Sean Young Ph.D., M.S.

Sean Young, Ph.D., MS, is the Executive Director of the University of California Institute for Prediction Technology (UCIPT) a multidisciplinary, multicampus collaborative accelerating innovations that leverage social technologies to predict human behaviors and outcomes.

Dr. Young received his Ph.D. in Psychology and Master's degree in Health Services Research from Stanford University, worked in technology and user behavior/human factors at NASA Ames Research Center and Cisco Systems, taught at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and has advised various companies and start-ups. He is an internationally-recognized speaker, having presented at forums such as the European Parliament, mHealth Conference, World Congress, as well as corporations, academic institutions, and organizations.

Dr. Young studies digital behavior and prediction technology, or how and why people use social media, mobile apps, and wearable devices. He helps people and businesses apply this knowledge to predict what people will do in the future (in areas like health, medicine, politics, and business) and to change what they will do in the future. He also maintains a blog called BlackBoxPhd.com where he interviews experts in areas related to behavior to teach people how to improve their lives and work.