Minsuk Kahng 강민석

Update: I recently left Google DeepMind and started a faculty job in South Korea in 2025.

Hi, I'm an Assistant Professor at Yonsei University in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, where I co-lead the Human-Data Interaction Lab.

My research centers on addressing key challenges in Responsible AI, such as model failure, bias, and safety. To support this, I develop interactive data visualization tools that help practitioners explore data and understand model behavior. For example, one such tool, LLM Comparator, has been extensively used at Google for model evaluation and was featured at Google I/O as part of the Gemini models and the Responsible AI Toolkit.

Before joining Yonsei, I was a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind in the People + AI Research (PAIR) team and an Assistant Professor at Oregon State University. I received my Ph.D. from Georgia Tech, advised by Polo Chau, along with a Dissertation Award.

Areas of expertise: Visual Analytics, Data Visualization, Responsible AI, Explainable AI, Human-Computer Interaction

Research Interests

AI systems are inherently imperfect. They fail unexpectedly, reflect biases, or raise safety concerns. My research group aims to help people uncover and address these issues by designing interactive web-based tools, drawing on methods from data visualization and responsible AI. We're especially interested in (but not limited to):

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We're actively looking for graduate students and undergraduate interns (e.g., including opportunities for Summer 2025). If you're interested, please email me your CV, transcript, a short (1-page) statement explaining why you'd like to work with us and what relevant experience you have. If there's a potential fit, I'll get back to you within in a week regarding next steps.

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Bio

Minsuk Kahng is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Yonsei University in South Korea. His research aims to empower researchers and practitioners to gain insights through interactive data visualization, enabling the responsible development of AI systems. To achieve this, he builds novel visual analytics tools that help these people interpret model behavior and explore large datasets. Kahng publishes papers at the top venue in the field of data visualization (IEEE VIS), as well as at premier conferences in the field of AI, Human-Computer Interaction, and Responsible Computing. His research has led to deployed technologies (e.g., LLM Comparator for Google, ActiVis for Facebook) and been recognized by prestigious awards, including a Google PhD Fellowship and an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and supported by NSF, DARPA, Google, and NAVER. Before joining Yonsei, Minsuk was a Senior Research Scientist at Google DeepMind in the People + AI Research (PAIR) team and an Assistant Professor at Oregon State University. He received his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech with a Dissertation Award.

Website: https://minsuk.com
CV: https://minsuk.com/minsuk-kahng-cv.pdf