Portfolio
Minji Kim
AI Systems & Data Automations Fellow @ VIPC
Responsible AI
Human-Centered Design
Data Science
AI & Automation
About
About Me
Hello, I am Minji! I work at the intersection of people, technology, and information, dedicated to creating systems and designs that work for people. My focus is on building solutions that promote equitable access to resources, and I work on procuring and deploying technology that is accountable, inclusive, and built for the communities it serves to expand opportunities.
Currently, I am serving as an AI Systems & Data Automations Fellow at VIPC, where I deploy AI tools that reduce friction and expand opportunity within Virginia's innovation ecosystem.
Education
BS Human-Centered Data Science (GPA: 3.9) @ UT Austin
Minors: Risk Management, Computing & Programming
Minors: Risk Management, Computing & Programming
Current Role
AI Systems & Data Automations Fellow @ Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation
Richmond, VA
Richmond, VA
Interests
Responsible AI · HCI · Accessible & Inclusive Design · Social Justice · Food · Cats
Awards
NobleReach Scholar · Girl Security National Security Fellow
Research & Work
Projects & Publications
AI Systems
Data Analytics
Human-Centered Design
Cybersecurity
Publication
arXiv:2502.14780 ↗
ReVision: A Dataset and Baseline VLM for Privacy-Preserving Task-Oriented Visual Instruction Rewriting
- Introduced a novel dataset and vision-language model baseline for rewriting visual instructions while preserving user privacy — advancing responsible deployment of multimodal AI.
- Conducted as part of the AI/ML/NLP Labs research experience at UT Austin (Apr 2024 – Sep 2025).
- Supported by the UT Austin Undergraduate Research Fellowship ($7,500 in funding).
Project
Prolific Researcher Commercialization Dashboard
- Built an AI-powered statewide research intelligence platform on AWS aggregating multi-source publication data.
- Maps researcher pipelines and identifies commercialization opportunities across Virginia's university and higher education labs.
- Bridges the gap between academic innovation and market pathways for Virginia's startup ecosystem.
Project
Safer City for Pittsburgh
- Analyzed 4,000+ property records to identify community risk patterns using Pandas and Matplotlib.
- Consolidated and validated 100K+ external records to support city-wide risk modeling.
- Presented data-driven mitigation strategies directly to the Chief Data Officer and internal analytics team.
Project
Less Annoying Robo Caller: Multimodal Emotion Recognition
- Designed a multimodal emotion recognition system combining speech audio and ASR-derived text.
- Trained a late-fusion model on 7,400+ audio files, boosting classification accuracy by 30% over unimodal baselines.
- Built a prototype processing live voice inputs to evaluate real-time model performance.
Curriculum Vitae
Experience & Education
Education
BS Human-Centered Data Science · GPA: 3.9
UT Austin · School of Information
Minor: Risk Management, Programming & Computation
Minor: Risk Management, Programming & Computation
Aug 2022 – Dec 2025
Experience
AI Systems & Data Automations Fellow
Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) · Richmond, VA
Sep 2025 – Present
SOC Analyst
UT Regional Security Operations Center · Austin, TX
Mar 2025 – Sep 2025
Data Science Researcher
AI/ML/NLP Labs · Austin, TX
Apr 2024 – Sep 2025
Undergraduate Associate Researcher
UT Austin iSchool Labs · Austin, TX
Sep 2024 – Apr 2025
Texas Cybersecurity Clinic Consultant
Strauss Center · Austin, TX
Aug 2024 – Sep 2025
Business Analyst
LOE Cosmetics · Austin, TX
Nov 2023 – Apr 2025
Leadership
President · Girls Who Code
Founded UT Austin GWC Mentorship Program · 200+ members · raised $7,500+
Spring 2023 – Fall 2025
President · Informatics Undergraduate Student Council
Mentorship program · interdisciplinary programming across schools
Spring 2023 – Fall 2025
Member · Responsible AI Institute (RAII)
AI governance, policy & risk management · U.S. and EU regulatory contexts
Fall 2025 – Present
Honors & Awards
National Security Fellow
Girl Security · Women's leadership in national security & AI ethics
October 2025
girlsecurity.org ↗
NobleReach Scholar
National fellowship · public-interest technology & policy innovation
August 2025
noblereachfoundation.org ↗
Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge — Semi-Finalist
Atlantic Council · 4th (Washington, DC) & 6th (Austin, TX)
February 2025
atlanticcouncil.org ↗
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
University of Texas at Austin · Privacy-preserving on-device VLMs
November 2024
University Honors
University of Texas at Austin
2023
Skills
Programming & Platforms
Python · SQL · R · Swift · Jupyter · GitHub
Data & Cloud
Tableau · Power BI · AWS · ETL · APIs · Data Modeling
AI / ML / NLP
Scikit-learn · TensorFlow · PyTorch · Transformers · LLMs · NLP
Coursework
Courses
iSchool · Completed
Human-Centered Data Science
iSchool · Completed
Research Methods for Informatics
iSchool · Completed
Applied Machine Learning
iSchool · Completed
Deep Learning & Multimodal Systems
iSchool · Completed
Natural Language Processing
iSchool · Completed
User Experience Design
iSchool · Completed
Applied Cybersecurity Foundations
McCombs · In Progress
MS Business Analytics Coursework
Certifications
Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
Coursera · 6 modules completed
Hack The Box — OS Fundamentals
Hack The Box
Foodie Diary
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Contact
Let's Connect
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