@YulinYuResearch

Computational Social Science and innovation | Incoming Assistant Prof @uarizona & postdoc @NICOatNU @KelloggSchool |@UMich @umsi PhD |Prev: @MSFTResearch

 Ann Arbor, Michigan
yulin-yu.github.io/
Joined February 2020
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Life update! I’ll join @UofAinfoSci @uarizona as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Fall 2026. Before that, I’ll postdoc with @UzziLeadership at @KelloggSchool @NorthwesternU + visit @MSFTResearch. Excited to keep exploring how data, AI, and social networks drive innovation!
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Excited to attend @acm_chi for the first time! One line of my work explores how generative AI shapes human intelligence and knowledge flow, using large-scale human–AI interaction data (e.g., chat logs) for empirical analysis. I’m excited to connect with like minded researchers.
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2) shifts in social roles in online knowledge production (led by Ji Eun Kim) doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799…

Role Reversals and Role-Based Inequality on Stack Overflow After the Release of ChatGPT | Proceed...

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For those AI researchers who have recently (re)entered the job market, just a reminder that our team— AI Interaction and Learning at Microsoft Research Redmond—is currently hiring multiple ML/AI researchers. jobs.careers.microsoft.com/g… jobs.careers.microsoft.com/g…
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📣Hiring! Two opportunities 1. Research internship@MSR AI Interaction and Learning (Current PhD students) 2. Multiple positions in my lab @UTiSchool on LLM Personalization/Human-AI Alignment (Prospective PhD students) Details in thread below👇
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The AI, Interaction, and Learning team at Microsoft Research is looking for interns! If you're working on your PhD in machine learning, computer science, statistics, economics, computational social science or related fields apply: jobs.careers.microsoft.com/g…
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My team at Microsoft Research is hiring PhD interns for next summer! If you’re interested in understanding or improving human-LLM systems, apply here: jobs.careers.microsoft.com/g… Topics we’re studying include LLM personalization, reasoning, collaboration, benchmarking, ++
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UMSI is pleased to announce the oral defense of Yulin Yu, "The Future of Creativity: Explore How Novel Use of Data and AI Impact Innovation – A quantitative exploration." 🔗 myumi.ch/bVj2b All are welcome to attend in 3470 Leinweber or online from 2-4 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 28! @YulinYuResearch
Announcement slide with headshot of Yulin Yu. Text reads "The oral defense of Yulin Yu. The Future of Creativity: Explore How Novel Use of Data and AI Impact Innovation -- A quantitative exploration." Thursday, August 28, 2025. 2-4 pm. Founders Room (Leinweber 3470) or online via Zoom. Daniel Romero, serving as committee chair, will preside over the oral defense. All are welcome to attend!" UMSI logo.

ALT Announcement slide with headshot of Yulin Yu. Text reads "The oral defense of Yulin Yu. The Future of Creativity: Explore How Novel Use of Data and AI Impact Innovation -- A quantitative exploration." Thursday, August 28, 2025. 2-4 pm. Founders Room (Leinweber 3470) or online via Zoom. Daniel Romero, serving as committee chair, will preside over the oral defense. All are welcome to attend!" UMSI logo.

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New paper from my group at @MSFTResearch! 📄arxiv.org/abs/2507.07935 Promises about how AI will change work are cheap. What does the actual data say? We measured which work activities people use AI for, how successful they are, and which jobs do those tasks. 🧵1/8

Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to...

With generative AI emerging as a general-purpose technology, understanding its economic effects is among society's most pressing questions. Existing studies of AI impact have largely relied on...

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Do you have strong programming skills but need research experience before heading off to grad school for computational social science / business / econ? Apply now to predoc with me and @DavMicRot and @jakehofman DMs open microsoft.com/en-us/research…
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🚨New paper🚨 Excited to share our latest on @Nature today: The PIVOT PENALTY in research. nature.com/articles/s41586-0… More than five years in the making. Key finding: The impact of new research steeply declines the further a researcher moves from their previous work.
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Conventional wisdom says interdisciplinary research is valuable but harder to get through peer review (need to please diverse reviewers, etc). In new @PNASNews paper, @SidneyXiang @DanielMRomero and I partnered with @IOPPublishing to test this wisdom and add nuance (1/3)
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“I deeply appreciate everyone who has helped me along the way—my family, friends, mentors, and advisor @DanielMRomero @umsi @UMich
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Super excited to travel through four cities over the next 1.5 years—Seattle → Ann Arbor → Evanston → Tucson! I’m currently in Seattle/Redmond for a couple of months, so feel free to reach out if you’d like to meet up!
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How did #IGotAThingFor become a thing? Louise Zhu @david__jurgens @DanielMRomero and I explored the roles of networks and identity in the adoption of hashtags in our new @TheWebConf paper (Poster 01, Thu 5pm)! dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3… #www2025 #thewebconf2025 1/9
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I'm Hiring: Postdoc at Warwick Join me to delve into the study of Scientific Prize. Successful candidate will work closely with me at Warwick, and will have the opportunity to collaborate with leading scientists at Northwestern, Cornell and many more. warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/c…
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How do scientists choose which topic to study? Studies of this are dispersed across fields, and it's surprisingly hard to find a review. Fortunately @SidneyXiang has written a fantastic one, focusing on literature in economics and sociology (link in next comment)
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I'm joining @BingCompSci as an assistant professor this Sep. I'm recruiting two PhD students to work on topics related to AI and information ecosystem. If you are interested in joining me, send your CV and a short statement of purpose to my email [email protected]
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