allison huang

allison huang

product, design, cs in usc, she/her

I'm a current sophomore at the Iovine and Young Academy at the University of Southern California. I love designing human-centered experiences and thinking in systems. Currently exploring AI safety and governance.

Side Projects

2023
Documate

Software product that simplifies hardware documentation and was created over the course of 8 weeks with 3 collaborators as part of USC’s premier product incubator, Lavalab

As the designer, I was responsible for branding the product, prototyping the interface and experience, and creating the pitch deck

Awards

2021
Certificate of special congressional recognition from Representative Anna Eshoo

Certificate of special congressional recognition from Representative Anna Eshoo as part of the Midpeninsula Post.

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Summer Research Fellow at UChicago XLab
Chicago, IL

Research fellow at UChicago's Existential Risk Laboratory; currently conducting research in the AI governance space

2023 — 2023
Design Stategist at Banco Bradesco
Los Angeles

Researching the role of Web3 technologies in financial services and identifying opportunities to reimagine banking services in near future scenarios; investigating decentralized finance, blockchain technologies, AI/ML technologies, spatial web, personalized edge computing, and the creator’s economy

2021 — 2021
Mountain View

Developed and prototyped a robot snake made of several daisy-chained servo motors, 3d printed casings, an Arduino Nano and an Adafruit PWM/Servo Driver

Assisted at summer camp teaching robotics to 10–14 year olds

Certifications

2020