Biography

Yifan Ren is a second-year Ph.D. student in Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics (MIS Track) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, supervised by Professor Renyu (Philip) Zhang. His research interests include FinTech and Social Media, through multiple methodologies including machine learning, econometrics, and field experiments.

In his spare time, he enjoys family life with his wife and child. He’s also a Paradox Interactive games enthusiast with 1000+ hours, and a hip-hop music fans. He’s also an amateur astrologer.