Yan Leng
Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolYan Leng is an assistant professor and computational social scientist who leverages network theory, large-scale data, and machine learning to decode collective behavior on social networks. With a decade of experience spanning MIT Media Lab, Facebook, and UT Austin, he blends rigorous academic research with industry data-science practice. His PhD work focuses on collective behavior on networks, informing applied studies of information diffusion and human behavior at scale. Yan’s background in computational mathematics, transportation engineering, and computer science gives him a rare interdisciplinary toolkit for modeling socio-technical systems. Based in Austin, he actively seeks collaborations and is known for translating complex network theory into actionable insights for real-world platforms. An understated strength is his ability to move between experimental research and production-minded data science, enabling work that’s both theoretically grounded and operationally relevant.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Transportation Engineering, Master’s Degree, Transportation Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor's Degree, Computational Mathematics & Transportation, Bachelor's Degree, Computational Mathematics & Transportation at Beijing Jiaotong University
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (12)
ide6
anaconda6
python5
qt5
language-server-protocol5
instagram5
instagram-api5
javascript4
line-by-line4
profiling2
python-development1
spyder1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
yleng/www
Feb 2022 - Jul 2026
Contributions:166 pushes, 5 branches in 4 years 5 months
yleng/COVID-Weibo
Jun 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:16 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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