I am a fifth-year PhD student in computer science at Stanford University advised by Professors Michael S. Bernstein
Michael is an associate professor at Stanford University. and Percy Liang
Percy is an associate professor at Stanford University.. Previously, I earned my MS in computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) advised by Professor Karrie Karahalios
Karrie is a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)., and BA at Swarthmore College.

My work envisions new forms of human-computer interaction by leveraging state-of-the-art advances in natural language processing and machine learning. In particular, this work introduced the concept of, and the techniques for creating generative agents--computational agents that simulate human behavior. I have been recognized with best paper awards at UIST and CHI, as well as nominations at CHI, CSCW, and ASSETS, and have been reported in venues such as The Times, The Guardian, NBC, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Forbes, Wired, Science, and Nature. I am supported by the Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship, Terry Winograd Fellowship, and Siebel Scholarship.

People call me Joon, pronounced like the sixth month of the year.