YIYAO YANG
YIYAO YANG
Embark On A Journey Through My Stories
Embark On A Journey Through My Stories
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🎉 Recent NewsJul.1, 2026: Yiyao Yang's IMPS conference paper is available! (Details)Apr.30, 2026: Yiyao Yang's DS conference paper proceedings are available on the NCME Official Website! (Details)Mar.29, 2026: Yiyao Yang's ML conference paper was accepted for presentation at the 2026 IMPS Conference!Mar.10, 2026: Yiyao Yang has started as a Fund Finance Analyst Intern at Bank of China (USA Head Office)!Mar.1, 2026: Yiyao Yang's Data Science conference paper was accepted for presentation at the 2026 Modeling Modern Methods Conference!Feb.11, 2026: Yiyao Yang has received her conferred Columbia University Master's Diploma Certificate!Feb.6, 2026: Yiyao Yang has received the NCME Annual Meeting Research Travel Grant!Jan.23, 2026: Yiyao Yang has finished a new Representation Learning paper! (Details)Jan.22, 2026: Yiyao Yang has finished a new Machine Learning paper! (Details)Dec.8, 2025: Yiyao Yang's DS conference paper was accepted for presentation at the 2026 SITE Conference!Dec.2, 2025: Yiyao Yang's Statistics journal paper was published in Studies in Educational Evaluation (SJR Q1)!Dec.1, 2025: Yiyao Yang has received the Columbia University TC Provost's Grant for Conference Presentation!Nov.25, 2025: Yiyao Yang's Statistics journal paper was published in Modeling Earth Systems and Environment (SJR Q1)!Nov.20, 2025: Yiyao Yang's DS conference paper was accepted for presentation at the 2026 NCME Conference!Oct.28, 2025: Yiyao Yang presented a GenAI conference paper at the 2025 AIME Conference! Oct.27, 2025: Yiyao Yang was invited to be an NLP & HCI reviewer for Language Teaching Research (SJR Q1)!Oct.26, 2025: Yiyao Yang's AIME-Con conference paper proceedings were published by NCME on ACL Anthology!Sep.12, 2025: Yiyao Yang received the NCME AIME-Con Conference Research Travel Grant!
I. Education
I. Education
Columbia University - Master of Science (MS) (Verification) New York, NY, United States
Applied Statistics (Cumulative GPA: 4.03 / 4.00) Sep 2024 - Feb 2026
University of Toronto - Honours Bachelor of Science (HBSc) (Verification) Toronto, ON, Canada
Mathematics Major, Statistics Minor, Economics Minor (Degree with Honours) Sep 2020 - Jun 2024
II. Journal Paper (* Denotes Equally Contributed)
II. Journal Paper (* Denotes Equally Contributed)
Yang, Y. (Ready for Submission, 2026). From Uncertainty to Failure Attribution: Self-Diagnosing Models for Failure Attribution under Distribution Shift. Preprint available at arXiv: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.07953.
Yang, Y. (Under Peer Review, 2026). Robust Machine Learning for Regulatory Sequence Modeling under Biological and Technical Distribution Shifts. Preprint available at arXiv: Full Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.14969.
Yang, Y., & Gulbahar, Y. (Under Third-Round Peer Review, 2025). Multimodal Fusion and Interpretability in Human Activity Recognition: A Reproducible Framework for Sensor-Based Modeling. International Journal of Data Science and Analytics (SJR Q1). Preprint available at arXiv: Full Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2510.22410.
Yang, Y., & Gulbahar, Y. (Published on November 25, 2025). Spatiotemporal Modeling of Water Quality Trends in a Coastal Wildlife Refuge: A Statistical Approach to Ecological Risk and Resource Management. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment (SJR Q1). Full Paper: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-025-02691-7. [Easy View (Full Paper)].
Huang, Z.*, Yang, Y.*, & Gulbahar, Y. (Published on December 2, 2025). Understanding the Interconnected Drivers of Mathematics Test Performance: A Longitudinal Study. Studies in Educational Evaluation (SJR Q1). Full Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2025.101539. [Easy View (Full Paper)].
Yang, Y. (Submitted, 2026). Beyond Predictive Uncertainty: Reliable Representation Learning with Structural Constraints. Preprint available at arXiv: Full Paper: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.16174.
III. Conference Paper (* Denotes the Presenter)
III. Conference Paper (* Denotes the Presenter)
Yang, Y.* (July 2026). A Structure-Aware Deep Learning Architecture for Cognitive Diagnosis and Psychometric Interpretability. Annual International Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS), Seoul, Republic of Korea. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2607.01278. [My Slides]. [Acceptance Notification].
Yang, Y.*, & Gulbahar, Y. (April 2026). Decoding AI Tutor Effects for Educational Measurement: Temporal, Multi-Outcome, and Behavioral-Cognitive Analysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), Los Angeles, CA, United States. Conference Paper available at NCME Official Website: https://www.xcdsystem.com/proceedings/ncme/8DbqHwv/presentation/27435.cfm?uuid=3EC982ED-A989-8E53-B42BC86334206028. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.16366. [My Slides].
Yang, Y.*, & Gulbahar, Y. (October 2025). Automatic Grading of Student Work Using Simulated Rubric-Based Data and GenAI Models. Conference Paper available at ACL Anthology: https://aclanthology.org/2025.aimecon-wip.5/. [My Slides].
Paper presented at Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-Con), National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) (October 28, 2025), Pittsburgh, PA, United States. [2025 AIME-Con Verification] .
