Ned Cooper

I figure out how to design and govern AI systems in high-stakes domains — where getting deployment right really matters.

My research spans responsible design frameworks for AI mental health products, participatory approaches to ML development, and evaluating LLM capabilities like theory of mind and persuasion. Currently I'm postdoctoral researcher in the DesignAI studio at Cornell, and an affiliate of the MINT and Social-Centered AI labs. Previously, I worked at Google Research on speech technologies for underserved language communities.

Before academia, I spent eight years across strategy consulting, infrastructure delivery, and human rights law -- including managing network strategy and regulatory policy for Australia's national broadband rollout, and criminal defense work with Aboriginal communities.

Email: ned [dot] cooper [at] cornell [dot] edu