I obtained my Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence (GSAI), Renmin University of China, advised by Prof. Weiran Shen. Before that, I obtained a B.S. degree in Software Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST).
My research lies at the intersection of economics and computation, with a focus on auctions and mechanism design, information design, game theory, and machine learning. Recently, I have been particularly interested in:
- Mechanism design and information design in two-sided markets
- Data-driven mechanism/auction design
🔥 News
- 2025.01: 🎉🎉 Our paper ‘‘Two-stage Auction Design in Online Advertising’’ is accepted by WWW’25.
- 2024.10: 🎉🎉 Our paper ‘‘Optimal Fixed-price Mechanism with Signaling’’ is accepted by DAI’24.
- 2024.06: 🎉🎉 Our paper ‘‘Two-stage Auction Design in Online Advertising’’ is accepted by EC’24 Workshop on Frontiers of Online Advertising.
- 2024.04: 🎉🎉 Our paper ‘‘Optimal Auction Design with User Coupons in Advertising Systems’’ is accepted by IJCAI 2024.
📝 Publications
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Two-stage Auction Design in Online Advertising.
Zhikang Fan, Lan Hu, Ruirui Wang, Zhongrui Ma, Yue Wang, Qi Ye, Weiran Shen.
The Web Conference (WWW), 2025.
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Optimal Fixed-price Mechanism with Signaling.
Zhikang Fan, Weiran Shen.
The 6th International Conference on Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI), 2024.
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Two-stage Auction Design in Online Advertising.
Zhikang Fan, Lan Hu, Ruirui Wang, Zhongrui Ma, Yue Wang, Qi Ye, Weiran Shen.
The 25th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC) Workshop on Frontiers of Online Advertising, 2024.
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Optimal Auction Design with User Coupons in Advertising Systems.
Xiaodong Liu, Zhikang Fan, Yiming Ding, Yuan Guo, Lihua Zhang, Changcheng Li, Dongying Kong, Han Li, Weiran Shen.
The 33rd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2024.
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A Fast Algorithm for k-Memory Messaging Scheme Design in Dynamic Environments with Uncertainty.
Zhikang Fan, Weiran Shen.
The 34th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), 2024.
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Revenue Maximization Mechanisms for an Uninformed Mediator with Communication Abilities.
Zhikang Fan, Weiran Shen.
The 32nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2023.
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Revenue Maximization Mechanisms for an Uninformed Mediator with Communication Abilities.
Zhikang Fan, Weiran Shen.
The 22nd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS), 2023. (Extended abstract)
📝 Working Papers
- Zhikang Fan, Xingrui Li, Shaowen Zhang, Jianpei Wen, Su Zhao, Chen Shuai, Wei Lin, Lu Zou, Ruohan Zhan, Pin Gao. Multi-product Joint Pricing in Online Travel Platform.
- Zhikang Fan, Weiran Shen, Shaojie Tang, Yao Wang. Profit-Maximizing Mediation Mechanisms in Bilateral Trade with Interdependent Valuations.
- Zhikang Fan, Weiran Shen. Selling a Single Item through Persuasion.
- Xiaodong Liu, Zhikang Fan, Xun Wang, Weiran Shen. Information Design with Deep Learning: A Decentralized Training Approach.
📖 Educations
- 2020.09 - 2025.06, Ph.D. Renmin University of China.
- 2016.09 - 2020.06, B.S. Huazhong University of Science and Technology
💻 Internships
- 2025.01 - 2025.07, Meituan, Beijing.
- 2024.11 - 2024.12, CUHKSZ, Shenzhen.
- 2024.06 - 2024.09, Meituan, Beijing.
- 2023.09 - 2024.05, Huawei, Beijing.
🎖 Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Graduates, Renmin University of China
- Second Class Academic Scholarship, Renmin University of China
- Outstanding Graduates, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
- Hainan Airlines(HNA) Scholarship, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
- Merit Student Scholarship, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.