Profile

How much confidence does a result deserve?

I am the founder and CEO of Traustia, a company building independent validation for biomedical prediction claims, and a Doctor of Technology (D.Tech.) candidate at Purdue University. I hold an A.L.M. in Data Science from Harvard Extension School, an M.S. in Mathematics and an M.A. in Mathematics Education from California State University, Los Angeles, and graduate preparation in financial engineering.

My research is on a single question: how much confidence a quantitative result actually deserves. It centers on leakage-aware validation — the methods that keep a model from being scored on information it should never have seen — together with uncertainty quantification, calibration, and reproducible analytical workflows.

Much of this is inherited from quantitative finance, a field that learned early and expensively that a backtest is not a result. Walk-forward validation and strict timing rules exist there because it is remarkably easy to build a model that predicts the past. Biomedicine is now confronting the same failure under a different name: data leakage.

I have taught mathematics, statistics, data science, and information security at California State University, Los Angeles since 2012. I care about work that is transparent, rigorous, and genuinely useful.

12+
Years of college teaching
4.0
Doctoral GPA · Purdue D.Tech.
7+
Papers under review & in preparation
Featured · 2026
UCLA Biomedical Engineering × Quantum Science Elite Program
Three directions

Trustworthy ML, biomedical data, and risk.

Where the research lives — from validation methods to biomedical prediction research and decision-oriented risk analytics.

Trustworthy ML and reproducible data science

Reproducible Data Science

Leakage-aware validation and reproducible computational methods.

Risk modeling and decision analytics

Risk & Decision Analytics

Calibration, VaR & Expected Shortfall, and tail-risk estimation.

Biomedical data science and evidence evaluation

Biomedical Evidence & AI

Research on biomedical prediction claims, public omics data, and leakage-aware evaluation.

California State University, Los Angeles

California State University, Los Angeles

M.S. Mathematics · M.A. Education

Harvard University

Harvard University

A.L.M. in Data Science · Extension School

Purdue University

Purdue University

Doctor of Technology (D.Tech.) · In progress

Research Focus

Where I work.

Trustworthy machine learning, biomedical evidence, and decision-oriented risk — united by leakage-aware validation, reproducibility, and clear communication of uncertainty.

01

Trustworthy ML & Reproducible Data Science

Leakage-aware validation, secure data workflows, responsible AI evaluation, uncertainty communication, and simulation-based validation.

02

Biomedical Data Science & Evidence Evaluation

Research on public omics classification, dataset integrity, leakage-aware evaluation, and the limits of translational claims.

03

Risk Modeling & Decision Analytics

Financial and operational risk, calibration assessment, VaR and Expected Shortfall, EVT/GPD tail-risk, and volatility-managed decision systems.

04

Cybersecurity & Security Risk Management

Cybersecurity risk frameworks (NIST CSF, AI RMF, OWASP), AI-enabled threats, security analytics, and algorithmic risk mitigation.

05

Public-Data Surveillance & Regulatory Analytics

Linking public regulatory records for emissions and vehicle-safety early-warning modeling under strict temporal validation.

06

Statistics & Data Science Education

Curriculum design, quantitative reasoning, and pedagogy that makes statistical thinking transparent and durable.

Education & Graduate Study

A continuous learner.

2026 – Present

Doctor of Technology (D.Tech.)GPA 4.0

Purdue University, Polytechnic Institute
Doctoral study focused on data science, cybersecurity, trustworthy AI, and interdisciplinary problem solving.
2024 – 2026

Master of Liberal Arts (A.L.M.) in Data ScienceGPA 3.98

Harvard University, Extension School
Statistical modeling, reproducible analytics, data engineering, forecasting, and machine learning. Academic Excellence Award · Dean's List · Professional Graduate Certificate in Data Science (2025).
2025 – Present

M.S. Financial Engineering (Coursework)GPA 4.0FFE Certificate · Earned

WorldQuant University
Earned the Foundations of Financial Engineering (FFE) Certificate; graduate coursework in financial markets, econometrics, and derivative pricing.
Alumna

M.S. Mathematics & M.A. EducationGPA 4.00 / 3.98

California State University, Los Angeles
Mathematics and Mathematics Education, with strong preparation in pedagogy, curriculum design, and teaching diverse student populations. Academic Excellence Award · Dean's List.
Alumna

B.S. Mathematics

National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei
Undergraduate study in Mathematics, with strong foundations in mathematics and mathematics education.
Teaching Experience

In the classroom.

Adjunct Instructor, Mathematics · Statistics · Data Science · Cybersecurity · California State University, Los Angeles · 2012 – present

I teach undergraduate courses spanning statistics, regression, introductory data science, quantitative reasoning, information security, and security risk management. I design applied assignments and assessments that connect data interpretation, quantitative modeling, cybersecurity concepts, risk awareness, and responsible technology use — and mentor students in reproducible analysis habits and security-aware pathways.

