Pioneering AI Research for Business and Society

Transforming cutting-edge AI research into real-world solutions, powering industries, safeguarding communities, and shaping the future.

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Welcome to HKUST's Center for Business and Social Analytics (CBSA)

At CBSA, we bridge cutting-edge research with real-world impact. By integrating AI-driven analytics and multidisciplinary expertise, we transform vast, complex datasets into actionable intelligence, empowering businesses, informing public policy, and addressing pressing societal challenges.

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AI for Business

FinSent: An AI-powered Text Analysis for Informed Investment Decisions

FinSent is a financial analysis tool powered by FinBERT, a finance-domain specialized NLP model from HKUST Business School that outperforms GPT-4 in terms of sentiment analysis and ESG classification.