Prof. Vicky Chuqiao Yang

Prior to joining MIT Sloan, Professor Yang was an Omidyar Fellow and Peters Hurst Scholar for the Santa Fe Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Yang received a Ph.D. in engineering sciences and applied mathematics from Northwestern University.

Professor Yang uses math to understand collective human behavior like decision-making and political party polarization. Yang’s recent work includes research arguing that improved collective intelligence can help with risk resilience, and a model that shows the relationship between different short- and long-term timescales within the context of developing and mastering new skills.