Yiling Chen

Research Area: Econ and Social Sys
Location: Yahoo! Research New York

Profile

Yiling Chen joined Yahoo! Research in 2006. Her research interests are on the border of economics and computer science, including prediction markets, auction theory, and sponsored search. Her current research focuses on better understanding information dynamics in markets and designing innovative mechanisms for efficient information aggregation, dissemination, and use. Her dissertation research on prediction markets received the Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention in Decision Science (2006) and the eBusiness Research Center (eBRC) Doctoral Award (2004).

Recent Publications, Projects and News

  • Predicting the Future with Basketball Bets - Fantasy stock market games are all the rage with Internet users. Even Yahoo! has its Tech Buzz Game, a fantasy prediction market where players bet on the technologies they think people will search for in the future.
  • Yahoo! Research Earns Highest Number of Accepted Papers at the Eighth ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (EC '07) - Yahoo! Research Earns Highest Number of Accepted Papers at the Eighth ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (EC '07).