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Yingying Fan

  • Associate Dean of the PhD Program
  • Centennial Chair in Business Administration
  • Professor of Data Sciences and Operations

Yingying Fan is Centennial Chair in Business Administration and Professor in Data Sciences and Operations Department at USC Marshall, and Professor of Economics at USC. She received her Ph.D. in Operations Research and Financial Engineering from Princeton University in 2007. She was Lecturer in the Department of Statistics at Harvard University and received the Royal Statistical Society Guy Medal in Bronze. Her research interests include statistics, data science, machine learning, economics, big data and business applications, and artificial intelligence and blockchain. Her papers have been published in journals in statistics, economics, computer science, information theory, and biology.

Yingying Fan
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Areas of Expertise

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Deep Learning

Departments

Data Sciences + Operations

NEWS + EVENTS

RESEARCH + PUBLICATIONS

COURSES

Fall 2025
  • DSO-603
    Causal Inference with Modern Machine Learning Methods
    A comprehensive introduction to advanced machine-learning tools specifically designed for causal inference.
Spring 2025
  • DSO-569
    Deep Learning for Business Applications
    Apply machine learning tools to business. Write code to solve complex pattern recognition. Build strategies, technical planning, research and analyze data. Present complex technical data.
Spring 2024
  • DSO-569
    Deep Learning for Business Applications
    Apply machine learning tools to business. Write code to solve complex pattern recognition. Build strategies, technical planning, research and analyze data. Present complex technical data.