Research & Projects (List) | Center for Business and Social Analytics

AI-Driven Analytics for Business & Society

At CBSA, we leverage cutting-edge AI and data science to transform business decisions and social impact. By developing predictive models, sentiment analysis tools, and innovative indices, we turn complex data into actionable intelligence for markets, policymakers, and society. Explore how our research drives meaningful change through the projects below.

Hong Kong’s AI Talent Market: Structural Mismatches Between Supply and Industry Demand

AI for Business

A new report by the Center for Business and Social Analytics (CBSA) at HKUST Business School—Hong Kong’s AI Talent Market: Structural Mismatches Between Supply and Industry Demand—takes a data-driven look at the city’s fast-growing AI workforce and reveals three critical mismatches: experience, skills, and ecosystem.

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

AI for Business

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.

Hong Kong Climate Policy Uncertainty Index (HKCPU)

AI for Society

The HKCPU quantitatively assesses climate policy uncertainty in Hong Kong, aiding stakeholders in analyzing risks and public perceptions.

Wisers-HKUST Tourism Index

AI for Society

Developed in collaboration with Wisers Information Limited, the Tourism Index is a predictive index of tourism demand derived from social big data and powered by the latest natural language processing technologies and advanced statistical models.