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Yifan Wu

Member

Theoretical CS × Economics × AI

Cohort
Class of 2016
Joined
Sophomore Fall
Department
Yuanpei College, Computer Science (Turing Class)
Current
Microsoft Research (Postdoc)

BS in CS from PKU Turing Class (2020), advised by Yuqing Kong; PhD from Northwestern, advised by Jason Hartline. Currently postdoctoral researcher at the EconCS group, Microsoft Research New England. Recent work focuses on Proper Scoring Rules theory for evaluating and incentivizing trustworthy AI systems.

When I first joined the team, Captain Lei Yang and seniors Wenbin Hou and Zhuohan Li patiently taught me Linux and parallel programming. Even though HPC didn’t end up being my research direction, those skills have benefited me for life. Two 48-hour competitions took me from a helper to leading my own subprojects — a transformative experience. Ten years on, the team is even more outstanding. Wishing the next generation all the best!