In addition to writing her blog, The Research Report, Yixin Qiu is a Project Manager with Qlarant and is involved in anything related to our Predictive Modeling Solution, PLATO™. Yixin works with developers, modelers, SMEs, as well as outreach and support to deliver a high quality software platform with end users in mind.

Before joining Qlarant, Yixin obtained her PhD in Information Systems from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at University of Maryland and she is a proud Terp. Her research is in the intersection of technology and culture and her dissertation focused on software platforms and entrepreneurship. Yixin’s dissertation essays have been published in leading academic journals and conference proceedings in the field of Information Systems such as Information Systems Research and International Conference on Information Systems.

In her spare time, Yixin enjoys cooking, watching documentaries and her new hobby: fishing.