Tung-Hui Hu

About the Author

Tung-Hui Hu is a poet, scholar, and former software engineer whose work bridges the digital and the poetic, exploring the intersections of technology, history, and human experience. With a background in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in English from the University of California, Davis, Hu deftly unpacks the cultural underpinnings of modern computing in his acclaimed nonfiction. His writing illuminates the hidden infrastructures of our digital age, from cloud computing to surveillance, while drawing on literary traditions to question how technology shapes our collective memory and imagination. Hu's interdisciplinary approach has earned him fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and recognition as a leading voice in digital humanities.