PhD Careers and Internships at Yahoo!
David Reiley, Course 14, PhD '96
Tue Jan 18, 10-11:00am, E51-345
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Technology industry laboratories employ some of the world's best academic computer scientists, and recently they have begun to employ world-class social scientists as well. Yahoo!'s Microeconomics and Social Systems (MESS) group engages in self-directed scientific research in economics, sociology, mechanism design, and human-computer interaction. In this session, I will present the perspective of an MIT economics PhD who spent thirteen years as a university professor before moving to Yahoo! I plan to describe career opportunities at Yahoo! Labs, including the unique opportunities afforded by access to business executives, to data, and to interdisciplinary collaborations with computer scientists and other social scientists. We will look at a sampling of ongoing research projects at Yahoo!, discuss careers at Yahoo! and other technology companies, and talk about internship opportunities for early-year PhD students, particularly in economics. The format will be interactive, with plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, E52-252, x3-3399, levitsky@mit.edu
Sponsor: Economics
Latest update: 28-Dec-2010
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