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PhD in Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, ACT, Australia

MS in Computer Science, University of Southern California, CA, USA

BS in Computer Science and Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea

Associate Professor, Department of Big Data Analytics, School of Management, Kyung Hee University, South Korea (2025 - Present)

Assistant Professor, Department of Big Data Analytics, School of Management, Kyung Hee University, South Korea (2022 - 2024)

• • The Head of Department of Big Data Analytics, School of Management, Kyung Hee University, South Korea (2023 - 2024)

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

Faculty Teaching Excellence Award @Sunmoon University, South Korea  (March 2021)

Finalist in the Eureka Prizes Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research @Australian Museum, 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)

Government Agency Advisory Committee:

• • Korea Information System of Criminal Justice Services, Ministry of Justice, South Korea (Aug. 2023 ~ Aug. 2024)

  • Data Committee, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea  (Jul. 2021 ~ Jul. 2025)

  • Software Task Evaluation Committee, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea  (2025)

Journal Peer Review: 

• • Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR)

  • Artificial Intelligence Review

  • Journal of Applied Statistics 

  • Journal of Regional Science

  • Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

  • ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)

  • ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (TOMM)

  • ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems (TOMPECS)

  • Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory

  • Scientific Reports

  • EPIDEMICS

  • NEUROCOMPUTING

  • Knowledge and Information Systems

  • Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing

  • IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

  • Mathematics

  • Entropy

  • NETNOMICS: Economic Research and Electronic Networking 

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)

  • PLOS ONE

  • Brazilian Journal of Physics 

  • Advances in Complex Systems (ACS)

  • Computers in Human Behavior

  • Journal of Risk and Financial Management

  • Electronics

  • Social Network Analysis and Mining

  • Research and Advances: Environmental Sciences 

  • Journal of Korean Institute of Information Technology (KIIT)