Lu Cao

Assistant Professor

Email: lucyk _at_ fudan.edu.cn
Research Fields: Mean Field Games, Mechanism Design, Privacy Computing
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Bio

Lucy is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed at Fudan University and the Shanghai Institute for Mathematical Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Sydney, specializing in Mean Field Games, Mechanism Design, and interdisciplinary research that connects mathematical sciences with planetary physics. Lucy gained extensive teaching experience at the University of Sydney before serving as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University. In addition to her academic career, Lucy has industry experience as Head of Research at a Sydney-based investment firm, where she produced research reports, developed investment strategies, and contributed to portfolio growth.

Education Experience

  • PhD in Applied Mathematics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • Bachelor of Science (Honours), The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • Executive Program, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA

Work Experience

  • 2019.6 – 2023.5: Postdoctoral Fellow, Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University
  • 2010.2 – 2018.10: Casual Academic, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney

Honors and Awards

  • Wiley Outstanding Open Science Author of the Year 2022

Publications

  1.   Two distinct current systems in the ionosphere of Mars
       Nature Communications, November 9, 2024
       DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54073-9
       Co-authors: Jiawei Gao, Shibang Li, Anna Mittelholz, Zhaojin Rong, Moa Persson, Zhen Shi, Haoyu Lu, Chi Zhang, Xiaodong Wang, Chuanfei Dong, et al.
  2.   Mercury’s Field-aligned Currents: Perspectives from Hybrid Simulations
       Preprint, March 4, 2024
       DOI: 10.22541/essoar.170957392.22669129/v1
       Co-authors: Zhen Shi, Zhaojin Rong, Shahab Fatemi, Chuanfei Dong, Jiawei Gao, James A. Slavin, Fei He, Yong Wei, Mats Holmström, et al.
  3.   Characterizing the current systems in the Martian ionosphere
       arXiv, 2024
       DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2408.03075
       Co-authors: Jiawei Gao, Shibang Li, Anna Mittelholz, Zhaojin Rong, Moa Persson, Zhen Shi, Haoyu Lu, Chi Zhang, Xiaodong Wang, Chuanfei Dong, et al.
  4.   Properties of Flapping Current Sheet of the Martian Magnetotail
       Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, April 2023
       DOI: 10.1029/2022JA031232
       Co-authors: Chi Zhang, Zhaojin Rong, Lulu Zhang, Jiawei Gao, Zhen Shi, Chao Shen, Yong Wei
  5.   The orbit schemes to monitor Martian dust storms: Benefits to China’s future Mars missions
       Chinese Science Bulletin, March 1, 2023
       DOI: 10.1360/TB-2022-0756
       Co-authors: Zhaojin Rong, Yong Wei, Fei He, Jiawei Gao, Kai Fan, Yuqi Wang, Limei Yan, Zhipeng Ren, Xu Zhou, Ning Tan, Tao Yu
  6.   Two Types of Martian Magnetotail Current Sheets: MAVEN Observations of Ion Composition
       Geophysical Research Letters, January 28, 2023
       DOI: 10.1029/2022GL102630
       Co-authors: Xianzhe Li, Zhaojin Rong, Markus Fraenz, Chi Zhang, Zhen Shi, Jiawei Gao, Malcolm W. Dunlop, Yong Wei
  7.   Secure and Private Vickrey Auction Protocols: A Secure Multiparty Computation Approach
       arXiv, 2023
       DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2304.14626
       Co-authors: Mengfan Lyu, Lei Zhang
  8.   An Eastward Current Encircling Mercury
       Geophysical Research Letters, 2022
       DOI: 10.1029/2022GL098415
       Co-authors: Zhen Shi, Zhaojin Rong, Shahab Fatemi, James A. Slavin, Chuanfei Dong, Lei Wang, Jun Zhong, Jasper S. Halekas, Mats Holmström, et al.
  9.   Mars-Ward Ion Flows in the Martian Magnetotail: Mars Express Observations
       Geophysical Research Letters, 2022
       DOI: 10.1029/2022GL100691
       Co-authors: Chi Zhang, Yoshifumi Futaana, Hans Nilsson, Zhaojin Rong, Moa Persson, Xiaodong Wang, Gabriella Stenberg Wieser, Stas Barabash, Chuanfei Dong, et al.
  10.   Three-Dimensional Configuration of Induced Magnetic Fields Around Mars
       Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2022
       DOI: 10.1029/2022JE007334
       Co-authors: Chi Zhang, Zhaojin Rong, Hans Nilsson, Zhen Shi, Fei He, Jiawei Gao, Xianzhe Li, Yoshifumi Futaana, Robin Ramstad, et al.
  11.   MAVEN Observations of Periodic Low-altitude Plasma Clouds at Mars
       The Astrophysical Journal Letters, December 1, 2021
       DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac3a7d
       Co-authors: Chi Zhang, Zhaojin Rong, Hans Nilsson, Shaosui Xu, Yoshifumi Futaana, Jun Zhong, Markus Fraenz, Kun Li, Hui Zhang, Kai Fan, Lei Wang, Mats Holmström, Yasong Ge, Jun Cui
  12.   A New Technique to Diagnose the Geomagnetic Field Based on a Single Circular Current Loop Model
       Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, November 2021
       DOI: 10.1029/2021JB022778
       Co-authors: Zhaojin Rong, Yong Wei, Masatoshi Yamauchi, Weiyu Xu, Donglai Kong, Jun Cui, Chao Shen, Yuyang Yang, Ruoxiang Zhu, Jun Zhong, Lihua Chai
  13.   A Spherical Harmonic Martian Crustal Magnetic Field Model Combining Data Sets of MAVEN and MGS
       Earth and Space Science, October 2021
       DOI: 10.1029/2021EA001860
       Co-authors: Jiawei Gao, Zhaojin Rong, Malcolm Dunlop, Xiaodong Li, Di Liu, Yong Wei
  14.   Statistical Properties of Solar Wind Upstream of Mars: MAVEN Observations
       The Astrophysical Journal, April 1, 2021
       DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abed50
       Co-authors: Di Liu, Zhaojin Rong, Jiawei Gao, Jiansen He, Malcolm Wray Dunlop, Limei Yan, Kai Fan, Yong Wei
  15.   A Single‐Point Method to Quantitatively Diagnose the Magnetotail Flapping Motion
       Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, February 2021
       DOI: 10.1029/2020JA028200
       Co-authors: Zhaojin Rong, Chi Zhang, Chao Shen, Jiawei Gao, Yong Wei
  16.   In Situ Observations of the Ion Diffusion Region in the Venusian Magnetotail
       Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, January 2021
       DOI: 10.1029/2020JA028547
       Co-authors: Jiawei Gao, Zhaojin Rong, Moa Persson, Gabriella Stenberg, Xiaodong Wang, Di Liu, Yong Wei, Stas Barabash, Yasir Futaana
  17.   A Mean Field Game Analysis of Consensus Protocol Design
       arXiv, 2021
       DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2108.09999
       Co-authors: Lei Zhang, Zhennan Zhou
  18.   Examining the Magnetic Geometry of Magnetic Flux Ropes from the View of Single-point Analysis
       The Astrophysical Journal, November 2, 2020
       DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/abba16
       Co-authors: Chi Zhang, Zhaojin Rong, Hans Nilsson, Yong Wei, Jun Cui, James A. Slavin, Yongcun Zhang, Moa Persson
  19.   A Mean Field Game Analysis of Sponsored Search Auctions, April 2019.
       Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/20248
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