Daye Nam

I will begin as an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Irvine, in Fall 2025. Currently, I am a visiting researcher at Google, working with Satish Chandra. I completed my Ph.D. at Carnegie Mellon University in May 2024, where I was fortunate to be advised by Brad Myers, Bogdan Vasilescu, and Vincent Hellendoorn. I received my M.S. degree from the University of Southern California, and B.S. degree from Yonsei University.

My research focuses on designing, building, and evaluating AI tools for developers, with a strong emphasis on making these tools useful and usable. My ultimate goal is to empower programmers at all levels to write programs effectively and with greater control, supported by AI.

Prospective students: I am actively seeking motivated students with strong backgrounds in software engineering, human-computer interaction, and/or natural language processing. If you are interested in working with me, apply to the program and mention me as the faculty member of interest. Feel free to email me your CV and a brief description of your research interets.