Academic Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow 2024-Present
Umeå University
I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Socially Aware AI group within the Department of Computing Science at Umeå University. I conduct independent research in the field of value alignment and socially aware AI, specifically focusing on computational models of social context and normative behavior, integrating human values into AI, and interpretability and transparency of agent behaviors. Apart from research, I provide informal mentorship to Ph.D. students on research methodologies and academic challenges.

Grant Writing & Funding Applications

Project Grant within Natural and Engineering Sciences (VR) Submitted in April 2025; currently under review
Developed and submitted a research proposal to the Swedish Research Council (VR) on value-aligned decision-making and value-aligned explanation.

Starting Grant (Forte) Submitted in March 2025; currently under review
Developed and submitted a research proposal to the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life, and Welfare (Forte), focusing on developing value-aligned artificial intelligence to support policymaking and enhance welfare systems.

Teaching and Mentoring Activities

Student Mentoring February 2024 - Present
Umeå University
I provide informal mentorship to Ph.D. students on research methodologies and academic challenges.

Tech Mentoring 2018 - 2022
I provided mentorship to professions in data science.

Technical Coach July 2021 - August 2021
Outco Inc.
As a techinical coach at Outco, I provided individualized technical coaching sessions to clients, focusing on data structures and algorithms in Java and Python. In addition, I provided feedback and insight to the team to continuously improve and update the curriculum.

Teaching Assistant 2018-2023
North Carolina State University
The duties of a teaching assistant involved a range of teaching-related responsibilities, including:

  • Providing mentorship to students during office hours and discussion sessions
  • Creating assignments, exams, and corresponding solutions
  • Monitoring and grading assignments and exams
I was involved in courses primarily focused on artificial intelligence, including Human-Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence.

Professional Activities

Program Committee Membership 2023-Present

  • AI Alignment Track, Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI): 2026
  • International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI): 2025
  • International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS): 2024, 2025
  • European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI): 2024, 2025
  • Demo Track, European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI): 2024

Reviewer 2023-Present

  • [C] Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci): 2024, 2025
  • [J] Scientific Reports
  • [J] Knowledge-Based Systems
  • [M] IEEE Internet Computing

Invited Presentations and Talks 2024-Present

  • Guest lecture for the Social Computing course in 2024 Fall at North Carolina State University. Lecture: From Social Communication to Norm Enforcement
  • Invited speaker for the Rebellion and Disobedience in AI Workshop. Preview talk: Norm Enforcement with a Soft Touch: Faster Emergence, Happier Agents

Organization of research events 2025-Present

  • COINE@AAMAS 2025, Co-chair of the International Workshop on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms and Ethics for Governance of Multiagent Systems (COINE), co-located with AAMAS 2025

Outreach and Community Engagement

Outreach activity 2024-Present
ECAI 2024
We presented our research with an interactive game and aimed to make progress in artificial intelligence accessible to the general public.

Techinical Experience

Sales Support August 2013 - April 2014
Ogloba Ltd.
I collaborated with sales teams to identify and clarify possible issues in the first place. We won a contract from Central Group, the most extensive retail business in Thailand.

Senior Software Engineer July 2012 - April 2014
Ogloba Ltd.
My duties include:

  • Negotiated requirements; performed system analysis and design; managed and monitored projects
  • Developed e-commerce platforms (back-end) for a wide array of enterprises in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America
  • Leadership: Led a small team of 5 people on a project with Carrefour Taiwan (October 2013 - April 2014)

Junior Software Engineer July 2010 - June 2012
Ogloba Ltd.
My duties include:

  • Developed e-commerce solutions (front-end and back-end) for various enterprises, including those offering Gift Cards and Money Transfer services
  • Provided system integration with external system providers
  • Automated daily accounting cycles to boost productivity by 30%