Dr. Yikun Jiang

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Yikun Jiang is an Assistant Professor at the Mitch Daniels School of Business at Purdue University. His research focuses on understanding individuals' decisions in digital platforms and how these decisions inform platform strategies. He combines design and implementation of large-scale field experiments, causal inference, structural modeling, and machine learning to analyze unstructured data, aiming to answer pertinent research questions. Yikun holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to his doctoral studies, he completed his bachelor's degree at McGill University and spent a year as a Ph.D. student in Quantitative Marketing at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.

Research Interests

Requirements for Purdue University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:135
Overall
Required:135
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in CS or related field Foundational concepts of computer science Data structures Computer architecture Operating systems Mathematics through differential equations Linear and matrix algebra
Application Checklist
  • Official Transcripts
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal History Statement
  • Resume
  • Three Letters of Recommendation
  • CS Supplementary Form
Specialization Notes

GRE is not required.