Kyung-Ah Sohn
Kyung-Ah Sohn (손경아), Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Software and Computer Engineering, Ajou University, Korea (아주대학교 소프트웨어학과)
Head, Department of Artificial Intelligence (대학원 인공지능학과 학과장)
Email: kasohn a-t gmail | ajou.ac.kr
* We are looking for motivated students (graduate, or undergraduate) and post-docs to join our group! Email me your cv if interested. (Currently, I'm accepting new graduate students only through the Department of AI)
Research Interest
Machine Learning / Deep Learning: multi-view learning, representation learning, computer vision, natural language processing
Biomedical Informatics: multi-omics data integration, knowledge embedding, network-based analysis, translational bioinformatics
Education
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ph.D. in Computer Science, December 2011
Advised by Professor Eric P. Xing
Thesis title: Learning ancestral genetic processes using non-parametric Bayesian models
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
M.S. in Computer Science, February 2003
Advised by Professor Myung-Soo Kim
Thesis title: Computing distances between surfaces using line geometry
B.S. in Mathematics, February 2000
Working Experiences
Professor, March 2013 – present
Department of Software and Computer Engineering, Ajou University, South Korea
Visiting Scholar, March 2019 – February 2020
Machine Learning Department, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Research Assistant Professor, April 2012 – February 2013
College of Medicine / Systems Biomedical Informatics Research Center, Seoul National University, South Korea
Post-Doctoral Fellow, January 2012 – February 2012
Machine Learning Department, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Full-time researcher, February 2003 - May 2005
Human-Computer-Interaction/Computing lab, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, South Korea