Ilmi Yoon
Teaching Professor, Director of Computing Programs - Silicon Valley
Research interests
- Artificial intelligence
- Computational biology
- Human-computer interaction
- Machine learning
Education
- PhD in Computer Graphics, University of Southern California
- MS in Computer Science, University of Southern California
- BS in Computer Science, Yonsei University — South Korea
Biography
Ilmi Yoon is a teaching professor and a director of computing programs in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Silicon Valley.
Yoon joined Khoury College in 2024 after two dozen years at San Francisco State University to explore a different education system that would impact more students. As an instructor for discrete structures courses in the Align program, she loves to meet students in their first semester, support their journey into computer science, and watch them grow beyond her expectations. Yoon researches human-centered AI, video accessibility, and socially responsible computing, all with the goal of engaging underrepresented and marginalized groups in computing and computing education.
Outside of academia, she loves planting, gardening, and cooking.