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General Information

Full Name Katherine Van Koevering
Email kvankoe1@jh.edu
Website https://ktvank.github.io/

Education

  • 2025 – present
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Johns Hopkins University, Data Science and AI Institute
    • Supervisor
      • Anjalie Field
  • 2018–2025
    PhD, Computer Science
    Cornell University, Ithaca
    • Supervisor
      • Jon Kleinberg
    • Thesis
      • Social Tectonics: The Shifting Dynamics of Digital Discourse
  • 2014–2018
    BSc, Computer Science
    University of Washington, Seattle
    • Data Science Concentration, Magna Cum Laude
  • 2014–2018
    BSc, Statistics
    University of Washington, Seattle
    • Magna Cum Laude

Academic Experience

  • 2026
    Organizing Committee
    NeurIPS 2026 Workshop on Interpreting Agent Behavior, International Convention Centre, Sydney, Australia
  • 2025 – present
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Johns Hopkins University, Data Science and AI Institute
    • Supervised by Anjalie Field
  • Spring 2023
    Instructor
    Cornell University
    • CS 4820, Advanced Algorithms
    • Co-taught senior level algorithms course (450 students) with Eshan Chattopadhyay. Responsibilities included lectures, homeworks, managing course logistics, exams, office hours, etc.
  • Summer 2021
    Research Intern
    Microsoft Research
    • Dr. Jennifer Neville
  • Summer 2020
    Research Intern
    Microsoft Research
    • Dr. Julia Kiseleva
  • 2017–2018
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
    University of Washington
    • Prof. Kate Starbird
  • 2015–2016
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
    University of Washington
    • Prof. Richard Anderson

Work Experience

  • Summer 2017
    Software Engineering Intern
    Facebook
  • Summer 2016
    Software Engineering Intern
    Zillow

Teaching Assistantship

  • Spring 2022
    CS 1340 – Choices and Consequences in Computing
    Cornell University
  • Fall 2021
    CS 6850 – Graduate Information Networks
    Cornell University

Other Experience

  • 2025 – present
    AI in the News, Organizer
    Johns Hopkins University
    • Founded, manages, and curates weekly discussions for graduate students about AI and its interactions with our world outside of academia, from legal developments to popular culture.
  • 2026
    JHU Postdoctoral Flash Talk Competition
    Johns Hopkins University
    • 1st Place
  • 2022–2025
    Room Reservation Czar
    Cornell University
    • Managed meeting room availability for Computer Science School in Gates Hall.
  • 2018–2021
    Secretary, Board Member
    Computer Science Graduate Organization, Cornell University
    • One of three leaders of the graduate student organization for computer science, leading efforts to manage TA overwork, food waste, and more.
  • 2017
    Officer, Board Member
    ACM-W, UW Chapter

Academic Interests

  • Digital Communication
    • Analyzing the movement of people and ideas across the internet
    • Analyzing changing communication styles across time, audience, and platform
    • Analyzing human/AI communication and making recommendations for both humans and AI
  • Network Science
    • Using complex network structures to model and analyze complicated data
    • Developing statistical, graphical tools to facilitate this analysis

Computer Skills

Programming Languages Python, Java, Julia, bash, R
Web Technologies HTML 5, Javascript
Database SQL