Qian Yang 杨倩
Assistant Professor in Information Science
Field member in Computer Science
Cornell University
Assistant Professor in Information Science
Field member in Computer Science
Cornell University
Director of DesignAI Lab
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Cornell Digital and AI Literacy Initiative
Policy-to-Action Working Group, World Health Organization (WHO)
Senior Fellow, Cornell Tech Policy Institute
Affiliate Faculty Fellow, Cornell Health Policy Center
Policy-to-Action Working Group, World Health Organization (WHO)
Senior Fellow, Cornell Tech Policy Institute
Affiliate Faculty Fellow, Cornell Health Policy Center
Previously:
Schmidt Futures AI2050 Early Career Fellow (2022-2025)
Center for Machine Learning and Health Fellow (2017)
Schmidt Futures AI2050 Early Career Fellow (2022-2025)
Center for Machine Learning and Health Fellow (2017)
Bio: Qian Yang is an assistant professor in the Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University, where she directs the DesignAI Group. Yang studies how to transform emerging frontier AI technologies into software that provides value for users, organizations, and society amidst the complexities of the real world. Yang’s designs of clinical decision support systems for artificial heart implant patient selection and pathological cancer diagnoses have won multiple awards from both Industry and academia. Her research on profiling AI as a design material (2020, 2023) is among the most widely read papers on the ACM Digital Library. Yang's research has also informed industry best practices, including Google’s and Microsoft’s responsible AI guidelines.
Yang holds a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as an M.Des in Design, B.Eng in Industrial Design, and a B.BA in Business and Management from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Once upon a time, Yang was a concept car designer and design trend researcher.
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Contact:
Email: first last name at cornell dot edu
Office: CIS Building 277
Contact:
Email: first last name at cornell dot edu
Office: CIS Building 277
Other passions: I am a keen painter, primarily working with acrylics, ink, and watercolors. I enjoy swimming and hiking. Recently, I've started picking up the piano again.
I was born and raised in Shanghai, China. Yang's Dumplings is my spiritual dumpling, and I have strong opinions about the best soup dumpling spot in the city.
As a first-generation college student and having grown up in a society that often prioritizes sons over daughters in educational opportunities, I am deeply passionate about gender equality and social mobility for all. Students facing such challenges, please reach out; I would love to offer a listening ear, even if that's all I can provide.