معرفی
Professor Zhou Xunyu holds the Statutory Chair of Mathematical Finance at the University of Oxford, serving as Director of the Oxford-Nie Financial Big Data Lab and Professorial Fellow of St Hugh’s College. His academic trajectory spans Fudan University, Keio University, Kobe University, University of Toronto, and The Chinese University of Hong Kong prior to joining Oxford in 2007.
His educational background includes:
- PhD in Applied Mathematics from Fudan University (1989)
Zhou specializes in quantitative finance and stochastic control, with current research centered on mathematical behavioural finance. This interdisciplinary field examines how psychological factors and irrational human behaviors influence financial decision-making and market patterns, requiring innovative mathematical frameworks that bridge finance, economics, and social sciences. His work demonstrates how missile guidance mathematics shares fundamental principles with mutual fund management.
His distinguished recognition includes:
- IEEE Fellow
- Humboldt Distinguished Lecturer
- Royal Society Wolfson Award
- SIAM Outstanding Paper Prize
- Croucher Senior Research Fellowship
Zhou actively mentors DPhil students through reading groups and research discussions but identifies critical challenges in Oxford’s funding structure. Unlike US and Hong Kong institutions where PhD admission includes financial support, Oxford’s separation of admission and funding causes loss of top candidates to competitors, threatening long-term research leadership. He advocates for integrated scholarship models to retain elite students.
As Director of the Oxford-Nie Financial Big Data Lab (founded 2015 with support from Nie Fanqi/FDT), he pioneers financial big data research alongside the Oxford-Man Institute for Quantitative Finance. This infrastructure enables cross-departmental collaboration across Oxford’s disciplines, leveraging the university’s global expertise in sciences, engineering, social sciences, and law to advance behavioral finance modeling.
