PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Jungpil Hahn

Also known as Hahn Jungpil

Jungpil Hahn is an information systems professor at the National University of Singapore whose work on AI covers governance and AI-enabled decision-making in organizations. He earned an M.B.A. at Yonsei University in 1998 and a PhD at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management in 2003, then taught at Purdue's Krannert School of Management before joining NUS Computing in July 2012. He headed the Department of Information Systems and Analytics from 2015 to 2021 and served as Deputy Director (AI Governance) at AI Singapore from 2021 to 2026. In 2024, he coauthored “The Evolution of AI Governance” in IEEE Computer. Since 2025, he is a Provost's Chair Professor at NUS Computing and directs the NUS Fintech Lab.

Timeline

  1. 1998–2003

    Yonsei degrees and a Minnesota PhD

    He earns a B.B.A. and, in 1998, an M.B.A. at Yonsei University's School of Business in Seoul. His PhD in Information and Decision Sciences follows in 2003, from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

  2. 1999

    Diagrams in systems analysis

    In 1999, he coauthors “Why are Some Diagrams Easier to Work With?” in ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. The paper examines how diagrammatic representation affects the cognitive integration process in systems analysis and design.

  3. 2003–2012

    Assistant professor at Purdue

    He joins the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, as Assistant Professor of Management in 2003 and stays until 2012, with a spell as visiting assistant professor of information systems at Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business from 2009 to 2010. In 2008, he coauthors an Information Systems Research paper on how prior collaboration ties shape the emergence of new project teams from open source software developer networks.

  4. 2012–2021

    Department head at NUS Computing

    He joins the School of Computing at the National University of Singapore in July 2012 as Associate Professor. From July 2015 to June 2021, he is Head of the Department of Information Systems and Analytics.

  5. 2020–2021

    ICIS paper awards

    At the International Conference on Information Systems, he wins the Best Completed Research Paper Award in 2020 and a Best Paper in Track Award in 2021 for the Sharing Economy, Platforms and Crowds track.

  6. 2021–2026

    AI governance at AI Singapore

    From 2021 to 2026, he is Deputy Director (AI Governance) at AI Singapore. In 2023, he also becomes Vice Dean (Communications) of the NUS School of Computing, a post he holds until 2025. His courses include IS5010 AI Ethics and Governance.

  7. 2024

    AI governance paper and keynote

    In 2024, he coauthors “The Evolution of AI Governance” in IEEE Computer. Speaking to Thomson Reuters in June 2024, he says that much of the discourse on AI ethics and governance is too broad. He is also a keynote speaker at JCSSE 2024 in Phuket, Thailand, with a talk titled “AI and Its Transformative Impact: Implications for Computer Science and Software Engineering”.

  8. Since 2025

    Provost's Chair Professor at NUS

    In 2025, he becomes Provost's Chair Professor at the NUS School of Computing, where he is also Director of the NUS Fintech Lab. In an interview with ZDNet Korea in June 2025, he calls the global AI race a “war of data and capital”. His project “Toward Cyber-Organizations” examines AI's impact on organizational decision-making and talent cultivation.

Career

  1. Since 2012National University of SingaporeAssociate Professor, Vice Dean (Communications)
  2. 2021–2026AI SingaporeDeputy Director (AI Governance)
  3. 2015–2021School of Computing, National University of SingaporeHead
  4. 2009–2010Carnegie Mellon UniversityVisiting Assistant Professor of Information Systems
  5. 2003–2012Purdue UniversityAssistant Professor of Management

Education

  1. 2003University of MinnesotaPhD
  2. 1998Yonsei UniversityB.B.A., M.B.A.

From the biography.

  1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Jungpil Hahn. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  2. People shaping AI work at a median of 3 organizations over a career: 3 for university starters and institute and lab starters, versus 2 for company startersIncludes National University of Singapore. Across 6,853 people shaping AI with a dated work role, we estimate a median of 3 parent organizations over a career (mean 3.6), comparing role groups, starting sectors and starting decades from the 1950s to 2020–2026.
  3. The United States employs an estimated 48% of people shaping AIIncludes National University of Singapore. We estimate where the people shaping AI work today, how universities, companies and research institutes split across countries, and how country shares have changed since the 1960s.
  4. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes National University of Singapore. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Jungpil Hahn - Garbage Can Lab garbcan.com. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. HAHN Jungpil - NUS Computing comp.nus.edu.sg. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. Jungpil Hahn - Singapore, National University of Singapore, Carnegie Mellon University, Purdue University, PhD in Information and Decision Sciences, The University of Minnesota, MBA, Yonsei University, BBA, Yonsei University | about.me about.me. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Ethical AI for lawyers in Singapore: Key responsibilities - NUS Computing comp.nus.edu.sg. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. Keynote Speakers | JCSSE 2024 Phuket, Thailand jcsse2024.computing.psu.ac.th. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. NUS Professor Hahn Jungpil: "AI Advancement Hinges on Data, Capital, and Government R&D Support" - NUS Computing comp.nus.edu.sg. Checked 21 October 2026.