Alumnus Uses AI to Counter African Poaching, Improve Maternal Healthcare Access

For some students, the only obstacles between them and Fall 2024 Commencement are the chilly first weeks of December and final exams. Others, like Lingkai Kong, completed their degrees this past summer but officially “get out” of Georgia Tech by graduating with the fall cohort.

Since defending his dissertation in July, Kong has been working at Harvard University as a postdoctoral fellow studying under Professor Milind Tambe. Together, they develop artificial intelligence (AI) applications for public health, safety, and wildlife conservation.

We caught up with Kong to learn more about his graduate school journey, his work at Harvard, and where his Georgia Tech degree will take him next.