SEAS welcomes new faculty in Computer Science, Applied Math

The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) is welcoming four new researchers in the fields of machine learning, artificial intelligence and data management to its ranks of faculty.  Three of the four new faculty will also be Investigators with The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard University, which is housed at the Science and Engineering Complex.

“We’re at a transformational moment for artificial intelligence and I couldn’t be more excited to recruit outstanding new faculty to SEAS,” said David C. Parkes, the John A. Paulson Dean.  “Our new faculty colleagues are bringing a wealth of talent and expertise on the cutting edge of machine learning and AI, driving foundational research that will make sure that we continue to understand and embrace AI and have it work to the benefit of everyone.”

The new faculty include:

Juncheng Yang

Juncheng Yang will join SEAS in 2025 as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science.  Yang’s research focuses on the performance, sustainability and reliability of data systems. He leverages in-depth measurements to design new systems and algorithms for tomorrow’s compute and storage systems. Yang is particularly interested in developing robust, reliable and sustainable cache/storage management and machine learning systems and developing new approaches to make machine learning more practical for storage systems.

Yang will be joining SEAS from Carnegie Mellon University, where he received his Ph.D.