Vivian Nguyen

Hello! I am a first year Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Cornell University advised by Professor Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil. My research interests are in the fields of Natural Language Processing and Computational Social Science.

Education

Cornell University
Ph.D. Computer Science (2025 - Present)

Cornell University
B.A./M.S. Computer Science (2020 - 2025)

Publications

Hanging in the Balance: Pivotal Moments in Crisis Counseling Conversations

Vivian Nguyen, Lillian Lee, Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil

Proceedings of ACL 2025.

Taking a Turn for the Better: Conversation Redirection Throughout the Course of Mental-health Therapy

Vivian Nguyen, Sang Min Jung, Lillian Lee, Thomas D. Hull, Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil

Proceedings of EMNLP 2024 (Findings).

Teaching

Teaching Assistant
CS 4740: Natural Language Processing
CS 4700: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
CS 4820: Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms
CS 3110: Data Structures and Functional Programming