Ken Hu, independent researcher
Thinking about language

About

Who I am

I am an independent researcher, with interests in the philosophy of language and theory of mind. I receieved my MA at The New School for Social Research in Liberal Studies, with a focus on interdisciplinary understandings of language and phenomenology. I also have a soft spot for animal ethics, immigrant rights, and Shakespeare.

In a previous life, I was a data scientist and engineer. I initially received a BSc in Information Sciences and Technology from Pennsyania State University, then my MSc in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh. As a part of that career, I've also founded a startup specializing in natural language processing in the Chinese language.

Projects

Some projects I've worked on

Public Seminar

Contributions to NSSR's public discourse platform

Experiences

A printer-friendly CV


  • 2024-

    Philosophy of language and theory of mind

    Independent Researcher


  • 2018-2023

    Data Science and Engineering

    Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Independent Consultant

    • Review and design machine learning experiments
    • Lead teams of data analysts, scientists, and engineers
    • Designed an original development process for commerical machine learning

  • 2019-22

    The New School for Social Research

    MA, Liberal Studies


  • 2010-2018

    Machine Learning and Data Engineering

    Developer, Data Scientist, Data Engineer, VP of Engineering


  • 2012-13

    Soshio

    Founder, CTO

    • Developed proprietary machine learning engine for analyzing the Chinese language
    • Represented the team in conferences and media

  • 2009-10

    University of Edinburgh

    MSc, Artificial Intelligence, Learning from Data

    • Finalist for 2010 Scottish Institute for Enterprise New Idea Competition in Science, Engineering, Technology category

  • 2007-09

    Hewlett Packard

    Software Engineer


  • 2003-07

    Pennsylvania State University, University Park

    BSc, Information Science and Techology, Design and Development