Yuan Yuan
Assistant Professor
Biography
Yuan Yuan is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Boston College. Previously, she was a postdoctoral research associate at MIT CSAIL. Before her time at MIT, she obtained her Ph.D. degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and was a visiting research scholar at the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. Her research primarily focuses on deep learning, computer vision, and the application of AI in healthcare and medicine. Her work has attracted widespread media attention, featuring in outlets such as Forbes, The Washington Post, BBC, TechCrunch, and Engadget, among others. Remarkably, her work on an AI-powered digital biomarker for the diagnosis and progression tracking of Parkinson's disease was recognized as one of the top ten notable advances in medicine of 2022.