About

Yoon Kim is an Associate Professor at MIT in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, with a focus on Natural Language and Speech Processing. His research involves developing techniques for the analysis and synthesis of systems that interact with the external world through perception, communication, and action, while also learning, making decisions, and adapting to changing environments. He has contributed to advancing AI models' reliability, interpretability, and capabilities, including improving confidence estimates in AI models, enhancing the reasoning abilities of large language models, and developing methods for AI to absorb new knowledge. His work is recognized for its innovation and impact in the field of AI, contributing to safer, more flexible, and more effective AI systems.

Research topics

• Computer science
• Artificial intelligence
• Materials science
• Natural language processing
• Optoelectronics

Frequent coauthors

• Byung‐Gook Park

  Seoul National University

  89 shared

• Alexander M. Rush

  43 shared

• Sungjun Kim

  Dongguk University

  37 shared

• Seongjae Cho

  31 shared

• Muhammad Ismail

  Dongguk University

  30 shared

• Tae‐Hyeon Kim

  Seoul National University of Science and Technology

  28 shared

• Min‐Hwi Kim

  Chung-Ang University

  27 shared

• Jang-Gn Yun

  26 shared

Labs

• Yoon Kim - MIT EECSPI

Awards & honors

• 2026 Sloan Research Fellow

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