About
Yulin Yu is a PhD candidate at University of Michigan School of Information, advised by Prof.Daniel Romero. Her research interest is broadly in computational social science, data science, and innovation. Specifically, she explores the data-science drivers of innovation—data, technology, and people—across science, the workplace, and art, by developing and applying computational frameworks. By doing so, her work uncovers creative strategies across the three drivers for innovation. Specifically, Yulin’s work focuses on:
Publications
- Does the use of unusual combinations of datasets contribute to greater scientific impact? [PNAS'24: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ] [Link] Yulin Yu, Daniel Romero
- Exit Ripple Effects: Understanding the Disruption of Socialization Networks Following Employee Departures [WWW '24: Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2024, ] [Link] David Gamba,Yulin Yu, Yuan Yuan, Grant Schoenebeck, Daniel Romero
- Novelty in what sense? Heterogeneous relationships between novelty and popularity in music [ICWSM'23: Proceedings of the Seventeenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, IC2S2 2021, Special Recognition Award] Yulin Yu, Ben Cheung, Yong-Yeol Ahn, Paramveer Dhillon [Link] [Slide]
- Large-Scale Analysis of New Employee Network Dynamics [WWW '23: Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2023, ] [Link] [Slide] Yulin Yu, Longqi Yang, Siân Lindley, Mengting Wan
- Gendered Citation Patterns Among the Scientific Elite [ PNAS'22: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (40), e2206070119, 2022] [Link] [Poster] Kristina Lerman, Yulin Yu, Fred Morstatter, Jay Pujara
- For more please see CURRICULUM VITAE
Honors and Awards
Research Internships
- PhD research intern : Microsoft / Microsoft Research / Office of Applied Research Mentor: Dr. Mengting Wan @2022.5-2022.8
- PhD research intern : USC Information Sciences Institute
Mentor: Dr. Kristina Lerman @2021.5-2021.8
Teaching
- SI 671/721 Data Mining @ Fall 2019 [75 students] @ Fall 2021 [93 students]
- SI 630 Natural Language Processing @ Spring 2020 [76 students]
- Applied Machine Learning [Online]
Hobbys
Art motivates creativity in research! I am a classical trained mezzo soprano. You can visit my performances at my Youtube Channel . I am also interested in visual art in general. For other artsy stuffs I did, please visit my undergrad life pages .
I am also a big fan of outdoor activities such as: hiking and scuba diving, and I love national park.