Mingwen Yang is an Associate Professor in Information Systems and holds the Grant I. Butterbaugh Professor at the Foster School of Business, University of Washington. She earned her Ph.D. in Information Systems from the Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2019.
Research Interests:
Topics: Fintech, Social Trading, Cybersecurity, Economics of disruptive technologies.
Methodologies: Causal Inference, Optimization, Game Theory, Machine Learning.
Jiaying Deng, Mingwen Yang, Matthias Pelster, Yong Tan. 2024. Social trading, communication, and networks. Information Systems Research, Vol. 35 (4): 1546-1564.
Mingwen Yang, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng, Vijay Mookerjee, Hongyu Chen. 2023. Responding to Online Reviews in Competitive Markets: A Controlled Diffusion Approach. MIS Quarterly, Vol. 47 (1): 161-194.
Mingwen Yang, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng, Vijay Mookerjee. 2022. How Much Is Financial Advice Worth? The Transparency-Revenue Tension in Social Trading. Management Science, Vol. 68 (7): 5252-5268.
* INFORMS Annual Meeting e-Business Cluster Best Paper Award, Runner-up, 2018
Mingwen Yang, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng, Vijay Mookerjee. 2021. The Race for Online Reputation: Implications for Firms, Platforms, and Consumers. Information Systems Research, Vol. 32 (4): 1262-1280.
Mingwen Yang, Varghese S. Jacob, Srinivasan Raghunathan. 2021. Cloud Service Model's Role in Provider and Users Security Investment Incentives. Production and Operations Management, Vol. 30 (2): 419-437.
Mingwen Yang, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng, Vijay Mookerjee. 2019. Prescribing Response Strategies to Manage Customer Opinions: A Stochastic Differential Equation Approach. Information Systems Research, Vol. 30 (2): 351-374.
* Lead Article
Mingwen Yang, Guohua Wan, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng. 2014. A predictive DEA model for outlier detection. Journal of Management Analytics, Vol. 1 (1): 20-41.
Ye Liu, Mingwen Yang, Yong Tan. Coevolution of Trader Networks and Follower Dynamics in Social Trading.
Ye Liu, Mingwen Yang, Matthias Pelster, Yong Tan. The Interplay of Opinions and Trading Behavior: Understanding Cryptocurrency Adoption Dynamics.
* INFORMS Social Media Analytics Section Best Student Paper Award, Winner, 2024
Kai Sun, Mingwen Yang, Vijay Mookerjee. Tipping the Equilibrium: The Quality, Fairness Conundrum of Pre-Service Tipping.
* INFORMS Annual Meeting e-Business Cluster Best Paper Award, Runner-up, 2021
Kai Sun, Mingwen Yang, Vijay Mookerjee. Curbing Anarchy in Social Trading Platforms.
* INFORMS Annual Meeting Finance Section Student Best Paper, Finalist, 2023
Hong Hong, Ao Sun, Dapeng Xu, Mingwen Yang. The Closer You are, the Faster You are? Sequential Threshold Effects in Open Innovation.
Mingwen Yang, Yonghua Ji, Vijay Mookerjee, Cheng Nie. Oblivious Quality Competition: Model and Evidence.
The University of Washington
Data Management & SQL (Master)
Programming Essentials (Master)
Advanced Research Topics in Information Systems (PhD)
Networks and Cybersecurity (Undergraduate)
Business Data Communications (Undergraduate)
The University of Texas at Dallas
Object-Oriented Programming (Undergraduate)
Association for Information Systems Early Career Award, 2024
INFORMS Information Systems Society Gordon B. Davis Young Scholar Award, 2024
Poets & Quants Top 50 Best Undergraduate Business Professors, 2023
Dean's Award for Excellence in Research, Foster School of Business, 2023
Ph.D. Program Mentoring Award, Foster School of Business, 2023
Runner-up, INFORMS Information Systems Society Nunamaker-Chen Dissertation Award, 2019
Conference Co-Chair: TEIS 2024; CIST 2025
Cluster/Track Co-Chair: INFORMS Annual Meeting e-Business Cluster 2024; POMS Annual Meeting Information Systems and Operations Management Track 2026
Associate Editor: Information Technology and Management, 2020-present; ICIS 2021-2024; Information & Management, 2024-present
Editorial Review Board Member: Production and Operations Management, 2023-present
Webmaster, INFORMS Information Systems Society, 2023-present
Secretary, INFORMS e-Business Section, 2025