Yao Qin, PhD

Assistant Professor, Co-Director of REAL AI Initiative, Senior Research Scientist · UC Santa Barbara, Google DeepMind · company speakers →

Yao Qin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with an affiliation to the Department of Computer Science at UC Santa Barbara. She is also the co-Director of the REAL AI initiative at UCSB and a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind. She obtained her PhD in Computer Science from UC San Diego working on Artificial Intelligence, particularly AI robustness and safety, which involves safely deploying AI models in the real world. She has over 20 publications in top-tier AI conferences and journals and was recognized as a Rising Star in EECS by MIT in 2020. As a type 1 diabetes (T1D) patient for over 12 years, she is extremely passionate about applying AI techniques for diabetes care, including nutrition estimation, exercise, and closed-loop Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) systems.

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