Allen Huang

Professor Allen Huang is Head of the Department of Accounting at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He is also a Faculty Associate of the Center for Quantum Technologies at the HKUST Institute for Advanced Study. Professor Huang leads HKUST Business School’s collaboration with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) to develop a Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Toolkit for the banking sector. The toolkit offers banks a practical reference framework for migrating to quantum-safe cryptography. He is a member of the HKMA CBDC Expert Group and the wCBDC Architecture Community, and serves on Hong Kong’s Stablecoin Review Tribunal. He also developed the Distributed Ledger Technology module for the HKMA’s Enhanced Competence Framework for Fintech Professionals. His research focuses on AI and large language models in capital markets, textual analysis of corporate disclosures, and blockchain. His work appears in leading academic journals and has been featured by CNBC, Th