
An Introduction to Social Networks [Chinese & English] (2016-2017).
Calculus I, aka Advanced Mathematics C(1) [English] (2019-2023).
Calculus II, aka Advanced Mathematics C(2) [English] (2018-2022).
Statistics [English] (2019-2021).
Using R in Financial Statistics [Chinese & English] (2019).
Time Series Analysis and Forecasting [Chinese] (since 2024).
Understanding Economic Data [Chinese, MOOC] (since 2024).
Game Theory [Chinese] (since 2024).
Graduate
Econometrics I [Chinese & English] (2016-2019).
Economic Networks and Dynamic Decision [Chinese & English] (2019).
Advanced Econometrics (master) [Chinese & English] (since 2021).
Advanced Econometrics (Ph.D.) [Chinese & English] (since 2023).
Game Theory and Economics of Information [Chinese] (2023).
Academic English [Chinese & English] (since 2025).

Fundings

  1. Ph.D. Start-up Grant, Methods and Applications in Complex Networks Analysis based on Cooperative Game Theory, granted by Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, 2018A030310608, 2018-2021. (completed)
  2. Young Creative Talent Project (Humanities and Social Sciences), Theoretical Research on Network Effects in Dynamic Decision Problems, granted by Department of Education of Guangdong Province, 2016WQNCX129, 2017-2018. (completed)
  3. Start-up Grant for Young Researchers in Humanities and Social Sciences, Dynamic Decision Problems in Social Networks, granted by Shenzhen University, 16QNFC45, 2016-2017. (completed)

Awards

  1. Outstanding Youth Paper Award, Polluted River Problems and Games with a Permission Structure, presented at 2018 Eighth International Conference of Game Theory and Applications (ICGTA2018), Game Theory and Applications Branch, Operations Research Society of China, Sep 23, 2018.

Professional Activities

  • Young Fellow of Game Theory Branch of the ORSC, 2021-2025
  • Member of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), since 2021
  • Member of the Operations Research Society of China, since 2016
  • Member of The Operations Research Society of Japan, 2008-2015
  • Reviewer of Mathematical Reviews, since 2017
  • Reviewer of Review of Network Economics, 2019
  • Reviewer of European Journal of Operational Research, 2018
  • Reviewer of Open Physics (formerly Central European Journal of Physics), 2015
  • Reviewer of Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 2011
  • Associate editor-in-chief of Sustainable Development in East Asia Countries, Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press (China), 2017
  • Contributor of Annual Report on the Development of China’s Special Economic Zones (Blue Book of Special Economic Zones), 2016-2018, Tao, Y. & Yuan, Y. (Eds.), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press (China)
  • Associate editor of Studies on China’s Special Economic Zones (in Chinese), 2015-2017, Yuan, Y. (Ed.), Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press (China)

Languages and Skills

Mandarin Chinese (native), Japanese (excellent), English (fluent)
MATLAB (very good), LaTeX (very good), R (good)