CV

Research Experiences

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Big Data Analytics, Kyung Hee University, South Korea (2022 - Present)

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Artificial Intelligence & SW Technology, Sunmoon University, South Korea (2019 - 2022)

  • Postdoctoral/Adjunct Research Fellow, Data61, CSIRO, Australia (2016 - 2019)

      • Supervisor: Prof. Raja Jurdak

      • Modeling disease spread based on human mobility

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science Department, Stanford University, USA (2015 - 2016)

      • Supervisors: Prof. Jure Leskovec, Prof. Daniel McFarland, and Prof. Dan Jurafsky

      • Modeling interdisciplinary citation dynamics across subfields of sciences

  • PhD Study, Research School of Computer Science, The Australian National University, Australia (2011 - 2015)

      • Supervisors: Prof. Peter Christen, Dr. David Newth, Prof. Lexing Xie, and Prof. Robert Ackland

      • Thesis: Dynamics of Information Diffusion

  • Manager, Intelligence Lab, SK Telecom, South Korea (2006 - 2010)

      • Project lead on social computing based upon mobile communication networks

  • Researcher, Software Robot Research Team, ETRI, South Korea (2005 - 2006)

      • Lifelong learning of human behavior and adaptation for autonomous software robots

  • Researcher, Digital Media Lab, Samsung Electronics, South Korea (2004 - 2005)

      • Digital media system architectures

  • Research Intern, LG Electronics, South Korea (2003)

      • Won the best int'l internship award

Honors & Awards

  • Teaching Excellence Award @Sunmoon University (March 2021)

  • Finalist in the Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research, Australia (August 2019)

  • PhD Scholarship @The Australian National University (2011 - 2014)

  • Tuition Fee Exemption Sponsorship @The Australian National University (2011 - 2014)

  • Complex Systems Science Overseas Research Grant @CSIRO (August 2013)

  • 3rd Prize Winner at CECS Postgraduate Research Presentations @The Australian National University (August 2012)

  • AAAI ICWSM Student Scholarship (2012)

  • Vice-Chancellor's Higher Degree Research Grant @The Australian National University (2012)

  • Outstanding Academic Achievement Award @University of Southern California (2004)

  • Best International Internship Award @LG Electronics (2003)

  • 1st Prize Winner at Software Competition @LG Electronics (2003)

Professional Services