# Russell Yang

> Applied Scientist at Microsoft building AI for knowledge workers in judgment-rich domains like law, finance, and consulting.

- [Homepage](https://russellyang.com/)
- [Resume (PDF)](https://russellyang.com/resume_ry.pdf)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-yang)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-Qb7KsMAAAAJ&hl=en)

## Resume

Contact: russell.a.yang@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/russell-yang · russellyang.com

### Summary

Building AI to empower knowledge workers in high-judgment domains like law, finance and consulting.

### Experience

**Microsoft** — Applied Scientist II, 2026–present
- Designed AI evaluations and experimentation systems for Copilot in Office
- Consulted on strategic initiatives for translation of AI science into product

**Stanford Law School** — AI Engineering Fellow, 2025–2026
- Led 10-person team from Stanford, Harvey, Snorkel AI with 50 lawyers to develop a judgment benchmark
- Gave talks about quality in legal AI at Cambridge Business School and Snorkel AI Frontier Data Summit
- Built a product prototype for spinout and drove demos to Biglaw partners and VC partners

**Independent Consultant** — Contract Scientist & Science Writer, 2022–2023
- Recent engagement: ~1000 billed hours over 1.5 years to a test prep firm developing mock MCATs

- Citadel, Trading Intern, 2024
- KKR, Summer Analyst, 2023
- Johnson & Johnson, Robotics Data Science Co-op, 2022
- Stanford University School of Medicine, Research Intern then Data Analyst, 2019–2020

### Education

**Yale University** — BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
- Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (President), Yale Undergrad Orgs Funding Committee (Director), Yale Real Estate Group (Senior Advisor), Sigma Chi Fraternity (Philanthropy Chairman)

### Service

**Yale Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility**, 2022–2024
- Served 2-year term on 8-person body making stock voting recommendations for Yale endowment

**American Statistical Association Committee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights**, 2023–present
- Led investigation of statistics and data science book bans, drafting statement approved by Board

**Yale Undergraduate Organizations Funding Committee**, 2022–2023
- Hired and led 16 student employees to distribute $400,000 to Yale student clubs as Director

### Research

- Russell Yang, Ruishi Chen, Pierce Kelaita, Riya Ranjan, Sibo Ma, Charles Dickens, Matthew Guillod, Megan Ma, Julian Nyarko. JudgmentBench: Comparing Rubric and Preference Evaluation for Quality Assessment. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) (forthcoming).
- Russell Yang. Privacy and Surveillance Concerns in Machine Learning Fall Prediction Models: Implications for Geriatric Care and the Internet of Medical Things. AI & Society (2023).