Daniel Jin

Hi there
My name is Daniel Jin(金). I am currently MS student in Computer Science at NYU Courant, having completed my undergraduate studies at Rutgers University with a double major in Computer Science and Mathematics and a minor in Linguistics.

I am passionate about “making sense”. Which (un?)luckily has becoming more important and difficult in the recent years with the advancement of generative AI; As these models operate in ways that often feel like a black box, my goal is not just to use them but to understand and explain its inner workings.

This passion for making sense has led me to develop a diversed background, here are some of them: (sort(interests, key=lambda x: -len(x)))

• AI
• NLP
• compilers
• redictive analytics
• formal language theory
• computational linguistics
• algorithms (especially graph theory)

Notably, I have been teaching computer science at the university level since 2019, thanks to the awsome Learning Assistant (LA) Program. Since then, I have led recitation sections, designed course materials for intro to computer science and data structures. Which has helped thousands of students to the path of computer science. Other than that, I’ve worked as an intern in 2024 as a product manager for LLM 2C product at Baidu, and currently working on predictive analysis paper on NYC public transit’s relationship with retail.

As right now, I thrive at the intersection of AI, NLP, and computational linguistics, aiming not only to use the technology but also to explain them.

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