Yeongin Kim
Assistant Professor
Robinson-Lightcap Faculty Fellow
Wake Forest School of Business
Wake Forest University
Assistant Professor
Robinson-Lightcap Faculty Fellow
Wake Forest School of Business
Wake Forest University
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About
I am an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics and the Robinson-Lightcap Faculty Fellow at Wake Forest University (WFU). My research interests lie primarily in understanding how information and interdependent decision-making shape the societal value of digital systems. I pursue these questions in healthcare information technology (HIT) and digital platforms, with growing attention to the role of artificial intelligence (AI). My current research focuses on three connected themes:
Information Sharing and Coordination: How information exchange shapes coordination among participants with interdependent incentives and decisions.
Participation and Decision Support: How information and digital tools influence participation and support decision-making.
Design and Governance of Digital Services: How system design and policy shape collective outcomes and the distribution of benefits and costs.
In studying these topics, I use game-theoretic modeling, applied econometrics, machine learning, and optimization.
Before joining WFU, I served as an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at Virginia Commonwealth University. I received my Ph.D. in Management Science with Information Systems concentration from University of Texas at Dallas. I obtained my master's degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Texas A&M University, and obtained bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Inha University, South Korea.
Education
PhD., Management Science with Information Systems concentration, 2018,
Naveen Jindal School of Management,
University of Texas at Dallas
Dissertation Chairs: Prof. Srinivasan Raghunathan and Prof. Mehmet U.S. Ayvaci
Dissertation Committee: Prof. Huseyin Cavusoglu and Prof. Young Ryu
M.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2013,
Texas A&M University
B.S., Industrial Engineering, 2007,
Inha University, South Korea
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