Wei GAO

Wei GAO is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Singapore Management University's School of Computing and Information Systems (SCIS), where he serves as full-time faculty. His research focuses on artificial intelligence applications in social computing, misinformation analysis, and natural language processing. Professor GAO leads research on large language models, rumor detection, and social media analytics through computational approaches.

Research Focus

Professor GAO's expertise spans several interconnected domains:

• AI & Data Science: Developing advanced machine learning models for complex data analysis
• Social Media Analytics: Studying misinformation propagation and user behavior patterns
• Natural Language Processing: Creating novel methods for text understanding and generation
• Computational Social Science: Quantifying psychological and social phenomena through AI

Publication Trends

Recent works demonstrate strong emphasis on enhancing large language models for: misinformation detection (rumor verification, fake news debunking), social computing (stance classification, moral reasoning), and efficient AI (model compression, transfer learning). Multimodal approaches and explainable AI frameworks appear consistently across publications.

Academic Activities

Professor GAO supervises PhD students including LAI Yibin, with mentorship focus on NLP and social computing research. He teaches courses on Natural Language Communication and contributes to SMU's research initiatives in digital transformation and AI safety.