Xichen Zhang, Saint Mary's University

Research

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Latest funding

Large Language Models as Managerial Accounting Advisors: Auditing and Governing Reliable AI Advice
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$80,380
Click, Share, Impact: Understanding the Financial, Social, and Psychological Consequences of Online Fake News
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$47,564
Privacy-Preserving Edge-Cloud Collaboration in Mobile Crowdsensing
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 4 grants and awards

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Large Language Models as Managerial Accounting Advisors: Auditing and Governing Reliable AI Advice

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Drira, Mohamed

$80,380

Click, Share, Impact: Understanding the Financial, Social, and Psychological Consequences of Online Fake News

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Zhang, Xichen

Keywords: Online fake news; social impacts; responsible technologies

$47,564

Privacy-Preserving Edge-Cloud Collaboration in Mobile Crowdsensing

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Zhang, Xichen

Keywords: mobile crowdsensing; edge-cloud collaborative system; privacy preservation; task allocation; model partitioning; edge-cloud computing

$12,500

Privacy-Preserving Edge-Cloud Collaboration in Mobile Crowdsensing

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Zhang, Xichen

Keywords: mobile crowdsensing; edge-cloud collaborative system; privacy preservation; task allocation; model partitioning; edge-cloud computing

$32,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Zhang, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Click, Share, Impact: Understanding the Financial, Social, and Psychological Consequences of Online Fake News" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]