Hi, I’m Dave

I’m a Human-AI product designer, crafting experiences where human insight and machine intelligence work together seamlessly.

I’m a Human-AI product designer, crafting experiences where human insight and machine intelligence work together seamlessly.

I’m a Human-AI product designer, crafting experiences where human insight and machine intelligence work together seamlessly.

Currently

Human-Computer Interaction @ Carnegie Mellon University

  • Human-Computer Interaction @ Carnegie Mellon University

UX Researcher @ Augmented Design Capability Studio, HCII

  • UX Researcher @ Augmented Design Capability Studio, HCII

Previously

Artificial Intelligence & Game Theory @ Brown University

  • AI & Game Theory @ Brown University

AI & Game Theory @ Brown University

UX Designer and Strategist @ Partiful, Perplexity AI, and early-stage startups

  • UX Designer and Strategist @ Partiful, Perplexity AI, and early-stage startups

Partiful

UX Designer

2024

Reimagined Partiful’s Past Events to spark post-event interaction, turning archives into living social artifacts that strengthen community retention.

Noju (formerly Reso)

Founding Product Designer

2023 - 2024

Architected and led the 0 → 1 design of an AI-assisted case management platform for arbitrators, securing over $500K in early funding.

Hander

Co-Founder, Product Designer

2024 - 2025

Led the design and development of a student marketplace for sustainable upcycling, helping students save money, time, and the planet one handoff at a time.

SeWol

Human-Computer Interaction Project

2024

Designed and prototyped an affective computing artifact that transforms human emotion into light, where computing meets 氣(qi).

QuantGuide

Product Designer, UX Engineer

2023

Led design for a YC-backed platform helping aspiring quants prepare for interviews, contributing to $300K+ ARR and 400K+ monthly impressions in 4 months.

The Rest of the Story.

A collection of projects, experiments, and explorations from engineering, art, and others. These pieces may not sit in the spotlight, but they reveal the breadth of my curiosity and craft.

A collection of projects, experiments, and explorations from engineering, art, and others. These pieces may not sit in the spotlight, but they reveal the breadth of my curiosity and craft.

  • Dynamic Emotion Recognition and Adaptation in LLMS Using Biofeedback

  • DriveAlive: A computer vision–based ML pipeline to detect driver fatigue.

  • Perplexity AI Lead Campus Strategist @ Perplexity, Brown University

  • Context Aware LLM Redaction Pipeline @ RI Hospital

  • Data Science Fellow @ Brown Data Science Institute

  • UX Engineering @ Dymaxion

  • Brown-RISD STEAM: An interactive art exhibition with sensor-driven video art.

Thanks for stopping by :)

I hope something here sparked a thought.

I’m still figuring things out. Maybe you are too.

So I build with care, designing a future where machines help us remember who we are.

If you’d like to work together, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

© 2025 Dave Song. All rights reserved.

Thanks for stopping by :)

I hope something here sparked a thought.

I’m still figuring things out. Maybe you are too.

So I build with care, designing a future where machines help us remember who we are.

If you’d like to work together, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

© 2025 Dave Song. All rights reserved.

Thanks for stopping by :)

I hope something here sparked a thought.

I’m still figuring things out. Maybe you are too.

So I build with care, designing a future where machines help us remember who we are.

If you’d like to work together, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

© 2025 Dave Song. All rights reserved.

Partiful

UX Designer

2024

Noju (formerly Reso)

Founding Product Designer

2023 - 2024

Hander

Co-Founder, Product Designer

2024 - 2025

SeWol

HCI Project

2024

QuantGuide

Product Designer, UX Engineer

2023