Dr. Baek-Young (Becky) Choi, professor of computer science, was named associate dean for academic and faculty affairs for the College of Engineering and Computing at S&T. She started her duties in October.

Choi joined Missouri S&T’s faculty in 2025. She previously served as a professor of computer science at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

She is a senior member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). She currently serves as an IEEE distinguished lecturer and associate editor-in-chief of IEEE Communications Magazine.

Choi earned a Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, a master’s degree in computer science and engineering from Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea and a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Pusan National University in South Korea.