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Verification
Public sources and scope
This page separates independently hosted records from self-maintained research descriptions. It is designed to reduce same-name ambiguity around Lei Gao / 高磊.
Evidence categories
Heidelberg
Visiting Research Fellow, CATS / Heidelberg University
The affiliation stated on this site is supported by a formal invitation document held privately. Academic correspondence uses the Heidelberg institutional address lei.gao@uni-heidelberg.de.
Heidelberg University Bibliography (heiBIB)
Official bibliographic author record maintained by Heidelberg University Library, linked to ORCID.
View heiBIB Author Profile ↗ · ORCID 0009-0000-2112-8394 ↗
heiBIB is described here as a Heidelberg University Bibliography author record. It is not relabelled as a general “Heidelberg University Researcher Profile”.
Publisher
Elsevier / Finance Research Letters
The publisher page independently hosts the article CEO digital background and corporate digitalization: the role of regional policy, Volume 88 (2026), Article 109135, and includes Lei Gao in the author record.
Conference
System Dynamics Society / ISDC 2026
The official conference schedule lists Algorithmic Friction and Yin-Yang Cybernetics: Reconstructing the Foundational Logic of System Dynamics in the Age of AI with Lei Gao.
IDGC
International Digital Governance Committee (IDGC)
IDGC’s official website lists Lei Gao as Regional Director, Asia-Pacific, and identifies him as the region’s point of contact for research dialogue on AI governance, digital institutions and emerging digital policy.
This is a separate international policy role. It is not presented as a Heidelberg University appointment or as an endorsement by Heidelberg University.
FG-TIDA
Public working Theme #16
The public FG-TIDA themes repository identifies Lei Gao as proposer of Operational Human Oversight Integration for Agentic AI Trust Systems.
Scope note: a public working proposal is not the same thing as an adopted ITU Recommendation, standard or formal position.
30 October 2026 status snapshot
Theme #16 — current working position
Public working proposalProposer: Lei GaoChecked: 30 October 2026
Consolidated Working Structure v1 remains the working structure; Matrix v0.2 and the published UC-6 calibration remain unchanged. Candidate D1 Requirements v0.1 has been shared for technical review. The operator-facing experimental assessment remains a candidate design, not an experiment-ready or validated package.
As proposer, Lei Gao has contributed to the technical synthesis and coordination of the open working discussion. This is not a formal Working Group leadership appointment.
Public working thread ↗ · Detailed research update ↗
A public working proposal and preparatory materials are not an adopted ITU-T specification, formal deliverable or institutional decision.
FG-AI4SSC
FGAI4SSC-I-015 · WG4 process status
The personal research repository contains a public overview of the formal input document FGAI4SSC-I-015. The contribution has subsequently been assigned to WG4 for follow-up within the Focus Group process.
Self-maintained research overview ↗ · Official ITU / FG-AI4SSC context ↗
Scope note: WG4 assignment is a working-process status; it does not imply adoption, endorsement or an ITU standard/formal position.
U4SSC · WG8
U4SSC-DT-WG8-DOC039
This site records Lei Gao’s working-group contribution Operational Human Oversight within U4SSC Digital Transformation WG8. The linked U4SSC page verifies the initiative context; the individual contribution is not presented as a publicly adopted standard or independently hosted publication.
Scope note: described as a working-group contribution / document, not as a published U4SSC standard, Recommendation or endorsement.
Author-stated background
Employment and education
Taizhou University: university staff since 2012; experience includes laboratory administration, elective-course teaching, curriculum work and student innovation-project supervision.
Seokyeong University: PhD in Global Management; thesis submitted; degree expected February 2027. This is an expected timeline; formal degree conferral remains subject to the university’s procedures.
Previous education: MBA, Kyungpook National University (2011); Bachelor's degree, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (2006).
These career and education details are supplied by the author. Private appointment and degree documents are not published and are not presented as independently verified public records.
Identity links
Stable public identifiers
- lei-gao.com — primary public identity hub
- Heidelberg University Bibliography (heiBIB) author record
- ORCID: 0009-0000-2112-8394
- GitHub: leigao-research
- LinkedIn: lei-gao-cybernetics
Contact routing
Academic / research correspondence: lei.gao@uni-heidelberg.de
AI governance / international projects: lei.gao@idgc-geneva.org
Last reviewed: 30 October 2026. This site does not use the private Heidelberg invitation as a public downloadable endorsement.