Ph.D. Student in FinTech. AI for Blockchain, prediction markets, and AI agents.

hjia351@connect.hkust-gz.edu.cn · jhuaiyu3@gmail.com · X · Google Scholar · GitHub · PDF

Research Interests

Prediction Markets, AI for Blockchain, Market Microstructure, On-chain Analytics, AI Agents.

Education

• Sep 2024 – Present, Ph.D. in FinTech, FinTech Thrust, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China. Advisor: Dr. Shuo Sun.
• Sep 2020 – Jun 2024, B.Eng., School of Information and Software Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. Undergraduate research with Prof. Dajiang Chen. GPA: 3.81/4.0.

Selected Publications

Unlocking the Forecasting Economy: A Suite of Datasets for the Full Lifecycle of Prediction Market: [Experiments & Analysis]. Preprint, 2026.
*Huaiyu Jia, *Luofeng Zhou, Wentao Zhang, Lin William Cong, Siguang Li, Shuo Sun. *Equal contribution.
Paper · Code · Project

AlphaOpsBench: Benchmarking End-to-End Alpha Strategy Operationalization in Prediction Markets. Preprint, 2026.
Huaiyu Jia, Mingxuan Zhao, Jincheng Gao, Zifan Peng, Wentao Zhang, Siguang Li, Shuo Sun.
Paper

Towards Event-Aware Forecasting in DeFi: Insights from On-chain Automated Market Maker Protocols. KDD 2026.
Huaiyu Jia, Jiehshun You, Yizhi Luo, Jingyu Liu, Shuo Sun.
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AlphaForgeBench: Benchmarking End-to-End Trading Strategy Design with Large Language Models. KDD 2026.
Wentao Zhang, Mingxuan Zhao, Jincheng Gao, Jieshun You, Huaiyu Jia, Yilei Zhao, Bo An, Shuo Sun.
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TxSum: User-Centered Ethereum Transaction Understanding with Micro-Level Semantic Grounding. EMNLP 2026.
Zifan Peng, Jingyi Zheng, Yule Liu, Huaiyu Jia, Qiming Ye, Jingyu Liu, Xufeng Yang, Mingchen Li, Qingyuan Gong, Xuechao Wang, Xinlei He.
Paper

From Anonymous Wallets to Behavioral Agents: A Calibrated Policy Test Bed for DAO Governance.
Peizhe Li, Huaiyu Jia, Liang Zhang, Shuo Sun.
Code

FS2M: Fuzzy Smart IoT Device Pairing Protocol via Speak to Microphone. IJWIS 2025.
Huaiyu Jia, Dajiang Chen, Zhidong Xie, Zhiguang Qin.
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Projects

Polymarket Research Stack

• Data Engine. Reconstructs the lifecycle from market creation and fills through oracle resolution.
• Execution Simulator. Simulates execution, liquidity, order-book dynamics, and paper-to-live fidelity.
• Replay Lab. Replays fill-level, trade-only, and L2 history with oracle-aware settlement.

Polymarket Smart Money

• Evidence-based research on Polymarket wallets, from historical qualification and confirmed trades to verified market evidence.

PolyMonitor

• Public interface for Polymarket prices, fills, oracle events, and lifecycle-aligned market data. Project · Code

Technical Skills

• Programming: Python, Solidity, Rust, C/C++.
• Blockchain & Tools: Foundry, Hardhat, Anchor, Git, Docker.