- Personal Robots
Hi 👋🏻! I'm Jocelyn, a Ph.D. student at the MIT Media Lab in the Personal Robots Group, advised by Professor Cynthia Breazeal (MIT Media Lab) and co-advised by Professor Maarten Sap (CMU LTI). I graduated from MIT in 2021 with a S.B. in Computer Science (minor in Economics), and in 2023 with a S.M. in Media Arts and Sciences.
My research is broadly situated in the field of human-centered AI and aims to advance computational approaches, primarily using NLP and deep learning, for human-AI interactions that can promote social connection, empathy, and prosociality. I have published my work in both NLP + HCI venues, including ACL, EMNLP, CHI, CSCW, and ACII. My research is generously supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and I am currently an MIT Teaching Development Fellow.
Previously, I worked at Apple AI/ML as a research intern in Human-Centered Machine Intelligence. I've also held roles as a Software Engineering Intern at Facebook and Citadel, and as a Data Science Intern at Affectiva.
Aside from my work, I enjoy illustrating comics, sketching characters, and writing poems, essays, and novels. My awarded creative works center around themes of racial identity, the meaning of art, and the digital age.
You can find more information in my personal website below!