Wendy Chang is an Analyst on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy team at MERICS. Her research interest is on the intersection of technology, politics and the economy. In the age of Artificial Intelligence and increased geopolitical tensions worldwide, she researches how developments in AI, self-driving cars, metaverse, quantum and more can transform China's digital economy and affect its relationship to the world. As a Taiwanese-American, she also watches cross-Strait relations closely.
Prior to joining MERICS, Wendy worked as a senior software engineer at companies in Berlin and San Francisco, building systems to ingest and analyze text data. She holds a Master of Engineering in Computer Science from MIT.