CyLab Seminar - Sarah Cen
September 28, 2026 12:00PM—1:00PM
Location:
In Person and Virtual - ET
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Panther Hollow Conference Room, Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center 4105 and Zoom
Speaker:
SARAH CEN,
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, andDepartment of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
https://ece.cmu.edu/directory/bios/sarah-cen.html
The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, particularly general-purpose models, has spawned a complex, interdependent ecosystem of organizations that produce, deploy, and maintain AI systems. We refer to this network of dependencies as the AI supply chain. In this talk, we will discuss the origins and implications of the AI supply chain, as well as recent projects on (1) mapping the supply chain and its dependencies, (2) tracking how properties in the AI supply chain are propagated, and (3) exploring the legal ramifications of the AI supply chain
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Sarah H. Cen is an assistant professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Engineering & Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Cen’s research lies at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, economics, law, and public policy. Her recent work includes projects on AI audits, AI supply chains, social media regulation, algorithmic fairness, causalinference under network interference, individual rights in the age of AI, and procedural due process for AI-driven decisions. She was previously an HAI postdoctoral researcher at Stanford, jointly affiliated with Stanford Law School’s RegLab and the Department of Computer Science, working with Daniel Ho and Percy Liang.
Cen earned her Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, advised by Aleksander Mądry and Devavrat Shah; a master’s in robotics at Oxford University with Paul Newman, where she worked on autonomous vehicles; and a BSE in mechanical engineering at Princeton with Naomi Leonard, where she studied control systems.
In Person and Zoom Participation. See announcement.
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