Daniel Kang

Assistant professor at UIUC, computer science

Daniel Kang is an assistant professor at UIUC, where he started after his PhD at Stanford University. At UIUC, he focuses on next-generation analytics, including analytics using machine learning and data management for ML systems. His work has been deployed at autonomous vehicle companies and to help ecologists to analyze microcosms. Daniel’s research is supported by Emergent Ventures, the Open Philanthropy project, Google, and NSF.

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