Sooyeon Jeong

Joined department: Fall 2023

Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Arts and Sciences (2022)

M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Arts and Sciences (2017)

M.Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (2014)

S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (2014)

Sooyeon Jeong is an incoming Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Purdue University and currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies in Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Her research focuses on designing and deploying interactive AI agents that can improve people's lives by providing personalized support based on each user's needs, traits, and behaviors. Sooyeon deploys these agents "in-the-wild" to evaluate how they build relationships/rapport with people over time and improve their wellbeing, health and learning. She aims to build relational technologies to be more than just tools and become helpful companions for people by continuously adapting themselves to help users achieve their health goals.

Sooyeon received a S.B. and a M.Eng. from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) at MIT, and a S.M. and a Ph.D in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT Media Lab.

Last Updated: Jan 11, 2023 12:27 PM