In Winter 2025, I designed and taught a new MBA course titled "Understanding AI Technologies for Business Problems". This course is designed to equip future product managers and entrepreneurs with practical knowledge in AI and machine learning, enabling them to solve real-world business challenges effectively. Additionally, I also shared insights and lessons learned from my own experience in the tech industry.
Note to MBA students: Thank you for your interest in this course. Due to the long waiting list, I am unable to accommodate auditing at this time. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Mentor for Undergraduate Consortium at KDD 2022 (KDD-UC). June 2022 - present.
CS Research Menshorship Program mentor for three grad & undergrad students from historically marginalized groups. November 2021 - June 2022.Quote from mentee: "I was lucky to be assigned as a mentee under Yuyan. She was super enthusiastic and proactive in giving me the all the help I needed, be it offering advices on job hunting; insights into how companies work internally or tips on enhancing my resume. I can truly vouch for her great team leadership and soft skills. She was very understanding of the challenges each of us faced and guided us through them. I am very grateful to have gotten Yuyan as my mentor!"
Mentor for one student researcher and two interns at Google Brain. May 2021 – present.
Mentor for two full-time team member and one intern at Uber. June 2017 - September 2019.
“A Gentle Introduction to Recommender Systems.”
NYU Stern School of Business. Mar 2025.
Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis. Sept 2024.
Yale School of Management (SOM). Apr 2023.
USC Marshall School of Business. Feb 2023.
NYU Stern School of Business. June 2022.
Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University. Sept 2021.
I received multiple thank-you notes from the students after the class: "Thanks for giving this great lecture; I’ve learned a lot about RecSys and insight into your work at Google." "It was really helpful and the slides were amazing!" Thanks for your kind words!
“Experimentation and A/B Testing Best Practices."
Uber Technologies, Inc. Oct 2018.