Associate Professor of Statistics
yuekai@umich.edu
Office Information:
271 West Hall
Department of Statistics
University of Michigan
1085 South University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Statistics
Education/Degree:
PhD Computational Mathematical Engineering, Stanford University, 2015
BA Computational and Applied Mathematics, Rice University, 2010
About
Yuekai Sun is an associate professor of statistics at the University of Michigan. His research leverages statistical science to make AI more safe and reliable in the real world. Some topics of recent interest include
- AI alignment & safety,
- algorithmic fairness,
- learning under distribution shifts.
Before coming to Michigan, Yuekai obtained his PhD in computational mathematics from Stanford University, where he worked with Michael Saunders and Jonathan Taylor, and his BA (also in computational math) from Rice University.
