Vicky Yang
Assistant Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolVicky Yang is an assistant professor at MIT Sloan with a decade of experience applying quantitative behavioral models and data analysis to understand collective human behavior across scales—from teams to cities. Trained in applied mathematics (M.S., Ph.D., Northwestern) with a foundation in mathematical sciences and physics (WPI), she blends rigorous theory with empirical data to study organizational and urban dynamics. Her work at the Santa Fe Institute as an Omidyar Fellow deepened her interdisciplinary approach, and earlier industry experience at Airbnb honed her skills in data-driven product questions. Based in Cambridge, MA, she is known for translating complex models into actionable insights for social systems and for combining mathematical precision with practical, cross-scale perspectives.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematical Sciences; Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematical Sciences; Physics at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteMaster of Science (M.S.), Applied Mathematics, Master of Science (M.S.), Applied Mathematics at Northwestern UniversityGithub contributions (5)
vc-yang/vc-yang.github.io
Oct 2016 - Jan 2025
Contributions:250 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 3 months
vc-yang/urban_productivity_scaling_laws
Aug 2017 - May 2021
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
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