Dr Yang Yinping is Director of the Centre for Advanced Technologies in Online Safety (CATOS), which hosts Singapore's Online Trust and Safety (OTS) Research Programme to address online harms through technological solutions. She is Senior Principal Scientist at A*STAR's Institute of High Performance Computing. Dr Yang specialises in affective computing (emotion analysis) and social media analytics and has extensive experience leading over 15 industry and public sector projects. Dr Yang’s work has won numerous awards from prestigious organisations, including Connect + Develop Open Innovation Solutions Award from The Procter and Gamble Company. In 2020, she was named on the inaugural 100 Singapore Women in Tech list as a female leader recognised in Singapore’s tech sector. In 2023, she earned the National Awards (COVID-19) - Public Administration Medal (Bronze), which recognised individuals who led and implemented efforts that contributed to the management of the impact of COVID-19 on Singapore.