Dr. Woojin Jung is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers School of Social Work. She is also a core faculty member at Rutgers Global Health Institute, as well as a faculty affiliate of the Urban and Civic Informatics Lab at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Her research focuses on measuring global poverty and informing social transfers in resource-constrained areas around the world. In recent years, Jung has incorporated cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) methodologies into her work. By harnessing multimodal data sources, such as satellite imagery, social media and geospatial attributes, she is developing wealth metrics at granular levels in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Jung has been honored with AI/cyberinfrastructure grants, a National Science Foundation fellowship, and support from Microsoft’s AI for Humanitarian Action program for her current research endeavors, further testifying to the global impact and relevance of her work. Recognizing her expertise and vision, she was appointed to Rutgers University’s Provost’s Strategic Task Force (PST) on Cyberinfrastructure and Data Science and invited to be a member of the Cyberinfrastructure & AI for Science and Society (CASS).
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In the News
- Rutgers Research Feature: Focus on Faculty with Assistant Professor Woojin Jung
- Assistant Professor Woojin Jung Receives Research Council Award
- Assistant Professor Woojin Jung Receives Microsoft Azure Grant
- “Development Engineering Scholar Woojin Jung Finds Significant Discrepancies in Global Poverty Measures” in Blum Center for Developing Economies.