Yuxin Zhang
Title
Assistant Professor of Technology, Information Systems and Analytics
Office
Mike Ilitch School of Business
2771 Woodward Avenue
Room 434
Detroit, MI 48201
Academic Programs
- Technology, Information Systems and Analytics (TISA)
Yuxin Zhang
Biography
Professor Yuxin Zhang received her B.S. in Mathematics at Peking University in 2010, her M.A. in Statistics at Columbia University in 2012, and her Ph.D. in Information, Risk, and Operations Management at the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.
She is an active researcher, engaged in data-driven decision-making, business analytics, risk management, fin-tech, and policy analytics. She has published works on these subjects in Proceedings, Journal of Rural Studies, Travel Behaviour and Society, Journal of Population Economics, and Insurance: Mathematics and Economics.
She currently instructs classes in Business Analytics as well as a Seminar in Information Systems and Management.
Education
Ph.D., Information, Risk, and Operations Management, University of Texas at Austin (2020)
M.A., Statistics, Columbia University (2012)
B.Sc., Mathematics, Peking University (2010)
AACSB specialty
ManagementResearch and teaching interests
Data-Driven Decision-Making, Business Analytics, Risk Management, Fin-tech, and Policy Analytics.
Publications
Published and accepted peer reviewed journal articles
Zhang, Y., Du, Y., Zhang, Y., and Zhang, Q. "Moral Hazard and Transparency in Peer-to-Peer Auto Insurance with Telematics". To appear in ICIS 2023 Proceedings.
Zhang, Y., and Xu, D. 2022 "The bus is arriving: Population growth and public transportation ridership in rural America". Journal of Rural Studies. 95: 467-474.
Xu, D., and Zhang, Y. 2022. "Immigrants’ language skills and carpooling as need-based social networking: Evidence from large-scale national survey data". Travel Behaviour and Society. 29: 236-245.
Xu, D., and Zhang, Y. 2022. "Identifying Ethnic Occupational Segregation". Journal of Population Economics. 35: 1261–1296.
Zhang, Y., and Brockett, P. 2020. "Modeling Stochastic Mortality for Joint Lives through Subordinators". Insurance: Mathematics and Economics. 95: 166-172.
Articles under review
Zhang, Y., Garg, R., Brockett, P., and Golden, L. "Disaster Analytics for Rapid Relief Fund Allocation: an Iterative Damage Estimation Framework". (second round, Information System Research)
Working paper
Zhang, Y., Garg, R., Golden, L., Brockett, P., and Sharma, A. "Segmenting Bitcoin Transaction Networks for Price Movement Prediction".
Zhang, Y., and Xu, D. "Who Joins Which Network, and Why?"
Book chapter
Brockett, P., and Zhang, Y. 2021. "Actuarial (Mathematical) Modeling of Human Mortality". Handbook of the Mathematics of the Arts and Sciences, Springer.
Courses taught by Yuxin Zhang
Fall Term 2024 (future)
Winter Term 2024
Winter Term 2023
- ISM5670 - Special Topics in Information Systems
- ISM8000 - Seminar in Information Systems and Management
Fall Term 2022
- ISM5670 - Special Topics in Information Systems
- ISM8000 - Seminar in Information Systems and Management