Wan, Xiang (Shawn)

 Xiang (Shawn) Wan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Systems and Analytics at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley. His research interests lie primarily in three areas: algorithmic product recommendation systems, AI and blockchain, and the digital economy. He uses machine learning & AI, digital experimentation (including field experiments, quasi-experiments, and laboratory experiments), applied econometrics, and analytical modeling in his research.

 His work has been accepted for publication in Management Science and Information Systems Research. He is the recipient of the ACM SIGMIS Doctoral Dissertation First Runner-up Award at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2022) and the Best Dissertation Runner-up Award at the Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS 2021).

 He holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems and Operations Management from the University of Florida (2022). He also holds an M.S. in Management Science and Engineering from Renmin University of China (2017) and a B.S. in Engineering Management from Wuhan University (2014).