Vicky C Yang
@vcyang.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at MITSloan. Understanding human collectives using math & data. Former fellow at Santa Fe Institute.
PhD applications at MIT Sloan are live! Deadline is Dec 1. If you’re excited about social system modeling research and want to work with me or our other fantastic faculty, we’d love to see your application to the system dynamics group!
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Application Information | PhD | MIT Sloan
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October 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
PhD applications at MIT Sloan are live! Deadline is Dec 1. If you’re excited about social system modeling research and want to work with me or our other fantastic faculty, we’d love to see your application to the system dynamics group!
mitsloan.mit.edu/programs/phd...
mitsloan.mit.edu/programs/phd...
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Mastering a skill can take decades, but learning unfolds across timescales from moments to days. A new paper by three former SFI postdocs presents a theoretical model of nested timescales of learning, offering a unified, multi-scale account of skill acquisition. www.santafe.edu/news-center/...
May 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Mastering a skill can take decades, but learning unfolds across timescales from moments to days. A new paper by three former SFI postdocs presents a theoretical model of nested timescales of learning, offering a unified, multi-scale account of skill acquisition. www.santafe.edu/news-center/...
Excited to share our new paper in NPJ Complexity! We propose a unified, multiscale model of skill acquisition—linking moments to decades. Ideated at the
@sfiscience.bsky.social-JSMF conference research jam, and years (many revisions) later, it’s finally out. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@sfiscience.bsky.social-JSMF conference research jam, and years (many revisions) later, it’s finally out. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
May 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Excited to share our new paper in NPJ Complexity! We propose a unified, multiscale model of skill acquisition—linking moments to decades. Ideated at the
@sfiscience.bsky.social-JSMF conference research jam, and years (many revisions) later, it’s finally out. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@sfiscience.bsky.social-JSMF conference research jam, and years (many revisions) later, it’s finally out. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Big thanks to Faye Flam and @bloomberg.com for the thoughtful interview and excellent article on polarization.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
We Used to Disagree. Now We Don’t Talk to Each Other.
Five years after Covid, America's greatest threat is our divided reality.
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April 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Big thanks to Faye Flam and @bloomberg.com for the thoughtful interview and excellent article on polarization.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...