Yueyao Zhang

Yueyao works on the core software and data infrastructure behind large-scale policy simulation, with a focus on the tax simulator, Social Security modeling, and the OLG Interfaces model. Her primary responsibilities include refactoring model and pipeline code to improve clarity, maintainability, and long-term reliability, and designing comprehensive tests to ensure correctness, reproducibility, and consistent outputs over time. Yueyao also contributes to data validation and workflow improvements that make the code easier to run, debug, and scale in different systems. She collaborates closely with researchers and engineers to translate analytical needs into robust and well-tested code that supports accurate policy analysis. Prior to joining PWBM she earned a Master’s degree in Data Science from University of Southern California. Yueyao completed a Master of Computer and Information Technology at the University of Pennsylvania while working at PWBM.