Paper presented at Columbia University Teachers College (TC) Provost’s Grant Awardee Research Exposition (April 28, 2026), New York, NY, United States. [Columbia TC Presentation Verification]. [Columbia TC Newsletter].
Yang, Y., & Gulbahar, Y.* (March 2026). Exploring the Effects of Various Prompts and LLMs on Coding Automated Constructive Feedback. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Philadelphia, PA, United States. Proceedings available at The Learning and Technology Library: https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/2129226/.
Yang, Y.* (Accepted for Presentation and Publication on March 2, 2026). (Presentation Date: June 2026). The Hierarchical Rater Model for Constructed Responses with a Signal Detection Rater (HRM-SDT) Model for Human-AI Grading Comparisons in Rubric-Based Coding Assessment. Accepted by the Modern Modeling Methods Conference, New York, NY, United States. [Acceptance Notification].
Yang, Y.* & Gulbahar, Y. (Presented and Published on May 8, 2026). Investigating Students’ Cognitive Skill Profiles in Computational Thinking: A Q-Matrix Validation Approach Using Bebras Interactive Task Data and Cognitive Diagnostic Models. Annual Psychology at Columbia University TC Student Research Conference, New York, NY, United States. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20102194.
IV. Honors & Awards
IV. Honors & Awards
National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) (Awarded in February 2026)
Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Research Travel Grant
Columbia University (Awarded in December 2025)
Columbia University TC Provost's Grant for Conference Presentation & Professional Development
National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) (Awarded in September 2025)
Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-Con) Research Travel Grant
V. Research Assistant
V. Research Assistant
Columbia University New York, NY, United States
Research Assistant | Responsible AI Jun 2025 - Dec 2025
Research Assistant | Chapter Author of Data Management May 2025 - Feb 2026
University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada
Research Assistant | Combinatorics, Topology & Graph Theory Sep 2023 - May 2024
VI. Teaching Experience
VI. Teaching Experience
Columbia University New York, NY, United States
Teaching Assistant | Core Methods in Educational Data Mining | TA Verification (2025 Fall) Sep 2025 - Dec 2025
Course Assistant | Probability and Statistical Inference | CA Verification (2025 Summer B) Jul 2025 - Aug 2025
Course Assistant | Basic Concepts in Statistics | CA Verification (2025 Summer B) Jul 2025 - Aug 2025
Course Assistant | Applied Regression Analysis | CA Verification (2025 Spring) & (2025 Summer A) Jan 2025 - Jul 2025
Instructional Assistant | Leadership Academy Program | IA Verification (2025 Summer) Jun 2025
VII. Internship Experience
VII. Internship Experience
Bank of China (US Head Office) New York, NY, United States
Fund Finance Analyst Intern | Corporate Banking Department Mar 2026 - Jun 2026
China Interocean Transport Inc. Jamaica, NY, United States
Pricing Analyst Intern | Operations and Pricing Department | CIT Verification Jul 2025 - Oct 2025
PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) Beijing, China
Financial Business Analyst Intern | Advisory Department | PwC Verification Jul 2024 - Aug 2024
Medline Industries, LP Shanghai, China
Supply Chain Analyst Intern | Inventory Management Department | MEDLINE Verification May 2024 - Aug 2024
NXP Semiconductors Tianjin, China
Process Quality Analyst Intern | New Product Introduction Department | NXP Verification Jul 2023 - Aug 2023
Bank of China (Global Headquarters) Beijing, China
Financial Data Analyst Intern | Global Markets Department | BOC Verification May 2023 - Jun 2023
CAA (Canadian Automobile Association) Insurance Toronto, ON, Canada
Insurance Officer Intern | Direct Insurance Solutions Service Department | CAA Verification | CAA Reference May 2022 - Aug 2022
VIII. Certification
VIII. Certification
SAS Certified Specialist Certification: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4, SAS
SAS Certified Specialist Certification | SAS Certified Credential Verification | SAS Certified Badge
Skills: SAS, SAS Studio, SAS Data Integration Studio, Data Science, Data Integration, Data Analytics
Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) Certification, The Council for Six Sigma Certification (CSSC)
Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) Certification
Skills: Six Sigma (DMAIC, DMADV), Operations Research, Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), Statistics, Quality Assurance.
Journal of Language Teaching Research (SJR Q1) | NLP & HCI Journal Paper Reviewer Oct 2025 - Apr 2026
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) | AI, ML & CT Conference Proposal Reviewer Nov 2025 - Dec 2025
National Council for Measurement in Education (NCME) | Statistics Conference Proposal Reviewer Sep 2025 - Oct 2025
Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-Con) | Keynote Speakers Support Oct 2025
Canadian Mathematical Society | Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC) Mathematics Competition Grader Oct 2024 - Dec 2024
Canadian Math Kangaroo Contest | Mathematics Contest Event Coordinator Mar 2024
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) | Film Festival Coordinator Sep 2023
University of Toronto | Mathematics & Statistics Notetaker (Accessibility Service) Sep 2021 - Apr 2022
Chinese Undergraduate Student Association at the University of Toronto (CUAUT) | Sponsorship Coordinator Sep 2020 - Apr 2022
University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada
Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property (IP) Workshop Jan 2022 - Apr 2022
Public Speaking and Presentation Workshop Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
Reading and eWriting Workshop Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
XI. Skill, Language, & Interest
XI. Skill, Language, & Interest
Technical Skills: Python, R, SAS, SQL, SPSS, JMP, Tableau, STATA
Professional Skills: Research, Public Presentation, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Leadership, Strategic Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Interpersonal Skills
Language: English, Chinese
Interests: Research, Presentation, Teaching, Photography, Literature, Animal Charities
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