Former Student, Kara Yang, Starts Program at Berkeley

March 29, 2016

Kara Yang was an undergraduate researcher in the Computational Economics and Financial Systems Lab from 2007 to 2009. During that time, she worked with two industrial partners, the BYU Bookstore and Sungard Inc, on problems related to data science and anlaysis. In particular, she focused on a problem many financial firms face, involving how to ensure that brokers comply with miriad regulations and industry rules.

After graduation, Kara followed her husband, Jack Dong, to MIT where he pursued his graduate work. After graduation, they once again relocated to the Bay Area, where, with three (beautiful) children later, Kara will now being her graduate work in Statistics at Berkeley.

Congratulations, Kara, in all your successes!