LIN  WILLIAM  CONG

    WHAT'S NEW

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• The launch of the Global Institute on Finance, Technology, and Society (GIFTS) is scheduled for May 29-30,2026, Singapore.​

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• Response to a blog post by a bank advocacy group misinterpreting/misrepresenting my white paper on "Stablecoins and Banking: Deposit Dynamics, Financial Stability, and Regulatory Design." 

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• DEFT Lab researchers won the 2026 Olin Award, second year in a row.

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• Prof. Cong cochairs interdisciplinary CS conference on "CCF comes to SLAI: Agentic Intelligence for Human-AI Society"​

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• Prof. Cong and teams awarded two inaugural Empire AI Compute Grants, the first ones given to economists.​​​​​​​​

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