Bachelors of Science: Spelman College - Dual Degree, Computer Science & Engineering 2019
Bachelors of Engineering: Auburn University - Computer Engineering - 2019
Doctor of Philosphy: Electrical Computer Engineering: University of Illinois at Chicago - In Progres
ABOUT ME
I am currently a Ph.D. Student at the University of Illinois at Chicago where I am studying Computer Science under my advisor, Dr. Mesrob Ohannessian, investigating Machine Learning Justice. I am a Google + BlackinRobotics Fellow, GEM Fellow, NSF Bridge to Doctorate Fellow, and Bill and Melinda Gates Scholar/Fellow.
I graduated as a part of the Dual Degree Engineering Program at Spelman College where I studied Computer Science and Auburn University where I studied Computer Engineering. My most used programming language is Python. I also have previous experience in C, Java, C#, .NET, VHDL, C++, and several assembly languages
My main hobbies are largely mentoring and dance. I have been a part of various mentorship programs, while also mentoring others. I have been a member of many dance organizations and have danced for about 10 years.
Kenya S. Andrews
Photograph by: Royal Photography
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Artificial Intelligence Ethics & Justice
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Machine Learning
Algorithmic Justice
EDUCATION
2013-2017
Spelman College​
Dual Degree Computer Science & Engineering, BS
2017-2019
Auburn Univeristy
Computer Engineering, BCMPE
2020-2025
University of Illinois, Chicago
Electrical / Computer Engineering, MS/PhD
Human-Robot Interaction
Ethical Algorithms
UPDATES + NEWS
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Awarded: Google + BlackinRobotics Fellowship! | August 2023
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Poster Presentation: CRA-WOMEN in San Francisco, CA | April 2023
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Invited Talk: UIC ECE 418 in Chicago, IL | April 2023
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Invited Talk: UIC ECE 394 in Chicago, IL | March 2023
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Lightening Talk: CRA-IDEALS in Honolulu, HI | March 2023
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Oral Presentation: LSMRCE'22 in Schaumburg, IL | October 2022
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Oral Presentation: EAAMO'22 in Washington D.C. | October 2022
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Awarded: GEM Fellowship! | August 2022
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Invited Talk: PTC and Rockwell Automation Keynote Panelist: Technology As an Equalizer | Feb 2022
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Sat on Diverse Voices Panel for Trustworthy Machine Learning Textbook | Jan 2022
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Awarded: NSF Bridge to Doctorate Fellowship! | August 2021​​
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Poster Presentation: Women in Data Science (WiDS) Cambridge | "Equity, Access, and Vulnerability in COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation" | Poster Presenter | March 2021
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Invited Talk: Silicon Valley Robotics: Society, Robots, and Us: Inclusive Robotics | Panelist | January 2021
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Started Grad School at University of Illinois at Chicago in the DICE Lab!!! WHOOT WHOOT! | August 2020
PUBLICATIONS
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Kenya Andrews, Bhuvni Shah, and Lu Cheng. 2023. Intersectionality and Testimonial Injustice in Medical Records. In Proceedings of the 5th Clinical Natural Language Processing Workshop, pages 358–372, Toronto, Canada. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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Kenya Andrews, Mesrob Ohannessian, and Tanya Berger-Wolf. 2022. Modeling Access Differences to Reduce Disparity in Resource Allocation. In Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization (EAAMO '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 17, 1–11.
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Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, Celia Cintas, Roxana Daneshjou, Kush R. Varshney, Peter Staar, Skyler Speakman, x, Chinyere Agunwa, Justin Jia, Elizabeth Bailey, Ademide Adelekun, Jules B. Lipoff, Ginikanwa Onyekaba, Veronica Rottemberg, and James Zou. Racial Representation Analysis in Dermatology Academic Materials. 2021. AMIA Annual Symposium, San Diego, CA, October–November 2021.