Kenneth Joseph

Dr. Kenneth Joseph is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo, part of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He serves as Associate Director of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science and leads the Computation and Equity Lab (cubelab), focusing on social inequality through computational measures and models.

• Education: PhD, MS, and BS in Societal Computing from Carnegie Mellon University (2016, 2012, 2010)
• Research Interests: Computational Social Science, Network Science, Gender Studies, and AI for Social Good
• Notable Work: Gender disparities in academia, predictive modeling for foster care and urban policy, and social media rumor analysis
• Awards:
  • UB Exceptional Scholar—Young Investigator Award (2021)
• Advising: Mentored students like Yuhao Du, Jason Yan, Arjunil Pathak, and Navid Madani on projects spanning Twitter bios, foster youth services, and algorithmic fairness.