Didi Zhou

Hi, I’m Didi! I’m currently a PhD student at Johns Hopkins University, advised by Mark Dredze.

I care about creating a better, more just world and the role technology plays within that. I'm specifically interested in responsible Natural Language Processing (NLP), thinking about how we can learn from social sciences to mitigate harms (improve fairness, policy & regulation) and use NLP for social good.

Previously, I was a Product Manager (and APM) at Google working on Trust & Safety for Search Quality. I led efforts around Product Inclusion and Visual Safety for Search and AI products. Before that, I graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. Computer Science Turing Scholars honors degree with a minor in Sociology and in Economics and a concentration in DEI. I worked with Dr. Min Kyung Lee on projects regarding Human-AI interaction and Dr. Matt Lease on projects relating to explainability and fact-checking.

You might find me reading and journalling, exploring both my local neighborhoods and places across the world, or social dancing with strangers.