Youna Jung
Young Jung
Pronouns: she/her
Youna Jung is an associate teaching professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Arlington.
Jung joined Khoury College in 2023 to contribute to the creation of a new computing master’s program at Northeastern’s Arlington campus. She teaches courses on programming, databases, operating systems, security and privacy, and other topics she considers fundamental to computer systems. Outside of her teaching and mentoring, Jung has researched AI, IoT, cybersecurity and privacy, mobile healthcare, and collaborative, social, and ubiquitous computing. She has earned multiple grants for her work on smart cities, disaster response, IoT, social networks, security, and ethics.
Before joining Khoury College, Jung taught and researched for ten years at the Virginia Military Institute, where she won the college’s Distinguished Teaching Award and Research Excellence Award.
Education
- PhD in Information and Communication Technology, Ajou University — South Korea
- MS in Information and Communication Technology, Ajou University — South Korea
- BS in Engineering, Ajou University — South Korea
Young Jung
Pronouns: she/her
Youna Jung is an associate teaching professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Arlington.
Jung joined Khoury College in 2023 to contribute to the creation of a new computing master’s program at Northeastern’s Arlington campus. She teaches courses on programming, databases, operating systems, security and privacy, and other topics she considers fundamental to computer systems. Outside of her teaching and mentoring, Jung has researched AI, IoT, cybersecurity and privacy, mobile healthcare, and collaborative, social, and ubiquitous computing. She has earned multiple grants for her work on smart cities, disaster response, IoT, social networks, security, and ethics.
Before joining Khoury College, Jung taught and researched for ten years at the Virginia Military Institute, where she won the college’s Distinguished Teaching Award and Research Excellence Award.
Education
- PhD in Information and Communication Technology, Ajou University — South Korea
- MS in Information and Communication Technology, Ajou University — South Korea
- BS in Engineering, Ajou University — South Korea