# Yong Tan

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**Yong Tan** is the Neal and Jan Dempsey Professor of Information Systems at the [University of Washington](/source/University_of_Washington) [Foster School of Business](/source/Foster_School_of_Business).[1] He is the director of Center for Data Analytics at USTC-UW Institute for Global Business and Finance Innovation[2] and proved instrumental in establishing the Institute with the [University of Science and Technology of China](/source/University_of_Science_and_Technology_of_China) (USTC), Tan’s alma mater.[3] He was named a [Chang Jiang Scholar](/source/Changjiang_Scholars_Program) by the [Chinese Ministry of Education](/source/Chinese_Ministry_of_Education) and Hong Kong [Li Ka Shing Foundation](/source/Li_Ka_Shing_Foundation), serving as a chair [visiting professor](/source/Visiting_professor) at the School of Economics and Management at [Tsinghua University](/source/Tsinghua_University).[4] In 2016, he won the INFORMS ISS Distinguished Fellow Award.[5] He received the 2017 Best Paper Award in [Information Systems](/source/Information_Systems) from [*Management Science*](/source/Management_Science_(journal)).[3] Tan received the Best Publication Award from the [Association of Information Systems](/source/Association_of_Information_Systems).[3]

Yong Tan received [Bachelor of Science](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) in Physics from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1987, and was selected as one of the 915 students in the [CUSPEA](/source/CUSPEA) program created by Nobel laureate [Tsung-Dao Lee](/source/Tsung-Dao_Lee).[6] Yong Tan received his [Ph.D.](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in Physics from the University of Washington in 1993, advised by Nobel laureate [David J. Thouless](/source/David_J._Thouless). He joined the Foster School faculty full-time after earning his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Washington in 2000, where Vijay Mookerjee was his doctoral advisor.[7]

## References

1. ["Yong Tan"](https://foster.uw.edu/faculty-research/directory/yong-tan/). *Foster School of Business*. Retrieved 2022-01-01.

1. ["Research Centers"](https://foster.uw.edu/centers/ustc-institute/research-centers/). *Foster School of Business*. Retrieved 2022-01-01.

1. ["Yong Tan receives best paper award from Management Science"](https://blog.foster.uw.edu/yong-tan-best-paper-management-science/). *Foster Blog*. 2017-12-24. Retrieved 2022-01-01.

1. ["Yong Tan named Chang Jiang Scholar by Chinese Ministry of Education"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220101200949/https://foster.uw.edu/research-brief/yong-tan-named-chang-jiang-scholar-by-chinese-ministry-of-education/). *Foster School of Business*. Archived from [the original](https://foster.uw.edu/research-brief/yong-tan-named-chang-jiang-scholar-by-chinese-ministry-of-education/) on 2022-01-01. Retrieved 2022-01-01.

1. ["Yong Tan"](https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/Award-Recipients/Yong-Tan). *INFORMS*. Retrieved 2022-01-01.

1. [CUSPEA十年(第二版)](http://www.ustcif.org/global/files/File/News/UstcifNews/2014/Cuspea10Y2.PDF), 吴塘，柳怀祖著，北京大学出版社

1. ["Yong Tan is the Michael G. Foster Endowed Professor of Information Systems"](http://faculty.washington.edu/ytan/files/yt-vita-fac.pdf). Retrieved 2023-08-30.

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