Yang SUN is a Ph.D. student in human system integration using the model-based system engineering approach within the FlexTech Chair and RRSC (Risk and Resilience of Complex Systems) Chair. She currently works for SNCF innovation and research department on autonomous train project. She belongs to the Industrial Engineering Laboratory (LGI) at CentraleSupélec and Interfaces doctoral school of Paris Saclay University. 

She holds an engineering degree from INSA Toulouse (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse) majored in automation and electronics. She was a development engineer at Dassault Systèmes working in PLM, programming and the collaboration of CAD software.