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Mingyeong Yang is a key contributor to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey V (SDSS-V), one of the most ambitious all-sky spectroscopic surveys ever undertaken. Their research focuses on the design, construction, and performance of the cyberinfrastructure and instrumentation that enable large-scale astronomical surveys. Yang’s most cited work, "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey cyberinfrastructure" (2022), details the computational backbone supporting SDSS-V’s mission to decode stellar evolution, map the interstellar medium, and track supermassive black hole growth. More recently, Yang led the study of the Local Volume Mapper Instrument (LVM-I) enclosure (2024), a critical component of the ultra-wide field IFU survey targeting the Milky Way, Magellanic Clouds, and nearby galaxies. With over 3 citations across these foundational papers, Yang’s contributions are instrumental in advancing our understanding of the universe through robust, scalable survey infrastructure. Their work exemplifies the engineering and scientific synergy required to push the boundaries of observational astronomy.