I am a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) and the Algorithms and Randomness Center (ARC) at Georgia Institute of Technology, working with Ashwin Pananjady and Juba Ziani. I received my Ph.D. in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Nihar Shah. Before that, I received my B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from UC Berkeley.

My research interests lie in statistical machine learning, particularly in applications to high-stakes decision-making and evaluation problems such as admissions, hiring, grading and peer review. I draw inspirations from psychology to model real-world phenomena, develop theoretical guarantees using tools from statistics and computer science, conduct crowdsourcing experiments, and implement policy changes that make real-world impacts.

My CV is available here (updated 02/2024).

Email: jingyanw [at] gatech.edu

I am on the academic job market.


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The goal of my research is to develop accurate, efficient and fair evaluation systems. I draw inspirations from psychology to model real-world phenomena, develop theoretical guarantees using tools from statistics and computer science, conduct crowdsourcing experiments, and implement policy changes that make real-world impacts. Specifically, I identify, analyze and improve three key components: algorithms, people, and design. Beyond technical work, I extend my insights from research to real policy improvements in practice. For example, we compile the data and evaluate the gender distribution in award-winning papers in 16 top computer science conferences in the past 10 years, which shows prominent differences across conferences. [blog post] We also consider the biases caused by the alphabetical ordering practice in scientific publication. Taking cognizance of the biases arising from alphabetical ordering, the Machine Learning Department at CMU has randomized the ordering of students and faculty on its webpages, along with many other institutions. [blog post]

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I play the violin with the Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra. We perform free concerts in the Atlanta metro area.

Next one: March 17, 2024 (Sunday at 5pm) – “Tales of Fantasy and Imagination”
Temple Emanu-El (1580 Spalding Dr, Sandy Springs, GA 30350)