CV

Daniel Young

danyoung@utexas.edu
Austin, TX, , US

Summary

Incoming Ph.D. student at UT Austin

Education

  • (In Progress) Ph.D. Computer Science
    ???
    University of Texas at Austin
  • M.S. Data Science
    2023
    Columbia University
  • B.S. Computer Science
    2022
    University of Texas at Austin

Publications

  • Discovering Effective Policies for Land-Use Planning with Neuroevolution
    2025
    Under Review
    Allocating land use to minimize carbon emissions while also minimizing cost

Presentations

  • Survival of the Smartest: Evolutionary AI for Social Good
    2025
    Big Brain SF
    San Francisco, CA, USA
    A more casual talk consisting of a primer on evolutionary AI and then my work on how it can be applied for social good such as land-use allocation and climate change policy generation.