Steve Yang
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Steve Y. Yang | |
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| Born | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Founding Director of CRAFT, first NSF-funded fintech research center |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Financial engineering, Financial technology, Algorithmic trading |
| Institutions | Stevens Institute of Technology |
Steve Yang is an American financial engineer and associate professor in the School of Business at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. He is the founding Director of the Center for Research toward Advancing Financial Technologies (CRAFT), described by independent press as the first National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research center focused on financial services and financial technology.[1][2]
Yang holds a Ph.D. in Systems and Information Engineering with a concentration in Financial Engineering from the University of Virginia. He joined Stevens Institute of Technology in 2012 and was promoted to associate professor in 2019.
Prior to his academic career at Stevens, Yang served as a consultant to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and as a Visiting Academic Scholar in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA).[3]
He serves as Associate Editor of the European Journal of Finance and has served as Guest Editor of Quantitative Finance.[3]