Yingda Zhai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Systems and Analytics at the School of Computing at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Prior to joining NUS, he earned his PhD and MSc in Economics from The University of Texas at Austin. His research concentrates on the topics in economics of information systems, including pricing and contract theory, IT market design, queueing theory, cloud computing and the ride-sharing industry. His primary research interest lies in understanding the pricing, resource allocation, and market design of the IT industry where information system plays a pivotal role.