Yifan Yu
Assistant Professor
Yifan Yu
Assistant Professor
Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management
Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management
McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin
McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin
Yifan Yu is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management at the McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin. He received Ph.D. degree in Information Systems at Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in Management Science and Engineering at the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University.
Yifan Yu is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management at the McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin. He received Ph.D. degree in Information Systems at Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in Management Science and Engineering at the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University.
His research centers on (1) the economics of artificial intelligence and machine learning; (2) business analytics leveraging online unstructured data (i.e., text, images, videos, networks, behavioral sequences); and (3) data analytics to facilitate volunteerism, sustainable operations, and social justice. He applies machine/deep learning, network analysis, econometric/game-theoretical modeling, and experimental methods to tackle questions in these fields. He has published in top journals in the area of Information Systems (ISR and MISQ) and received several best paper awards or nominations at the top Information Systems conferences (e.g., INFORMS, CIST, and WITS).
His research centers on (1) the economics of artificial intelligence and machine learning; (2) business analytics leveraging online unstructured data (i.e., text, images, videos, networks, behavioral sequences); and (3) data analytics to facilitate volunteerism, sustainable operations, and social justice. He applies machine/deep learning, network analysis, econometric/game-theoretical modeling, and experimental methods to tackle questions in these fields. He has published in top journals in the area of Information Systems (ISR and MISQ) and received several best paper awards or nominations at the top Information Systems conferences (e.g., INFORMS, CIST, and WITS).
His teaching experience includes data analytics, data science, data management, and business data communication. He taught both undergraduate- and master-level courses during his Ph.D. program. He received teaching awards from the Ph.D. program of the Foster School of Business (in 2022) and from the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management (in 2021) at University of Washington.
His teaching experience includes data analytics, data science, data management, and business data communication. He taught both undergraduate- and master-level courses during his Ph.D. program. He received teaching awards from the Ph.D. program of the Foster School of Business (in 2022) and from the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management (in 2021) at University of Washington.
He had research collaborations with several large-scale tech companies (e.g., Amazon and WeChat), working as an applied or research scientist. Before he started a career in academic research, he worked as a consultant or investment manager in management consulting firms (BCG, Roland Berger, and Deloitte), venture capital, and private equity companies. Besides, he established an online platform company with two partners in 2015 and worked as an entrepreneur for around two years. He enjoys volunteer work. He worked as the president of the Tsinghua Cyrus Tang Volunteer Association from 2014 to 2015. He received the Top 10 Volunteers of Tsinghua Graduate Students award in 2017.
He had research collaborations with several large-scale tech companies (e.g., Amazon and WeChat), working as an applied or research scientist. Before he started a career in academic research, he worked as a consultant or investment manager in management consulting firms (BCG, Roland Berger, and Deloitte), venture capital, and private equity companies. Besides, he established an online platform company with two partners in 2015 and worked as an entrepreneur for around two years. He enjoys volunteer work. He worked as the president of the Tsinghua Cyrus Tang Volunteer Association from 2014 to 2015. He received the Top 10 Volunteers of Tsinghua Graduate Students award in 2017.
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." — Henry David Thoreau, Walden