Yongsu Ahn
Postdoctoral Researcher at Boston College
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolYongsu Ahn is a postdoctoral researcher in Computer Science at Boston College with 11 years of experience advancing human-centered responsible AI at the intersection of Fair and Explainable AI, visual analytics, and computational social science. He studies how AI tools can better support decision-making and information use across heterogeneous user groups—data practitioners, domain experts, and lay users—to make AI fairer, more interpretable, and widely accessible. His academic trajectory includes a PhD in Information Science and Technology from the University of Pittsburgh and prior graduate work at UNC Chapel Hill, grounding his research in both methodological rigor and applied systems. Yongsu has industry research experience from Bosch USA, bringing practical perspective to his design of interactive AI systems. He combines interdisciplinary methods—visual analytics, user-centered design, and computational social science—to build AI that is not only technically sound but socially usable. Based in Pittsburgh, he focuses on translating research into tools and practices that promote accountable, equitable AI for diverse communities.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Information Science and Technology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Information Science and Technology at University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and InformationMaster of Science in Information Science Information Science Biostatistics(Minor), Master of Science in Information Science Information Science Biostatistics(Minor) at The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBachelor of Science in Engineering Library and Informateion Science Computer Engineering Library and Information Science, Bachelor of Science in Engineering Library and Informateion Science Computer Engineering Library and Information Science at Sungkyunkwan University
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Github Skills (19)
contract9
decision-making8
data-driven7
tensorboard6
tensorflow6
docker6
machine-learning6
localhost6
react5
data-visualization5
fusion5
analytics5
data-science5
visualization4
nlp4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ayong8/FairSight
Jun 2018 - Nov 2020
A visual analytic system for fair data-driven decision making
Contributions:126 commits, 116 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
data-drivendecision-makinganalyticsdata-scienceanalytic
ayong8/ayong8.github.io
Jan 2019 - Jan 2024
Contributions:59 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 1 month
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