Yilun Chen 陈逸伦

Assistant Professor
School of Data Science, CUHK-Shenzhen

chenyilun at cuhk dot edu dot cn 322b Daoyuan Building Google Scholar

Yilun Chen

About

I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Data Science at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen). Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia Business School, where I was hosted by Yash Kanoria. I received my Ph.D. in Operations Research from Cornell University under the supervision of David Goldberg, and my B.S. in Mathematics from Yuanpei College, Peking University.

Research

My research is in Operations Research, particularly stochastic modeling. I often find myself drawn to problems at the intersection of economics, theoretical computer science, and statistics, where uncertainty, incentives, and algorithmic decisions interact. My work spans sequential decision-making under uncertainty, online resource allocation, dynamic matching, and algorithmic/mechanism design, often with applications to platforms and marketplaces.

Selected Awards

  • 2024 INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group Best Paper Award
  • 2024 Chinese Scholars Association for Management Science and Engineering Best Paper Award
  • 2024 INFORMS RMP Jeff McGill Student Paper Award (awarded to Akshit Kumar)
  • 2019 INFORMS George Nicholson Student Paper Competition, First Place