Summary
Youna Jung is an accomplished academic and founder with over a decade of experience bridging research and education in collaborative computing, AI, software engineering, IoT, cybersecurity, and online/mobile healthcare. With a Ph.D. from Ajou University and postdoctoral work at the University of Pittsburgh followed by research at the University of Florida, she has translated deep technical research into teaching and program leadership roles at Virginia Military Institute and Northeastern University. She founded and chairs the DC ACM Women Chapter and leads the Korean Women Professors Association, reflecting a strong commitment to mentoring and advancing women in STEM. Her work uniquely combines secure multi-agent cooperation and privacy-preserving systems with practical applications in e-health and emergency networking, and she brings military leadership experience as a lieutenant colonel to academic administration and program design.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Ajou University