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David Easley is a Professor in the Department of Information Science at Cornell University. He holds the Henry Scarborough Professorship in Social Science and has a rich academic background in economics, finance, and network science. Easley's research interests cover diverse fields, including market microstructure and the dynamics of wealth and trade networks. Collaborating with esteemed scholars like Maureen O'Hara and Jon Kleinberg, he has contributed significantly to understanding how individuals and institutions behave in interconnected networks. His work on the volume-synchronized probability informed trading (VPIN) metric plays a crucial role in mitigating market volatility, an area he has been researching for over two decades. Easley's influential book, 'Networks, Crowds, and Markets,' which combines insights from economics, sociology, and applied mathematics, provides a comprehensive view of the interplay between networks and behavior in today's economy. His expertise also spans econometrics and the study of network science as an emerging interdisciplinary field.
Cornell University • Ithaca, NY
Teaching and research in Information Science and Economics, focusing on network science and market microstructure.
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