Wei Tang | ![]() |
I am a postdoctoral fellow at the Data Science Institute, Columbia University, mentored by Shipra Agrawal. I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis, where I was fortunate to be advised by Chien-Ju Ho. I received my bachelor degree from Tianjin University, China.
The goal of my research is to develop theoretically rigorous and empirically grounded algorithms for decision-making schemes in dynamic, uncertain, and human-centric economic systems (e.g., online marketplaces). Towards this goal, I pursue three complementary research themes using ideas from machine learning (e.g., online learning), algorithmic economics, and behavioral (social) sciences:
Dynamic Pricing and Demand Learning with Averaging Reference Effect
(α-β). Shipra Agrawal, Wei Tang.
Rationality-Robust Information Design: Bayesian Persuasion under Quantal Response
(α-β). Yiding Feng, Chien-Ju Ho, Wei Tang.
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[arxiv]
SODA 2024:
The 35th ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms
Accepted for presentation at the 34th Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory,
July 2023
Dynamic Pricing and Learning with Bayesian Persuasion
(α-β). Shipra Agrawal, Yiding Feng, Wei Tang.
[full version]
[arxiv]
NeurIPS 2023:
The 37th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems
Under preparation for Operations Research
Encoding Human Behavior in Information Design through Deep Learning
Guanghui Yu, Wei Tang, Saumik Narayanan, and Chien-Ju Ho.
NeurIPS 2023:
The 37th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems
Competitive Information Design for Pandora's Box
(α-β). Bolin Ding, Yiding Feng, Chien-Ju Ho, Wei Tang, Haifeng Xu.
SODA 2023:
The 34th ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms
Under preparation for Mathematics of Operations Research
Accepted for presentation at Marketplace Innovation Workshop (MIW), May 2023
Online Bayesian Recommendation with No Regret
(α-β). Yiding Feng, Wei Tang, Haifeng Xu.
EC 2022:
The 23rd ACM conference on Economics and Computation
Under review at Operations Research
Accepted for regular session presentation at the INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing conference, June 2022
Accepted for poster presentation at Marketplace Innovation Workshop (MIW), May 2022
How Does Predictive Information Affect Human Ethical Preferences?
Saumik Narayanan, Guanghui Yu, Wei Tang, Chien-Ju Ho, and Ming Yin.
AIES 2022:
The 5th AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society
Bandit Learning with Delayed Impact of Actions
Wei Tang, Chien-Ju Ho, Yang Liu.
NeurIPS 2021:
The 35th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems
On the Bayesian Rational Assumption in Information Design
Wei Tang, Chien-Ju Ho.
HCOMP 2021:
The 9th AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing
Best Paper Honorable Mention
Linear Models are Robust Optimal Under Strategic Behavior
Wei Tang, Chien-Ju Ho, and Yang Liu.
AISTATS 2021:
The 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics
Optimal Query Complexity of Secure Stochastic Convex Optimization
Wei Tang, Chien-Ju Ho, and Yang Liu.
NeurIPS 2020:
The 34th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems
Differentially Private Contextual Dynamic Pricing
Wei Tang, Chien-Ju Ho, and Yang Liu.
AAMAS 2020:
The 19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
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[slides]
Leveraging Peer Communication to Enhance Crowdsourcing
Wei Tang, Chien-Ju Ho, Ming Yin.
WWW 2019:
The Web Conference
[poster]
Bandit Learning with Biased Human Feedback
Wei Tang, Chien-Ju Ho.
AAMAS 2019:
The 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
Presented as the contributed talk at The first Workshop on Behavioral EC, June 2019.
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[slides]
[poster]