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Hi, I am a final-year Ph.D. candidate at MIT advised by Professor Deb Roy. I am affiliated with MIT Center for Constructive Communication and MIT Media Lab. My research goal is to foster a healthier society with NLP technologies through two complementary approaches: (1) developing state-of-the-art NLP/ML models that analyze and understand different perspectives across social divides, and (2) designing and evaluating interactive human-AI systems that bridge our differences.
My research lies at the intersection of Natural Language Processing (NLP), Human-Centered AI (HCAI), and Computational Social Science (CSS), with a particular focus on Large Language Models (LLMs). In Spring 2023, I co-initiated and co-instructed a new graduate seminar on Generative AI for Constructive Communication: Evaluation and New Research Methods at MIT.
Previously, I graduated with M.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University, where I was fortunate to be advised by Professor Michael C. Frank. I was affiliated with both Stanford LangCog Lab and Stanford NLP Group. Before Stanford, I spent the best 4 years as an undergraduate in Computer Science and Linguistics at Emory University, where I worked with Jinho D. Choi in Emory NLP Lab. I have also enjoyed fun summers at Ai2, Google, IBM, Apple, ETS, and CMU.
I welcome inquiries on PhD applications, research opportunities, and collaborations, particularly from underrepresented groups. I actively mentor students passionate about developing AI for social good.