Yan (Stella) Si
PhD Student
Yan (Stella) Si is a PhD student at Boston University’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences working with Dr. Joshua Peterson, where she researches at the intersection of cognitive science and AI. Her work focuses on human decision making—building large-scale decision-making datasets, developing computational models, and automating the discovery of psychology theory with LLMs. She earned her BS from Boston College in Psychology and Philosophy, and her MSDS from Boston University. Outside the lab, Stella is an active builder. She aims to create tools that take over repetitive, mundane tasks and supercharge productivity in work and life. Learn more about Stella
Research focus:
- Decision Making theory
- AI automation