Seongeun Bae
Seongeun Bae
PhD Candidate
Yonsei University
Research Interests: Asset Pricing, AI in Finance, Business Analytics, Interpretable AI, LLM, Real Estate
Email: jennybse00@yonsei.ac.kr
Education
Yonsei University
PhD in Industrial Engineering, 2024–2027 (Expected)
Sookmyung Women's University
BS in Mathematics, 2020–2024
Short-term Training
Practical English Communication Skills for Academic Life, Yonsei University (2025)
Linear Regression using R and ChatGPT, Institute of Data Science, Yonsei University (2025)
Analysis of Variance using R and ChatGPT, Institute of Data Science, Yonsei University (2025)
Python Programming and Web Crawling, Institute of Data Science, Yonsei University (2025)
IBM Quantum Computing, Qiskit Global Summer School (2024)
Publications
"The economics of shared cinematic universes", with Goo, G., Shin, J., Lim, K., & Ahn, K. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 208(2), 118129, 2026 (JCR 2024, Top 0.8%).
"Quantitative structure and sentiment of news articles on housing policies", with An, S., Lee, G., & Ahn, K. Chaos 36(3), 033110, 2026 (Featured Article, JCR 2024, Top 3.6%).
"Strategic self-presentation and its effects on first date success", with Lim, K., Shin, J., Goo, G., Lee, G., & Ahn, K. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics (accepted).
"Spatial appreciation of the floor plan complexity in housing price appraisal", with An, S., Choi, G., & Ahn, K. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 203, 117580, 2026 (JCR 2024, Top 0.8%).
"Spatio-temporal analysis of dental healthcare disparities in Korea, 1995–2022", with Song, Y., & Kim, H. Journal of Dental Hygiene Science 25(4), 436–446, 2025 (KCI 2024, Q2).
"Housing price estimation and reasoning based on a large language model", with Jung, L., Nam, S., An, S., & Ahn, K. Finance and Large Language Models (Book Chapter), Springer Nature, 27–45, 2025.
"Aggregated hedonic dataset with a green index: Busan, South Korea", with An, S., Song, Y., & Ahn, K. Data in Brief 57, 11109, 2024 (JCR 2024, Q3).
Working Papers
Survival of primary care institutions in South Korea: Size, specialty, and regional disparity (R&R in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications)
Facial sentiment and verbal content in harmony: Evidence from policy announcement (R&R in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications)
Survival data of primary care institution in South Korea
Work in Progress
Smarter crash alarms: Theory-informed large language models
Uneven survival: Spatial disparities and the entrenchment of dental care inequality
Reaction of the South Korean real estate market to policy stance: Insights from the newspaper
Emotion in complexity: Artwork complexity and first-impression emotion in contemporary art
Electricity market information and energy transition
Street greenery, physical activity, and health outcomes
Urban infrastructure and PM2.5: Blue, green, and gray dimensions
Honors and Awards
Seoul Future Foundation
AI Seoultech Graduate Scholarship (PhD Program), 2026
Yonsei University
International Joint Research Grant, 2026
Seoul Scholarship Foundation
AI Seoultech Graduate Scholarship (MS Program), 2025
Korea Student Aid Foundation
Outstanding Doctoral Scholarship in Science and Engineering, 2026
Outstanding Master’s Scholarship in Science and Engineering, 2025
Korean Data Science Consortium
Future Research Award, Data Science Conference, 2024
Sookmyung Women's University
Academic Excellence Award, Sookmyung Women's University, 2023
Academic Excellence Award, Sookmyung Women's University, 2020
Services
Applied Economics, Applied Economics Letters, Cogent Economics and Finance, Computational Economics, Data in Brief, Emerging Markets Review, Expert Systems with Applications, Financial Innovation, Hummanities and Social Science Communications, International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Journal of Transport and Policy, PLoS ONE, Sustainable Futures, Sustainable Cities and Society
References
Yonsei University: Prof. Kwangwon Ahn (Finance), Prof. Hyunsoo Yoon (AI)
Glasgow Caledonian University: Prof. Hanwool Jang (Real Estate)
Chonnam National University: Prof. Yena Song (Economic Geography)
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies: Prof. Sihyun An (Finance and AI)
Peking University: Prof. Domenico Tarzia (Finance)
Bank of Korea: Dr. Gahyun Choi (Data Science)