I also coordinate the 2026 Summer Biomedical Engineering & Quantum Technology Program at UCLA, supporting interdisciplinary research preparation across biomedical engineering, emerging technology, and quantitative reasoning.

Earlier in my career, I taught mathematics at Tianmu Junior High School in Taipei, Taiwan.

Information Security (CIS 4880) Security Risk Management (CIS 4370) Introduction to Data Science & Statistics Quantitative Reasoning with Statistics Calculus I · II · III Foundations of Mathematics: Discrete Math Algebra & Statistics for Teachers Explorations in Geometry
Research Projects & Publications

Selected work.

Under Review & Submitted
R3

Public EPA Evidence on High-Mileage NOx Gaps in Gasoline Vehicles: A Test-Group Analysis of TC-GDI and Naturally Aspirated Controls

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives · Under R3 revision
Yang, I. Y., & Paulson, A. · First & corresponding author. Links public EPA certification and in-use records across 30,113 observations to audit high-mileage emissions gaps, with a fully reproducible package.
'26

Bitcoin Forecast Implementation Under an Institutional Valuation Clock

Submitted · International Review of Economics and Finance
Yang, I. Y., Ali, H., Cheung, M., Garcia, L., & Yu, D. Quantum amplitude estimation and local-simulation overlays for implementable downside-risk sizing.
'26

Shattered Patterns or Latent Cycles? A Fourier-Augmented Bootstrap ARDL Approach on the Chinese Insurance Market

Submitted / under review
Yang, I. Y. · Sole author.
'26

Designing Data Science Pathways: A Curriculum Model for Undergraduate Data Science Minor Development

Under review
Yang, I. Y. · Sole author.
'26

Post-Purchase Protection-Service Utilization and Insurance Claiming Based on Structural Product Architecture

Submitted · target: Journal of Business Research
Yang, I. Y., & Jiang, S.-J.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
'23

Sensation Seeking and Automobile Insurance Coverage Decision: A Moderated Mediation Model of Gender and Risk Perception

Social Behavior and Personality · 2023
Yang, I. Y. (Co-author).
'23

Effect of Prevention Focus on the Relationships among Driving Accident History, Risk Perception, and Consumers' Automobile Insurance Coverage Decisions

SAGE Open · 2023
Yang, I. Y. (Co-author).
Research Ventures & Projects
'26

Reproducible omics evidence — Research Lead

Trustworthy AI & Biomedical Evidence Evaluation · LA BioStart · 2026
Research underpinning the Evidence Intelligence framework at Traustia, with a focus on reproducibility, leakage risk, biological plausibility, and the limits of translational claims.
'26

Public-Signal Surveillance of Near-Term Regulatory Escalation in Electrified Vehicle Platforms

Manuscript in preparation · target: Reliability Engineering & System Safety
Yang, I. Y., Paulson, A., & Gao, Y. Forward-looking early-warning modeling from public NHTSA signals under strict temporal validation.
'26

Bottleneck Effects & Risk Contagion in Emerging Tech Supply Chains

Purdue doctoral-level methodology audit · 2026
Links physical operational limits and capacity constraints to market stress, volatility-managed decision systems, and asset tail-risk estimation.
'25

Retail Sales Lakehouse & Forecasting Data Pipeline

Harvard CSCI E-103 · Fall 2025
A Databricks/Spark pipeline with curated analytics tables, data-quality validation, and documentation supporting reproducible forecasting and reporting.
Code & Repositories

Selected GitHub work.

A selection of public data-science and machine-learning projects — spanning causal inference, computer vision, finance, and NLP.

Technical & Research Skills

The toolkit.

Statistics, Modeling & Validation

RegressionClassificationForecastingCausal Inference PsychometricsCalibration AssessmentUncertainty Quantification VaR / Expected ShortfallMonte CarloEVT / GPD Tail Modeling Simulation-Based Validation

Data Systems, Reproducibility & AI

PythonSQLRpandasNumPyscikit-learn Databricks / SparkDelta LakeGit / GitHub Reproducible NotebooksData ValidationTrustworthy AI Assessment

Biomedical AI & Translational Analytics

Leakage-Aware ValidationNested Cross-ValidationTrain-Only Preprocessing Feature-Stability AnalysisPublic Omics ClassificationBiomarker Research Methods Reproducible Evidence Mapping

Cybersecurity, Risk & Teaching

Cybersecurity Risk ManagementNIST CSF / AI RMFOWASP Operational Risk AnalysisAlgorithmic Risk Mitigation Curriculum DesignQuantitative Communication
Get in Touch

Research, teaching, and speaking.

For paper collaborations, research, teaching, or speaking, please use the contact address below.

Los Angeles, California

For validation work and company enquiries, please contact Traustia.