Wei Tang
Scholar

Wei Tang

Google Scholar ID: LTxifDkAAAAJ
Chinese University of Hong Kong
machine learningalgorithmic economicsbehavioral science
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
807
 
H-index
11
 
i10-index
13
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
11
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published multiple papers in top conferences such as SODA, NeurIPS, ITCS, EC, and ICML; Organized a tutorial at WINE 2025 on 'Information Design Perspective on Calibration'; Presented works at INFORMS 2024 on dynamic pricing with long-term reference effects, rationality-robust information design, and dynamic pricing with Bayesian persuasion; Contributed to research on designing confusion matrix for downstream decision-making and the robustness of Prophet inequality to strategic reward signaling.
Research Experience
  • Currently an assistant professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Data Science Institute, Columbia University.
Education
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis, advised by Chien-Ju Ho; Postdoctoral fellow at the Data Science Institute, Columbia University, mentored by Shipra Agrawal; Bachelor's degree from Tianjin University, China.
Background
  • Currently an assistant professor in the Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests include sequential decision-making (with uncertainty), reinforcement learning, information design, socially responsible machine learning, and human-AI interaction. He is particularly interested in how to efficiently and effectively design or provide information/predictions to help humans/algorithms make desired decisions in complex environments.
Miscellany
  • Looking for students and interested individuals are encouraged to send an email with their CV.