Sipho C. Langa

Professionally, I am a Research Software Engineer working in Causal AI, an area of artificial intelligence concerned with modeling cause-and-effect relationships to support reasoning and inference beyond statistical correlation. Alongside my engineering work, I serve as Co-Lead of the University of Maryland Tech Policy Hub, where I contribute to research and policy analysis on technology governance.

More specifically, my research interests sit at the intersection of technology, policy, and law. Drawing on mechanism design, I examine the relationships between emerging technologies, consumer welfare, market competition, and individual rights. I am particularly interested in how existing legal and institutional frameworks apply to emerging technologies, where they fall short, and how they might evolve.