Yaxuan Yin

Biography

My research interests are diverse but primarily focus on how societal inequalities are perpetuated through online platforms, including peer production systems like Wikipedia and OpenStreetMap, and the sharing economy platforms such as Uber and Airbnb. By examining these disparities through the lens of geography, I explore the implications for production and community sustainability. Overall, I seek to understand how various design decisions and the algorithms underlying these platforms might influence who benefits from them. IDS Faculty Affiliate Supervisor: Jacob Thebault-Spieker Research Areas: Social Computing; Human-centered Data Science; Human-Computer Interaction Publications: Yaxuan Yin, Longjie Guo, and Jacob Thebault-Spieker 2024. Productivity or Equity? Tradeoffs in Volunteer Microtasking in Humanitarian OpenStreetMap. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 8, CSCW1. https://doi.org/10.1145/3637390