Sarah Cen
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy
Sarah H. Cen is currently a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford and an incoming assistant professor at CMU. Cen’s position at Stanford is joint between the Department of Computer Science and the Law School. She works with professors Daniel Ho and Percy Liang on AI auditing, AI supply chains, and AI policy. She recently finished her Ph.D. at MIT in electrical engineering and computer science, where she was advised by professors Aleksander Mądry and Devavrat Shah.
Cen’s research is focused on the intersection of machine learning and AI accountability, exploring how computer science, law, and policy come together to ensure that AI is developed and deployed responsibly. She tackles this line of work using tools from machine learning, statistics, causal inference, and game theory. Cen received her master’s degree in engineering science (robotics) from Oxford University and her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Princeton University.