Yufan Kang

Melbourne, Australia
(+61) 406 191 028
tinakang997@gmail.com

Current Position

Research Fellow
Monash University
Feb 2025 - Present

• Conduct interdisciplinary research on trustworthy and responsible AI, with a focus on automated decision-making systems, ranking and recommender algorithms, and spatio-temporal resource allocation.
• Lead technical and methodological contributions evaluating automated cultural curation and ranking systems, examining how algorithmic systems shape cultural exposure, diversity, and representation.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary research teams across AI, data science, social sciences, and policy, including national and international academic and industry partners.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Science)
RMIT University, Apr 2021 - Feb 2025

• Thesis: Robust Fairness in Spatial-Temporal Resource Allocation

Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours)
RMIT University, Aug 2019 - July 2020

• Thesis: APP Usage Understanding and Prediction While Commuting
• Relevant coursework: Data Mining, Research Methods

Bachelor of Science (Discrete Mathematics and Statistics)
The University of Melbourne, Mar 2013 - Dec 2017

• Relevant coursework: Calculus, Linear Algebra, Probability, Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Stochastic Processes, Discrete Mathematics

Industry & Infrastructure Experience

Casual Cloud Engineer
RACE Hub - RMIT AWS Cloud Supercomputing Hub
Apr 2022 - Jan 2025

• Bridged research teams with Amazon AI and AWS departments.
• Supported experiment design and deployment using AWS compute, storage, and managed AI services.
• Advised on scalability, cost optimisation, security, and compliance in cloud environments.