Joey Yip

I completed my Ph.D. at the Artificial Intelligence Institute, University of South Carolina under Prof. Amit Sheth in the intersection of Knowledge Graphs (KGs) and Large Language Models (LLMs). My work focuses on building Neuro-symbolic frameworks that combine the reasoning capabilities of structured knowledge with the generative capabilities of LLMs and Agentic Systems for application- and user-level explainability in mission critical domains.

Previously, I led the development of EMPWR, the next-generation platform for managing the complete KG lifecycle: from design and ingestion to enrichment and maintenance at scale; also led the effort in developing Neuro-symbolic AI approaches to accelerate and automate medical device R&D, in collaboration with MedHive.ai.

I completed research internships at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and Outreach.io, where I developed methods to create, manage, and maintain large-scale KGs for healthcare and sales intelligence applications.