Yong Tan

Education

• PhD University of Washington (2000)
• PhD University of Washington (1993)
• MS University of Washington (1988)
• BS University of Science and Technology of China (1987)

Academic Expertise

• crowdsourcing
• data analytics
• e-commerce
• economics of information systems
• social network analytics

Current Research

• Online social networks, Mobile commerce, Digital content distribution channels, Information security

Positions Held

• At the University of Washington since 2000
• Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom, 1994-1995
• Visiting Scientist at the Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, The Universite Paul Sabatier, France, 1993-1994

Honors and Awards

• Neal and Jan Dempsey Professorship, 2011
• Ph.D. Outstanding Mentor Award, 2010-2011
• Ph.D. Outstanding Mentor Award, 2007
• Dean''s Faculty Research Award, 2006
• Dean''s Junior Faculty Research Award, 2005
• Undergraduate Professor of the Year in Information Systems, 2005
• Lex N. Gamble Family Award for Excellence in the Field of E-Commerce, 2003
• Tyler Scholarship at the University of Washington, 1999-2000
• Edna Benson Fellowship at the University of Washington, 1999
• Dean’s Achievement Award at the University of Washington, 1998

Academic Service

• Associate Editor, Management Science
• Associate Editor, Information Systems Research, 2008-2010

Courses Taught

• IS 579 - Web 2.0 and the New Economy MBA elective on Web 2.0 based business models;
• IS 580 – Information Systems Research Topics Doctoral Seminar focused on current research topics in information systems;
• IS 461 – Systems Implementation Undergraduate course on building interactive Facebook applications;
• IS 460 – Systems Analysis and Design Undergraduate course on systems development;
• IS 423 – E-Commerce Systems Development Undergraduate course on developing E-Commerce Systems using C# and Java;
• IS 320 – Fundamentals of Application Programming Undergraduate course on programming using Visual Basic;
• MSIS 503 – Programming Business Logic Graduate course (for MS in Information Systems Program) on programming;
• MSIS 521 – Information Technologies and Marketing (for MS in Information Systems Program);
• MSIS 522 – Analysis, Modeling and Design Graduate course (for MS in Information Systems Program) on management of information systems development;
• MSIS 524 – Managing Information Technology Projects (for MS in Information Systems Program)