Hayoung Jung

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I am a M.S. student in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, advised by Tanushree Mitra. My research interest are Social Computing, Algorithmic Audits, AI Ethics, Computational Social Science, and NLP.

As a graduate student, I’ve also conducted research with Yulia Tsvetkov and David Jurgens. Previously, I received undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Political Science from the University of Washington.

research interests

My research focuses on advancing inclusive AI technologies and online platforms to better serve people who are overlooked in the development of these systems. Driven by my interdisciplinary background, I develop technical frameworks and methods grounded in social science theories, with two main goals:

  1. Auditing AI technologies and online platforms for bias and misinformation to build a more responsible socio-technical future.
  2. Understanding social phenomena, such as community norms, through language and online behavior to promote socially-attuned and equitable technologies.

news

Nov 11, 2024 Attending my first conference, EMNLP 2024 in Miami, where I will be presenting an oral presentation and a poster presentation.
Sep 17, 2024 Applying to Ph.D. programs for Fall 2025. Please reach out if you have open positions!
Sep 16, 2024 New preprint where we conduct an algorithmic audit of YouTube Search for COVID-19 misinformation between a country in the Global North vs. one in the Global South!
Jul 06, 2024 New paper where we propose a framework grounded in social science theory to measure online community norms! Accepted at EMNLP Findings 2024!
Apr 12, 2024 New paper where we analyze covert harms in LLM-generated conversations between race and caste! Accepted at EMNLP 2024 and nominated for the Best Paper Award!

selected publications

  1. Preprint
    Algorithmic Behaviors Across Regions: A Geolocation Audit of YouTube Search for COVID-19 Misinformation between the United States and South Africa
    Hayoung Jung, Prerna Juneja, and Tanushree Mitra
    2024
  2. EMNLP
    ValueScope: Unveiling Implicit Norms and Values via Return Potential Model of Social Interactions
    Chan Young Park*, Shuyue Stella Li*Hayoung Jung*, Svitlana Volkova, Tanushree Mitra, David Jurgens, and Yulia Tsvetkov
    In Proc. EMNLP Findings, 2024
  3. EMNLP
    "They are uncultured": Unveiling Covert Harms and Social Threats in LLM Generated Conversations
    Preetam Prabhu Srikar Dammu*Hayoung Jung*, Anjali Singh, Monojit Choudhury, and Tanushree Mitra
    In Proc. EMNLP, 2024 – Nominated for the Best Paper Award