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Dan Ryan is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University. With a social science background in computer science, he adopts a broadly interdisciplinary approach to the intersection of humans and technology. His research interests encompass AI safety governance, social theory, human intelligence alignment, applications of AI in education, and educating policymakers about AI. Ryan critically examines how concepts, tools, and styles of thinking can export and import between computer science and the humanities and social sciences, as well as design and policy sciences. His previous work and teaching experience address topics such as social organization, multi-agent modeling, normative control of information sharing, policy modeling and simulation, human-centered design, geographic information systems, and methodologies in social theory and research. He received his bachelor's degree in mathematical, physical, and computer sciences from New College of Florida and earned a PhD in sociology from Yale University. Before joining Johns Hopkins University, Ryan held academic positions at the University of Toronto, the University of Southern California's Iovine Young Academy, and Mills College.
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