I am interested in studying the uncertainty that accompanies the introduction of AI technologies into professionalized fields with rich traditions and histories. In particular, I examine how professionals make sense of these technologies and how the technologies affect the field. Through which, I reflect on the epistemology of evaluation and the practice of ground truth in Machine Learning.

I carry out my studies with both quantitative methods (data science, comptutational text analysis and language model finetuning) and qualitative methods (semi-structure interviews and ethnography).

Prior to joining Cornell, I was a data scientist at New York University's Public Safety Lab. I worked on the Jail Data Initiative with Orion Taylor and Anna Harvey. I was also a contributor in g0v ("gov-zero"), a grassroot civic-tech community in Taiwan, where I worked on the 0archive project.

For potential PhD applicant: I’m happy to chat about PhD applications and my PhD experiences. Feel free to email me.

Waki Kamino, Andrea W Wen-Yi, Guy Hoffman, Selma Šabanović, Malte F. Jung