Steven Luo

Steven Luo

Computer Science, Data Science, and Public Policy at UC Berkeley.

Hi, I’m Steven! 👋

I am a 4th-year undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley double majoring in computer science and data science, with a minor in public policy. My research interests broadly lie in simulating behaviors with LLMs, human-AI collaboration, tools for decision-making, and technology/AI policy (with recent work on conversational AI systems, privacy, governance, and accountability), and I will be starting a PhD in computer science in the fall. My current research on building politically “neutral” AI systems and evaluations is advised by Professor Serina Chang in BAIR; I am also building the Tech Policy Initiative at CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, organizing an AI policy reading group at the Berkeley AI Safety Initiative, and teaching on course staff for CS 189/289A: Introduction to Machine Learning.

I’m grateful to be supported by the Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholarship and Cal Alumni Association’s Leadership Award. I am also a Data Scholar and part of the STEM Excellence through Equity and Diversity (SEED) Scholars Honors Program.

In addition to my academic pursuits, I enjoy teaching (especially CS education and science communication), reading, cooking, as well as watching the symphony and opera. I’m also a student in the UC Berkeley carillon program studying with Simone Browne and a member of the Berkeley Carillon Guild. This year, I’m challenging myself to read one book every month (with occasional accompanying blogs). Have titles to suggest or thoughts to share? Feel free to reach out — I’d love to hear from you!

If you would like to contact me, you can email me at sfluo (AT@) berkeley (DOT.) edu. Thanks for stopping by!

News

  • [Feb. 2026] My co-authored paper on co-created visions of open source and openness in AI was accepted to ACM FAccT 2026!
  • [Feb. 2026] Attended the Junior Scholars Workshop at ACM CS&Law 2026.
  • [Feb. 2026] Organized the first CITRIS Tech Policy Workshop on Design, Advertising, and Privacy in Conversational AI Systems, with a second workshop to follow in April as well as a white paper and policymaker briefing.
  • [Dec. 2025] Organized a tech policy symposium at the CITRIS Institute. (DailyCal Article, CITRIS Blog)
  • [Oct. 2025] Presented a poster at the Summit on Responsible Computing, AI, and Society hosted by Georgia Tech!
  • [Aug. 2025] I participated in the Brown CNTR Tech & Policy Summer School, visiting Providence and D.C. (Brown News)
  • [Jul. 2025] I’m organizing an AI policy reading group (sign up here) with the Berkeley AI Safety Initiative.
  • [Apr. 2025] My policy memo defining a limited private right of action for AI harms in K-12 eduction won 2nd place at the 2025 Berkeley AI Policy Hackathon!
  • [Feb. 2025] Hearti won the Grand Prize: Most Impactful award at Stanford’s TreeHacks!
  • [Jan. 2025] I was admitted to the EECS Honors Program.
  • [Jan. 2025] I presented my paper “From Simulation to Reality with Random Noise” at the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum in Orlando, Florida.