Ned Cooper

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

I specialise in designing AI mental health products and policies, evaluating LLM capabilities like theory of mind and persuasion, and participatory approaches to AI governance. Currently I'm a postdoctoral researcher in the DesignAI lab 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 in strategy consulting and 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