Keynote Speaker’s Profile
Professor Dr Yu Min-Teh University Chair Professor Providence University And National Chiao Tung University
Dr. Yu is holding a university chair professor in Providence University and National Chiao Tung University. Before the appointment of university chair professor in 2019, he has served as President of China University of Technology and Providence University, Dean of National Chiao Tung University, Dean of Yuan Ze University, and Department Head at National Central University. He has been a Distinguished Professor at National Taiwan University and a Visiting Professor at Drexel University. He was also President of the Taiwan Risk and Insurance Association and the Financial Engineering Association of Taiwan. He is also Chair Professor at National Chiao Tung University and a research fellow at National Cheng-Chi University - RIRC. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Ohio State University and a B.S. from National Taiwan University.
Dr. Yu has been a consultant for the U.S. Congressional Budget Office and the Asian Development Bank. He has won many grants and awards, among them the Distinguished Research Award of the National Science Council, the Distinguished Teaching Award of the Ministry of Education and the MacKay Canadian Studies Faculty Research Award. He has also served as Trustee for Fu-Jen Catholic University and Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages. He received the Benemerenti Medal from Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.
Dr. Yu has published more than 40 SSCI papers in areas of financial Risk management, banking, and insurance. Some of his writings have appeared in Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Risk and Insurance, Journal of Financial Service Research, Journal Real Estate Economics and Finance, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of Derivatives, Journal of Futures Markets, Quantitative Finance, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory, Astin Bulletin, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Pacific Basin Finance Journal, International Review of Economics and Finance, Computational Economics, and ANOR.