About Me!
I am a 3rd year Informatics PhD Student at UC Irvine advised by Dr. Sean D. Young. I am a AI Researcher and product manager with a background in Data Science and UX Research, aiming to better understand the interactions between AI systems and humans in order to improve healthcare (especially mental health) for the marginalized populations by unlocking the potential of AI. I graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. Degree in Mathematics and minors in Computer Science and Chinese. I interned as a Data Science Intern at Spotify (New York Office) in the Summer of 2019. Until the Summer of 2022, I worked as a Research Data Engineer at CJARS, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. More recently, I was at the Institute for Health Improvement (IHI) during the Summer of 2023 as a UX research intern. Currently, I am working as a volunteer UX research intern part-time at Shades, a novel news app with the mission of providing diverse perspectives to a single issue in a world fraught with fake news, click baits, and biased news.
In terms of research interests, I am broadly interested in:
- Improving mental health outcomes (e.g. reduce stress, anxiety, depression) of marginalized populations using AI and Large Language Models including international college students in the U.S., the elderly with no access to healthcare etc.
- Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Explanability of AI systems
- Responsible and emotional Chatbots and Conversational Agents for improving mental health
- Intersection of AI, Music, and Health (e.g. Music generated by Generative AI to improve mental health at a lower cost)
- Designing Responsible AI systems for health by identifying bias Health AI and propose ways to make them more equitable, transparent, and fair.
- Pre-emptively detecting spread of virus or disease, severe depression, suicide risks, gun violence, drug overdose/addiction by jointly using AI and unstructured data such as social media feeds.
- Very broadly, Data Science and UX projects for Social Good and Health Informatics.
I am also a Amateur Musician who loves to sing, play the drums and perform. Check the My Music section on the upper right hand corner if you want to get to know more about my music! I am always down for music collaborations, so hit me up on my instagram or LinkedIn!
My hometown is Seoul, South Korea. My hobbies are body building, any music activities, exploring beautiful natury areas, discovering new good food places, and analyzing K-dramas.
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