Shasha Yu brings extensive professional experience spanning data engineering, business analysis, and technology operations and management. She teaches the graduate-level course MSDA3040: Modern Data Engineering at Clark University.
Her research focuses on understanding, evaluating, and addressing risks associated with artificial intelligence. Drawing on an interdisciplinary background in data science, computer science, psychology, and law, her work examines AI risks from technical, behavioral, and governance perspectives, encompassing safety, security, privacy, and human factors. Her recent research examines emerging risks and evaluation challenges in increasingly agentic AI systems.
