Jian Gao
Assistant Professor at The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
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Top SchoolJian Gao is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong with 11 years of research experience at the intersection of Science of Science, Computational Social Science, Network Science, and Economic Geography. His trajectory includes postdoctoral and research faculty roles at Northwestern’s Kellogg School and visiting research at MIT Media Lab and Boston University, reflecting a strong blend of theoretical network science and applied socio-economic systems work. Jian holds a PhD in Network Sciences and has a background in computational and applied mathematics, enabling rigorous quantitative approaches to complex social systems. He is known for translating network-theoretic insights into empirical studies of scientific and economic landscapes, often bridging methodological innovation with real-world data. Based in Hong Kong, he brings a global perspective shaped by training and collaborations across China, the US, and international labs.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Network Sciences, Socio-economic System, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Network Sciences, Socio-economic System at University of Electronic Science and TechnologyVisiting Student, Social Economic Systems, Network Sciences, Visiting Student, Social Economic Systems, Network Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chinese, English
Github Skills (32)
boost8
websocket-client8
asio8
staging8
networking7
websocket7
http-server7
cpp6
nodejs6
dom6
ethereum6
server6
http6
windows6
linux6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kylejan/leetcode
Jan 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:97 commits, 99 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
kylejan/tier
May 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:164 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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