Young D. Kwon

MPhil Student
Dept. of CSE
HKUST

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Young Kwon is an MPhil student in the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering at HKUST. He is supervised by Prof. Pan Hui and advised by Prof. Raymond Chi-Wing Wong. He received B.S. in Semiconductor Systems Engineering from SKKU where he was advised by Prof. Jee-Hyong Lee.

He is currently a visiting research student in the Mobile Systems Group, Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, advised by Prof. Cecilia Mascolo since July 2019.

His research focus in Ubiquitous and Social Computing is to better understand user behaviors at scales in online and offline platforms so as to improve human well-being and build robust social systems. He leverages computational methods from machine learning, natural language processing, and social network analysis.

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News & Travel

Sep 08-13, 2019 Attend UbiComp 2019, London, UK as a presenter and student volunteer. See you in London!
Aug 25-Sep 01, 2019 Attend ASONAM 2019, Vancouver, Canada as a presenter. See you in Vancouver!
Jul 02, 2019 Our paper "GeoLifecycle: User Engagement of Geographical Exploration and Churn Prediction in LBSNs" [Preprint] is accepted to IMWUT/UbiComp 2019
Jul 01, 2019 Visit the research group of Prof. Cecilia Mascolo at the University of Cambridge as a visiting research student
Jun 27, 2019 Had a short visit to the research group of Prof. Pan Hui at the University of Helsinki
Jun 20, 2019 Our paper "Effects of Ego Networks and Communities on Self-Disclosure in an Online Social Network" [Preprint] is accepted to ASONAM 2019 (Oral Presentation, Full Paper Acceptance Rate: 14%)
Mar 05, 2019 Attended the Finland-Hong Kong Summit on Artificial Intelligence and 5G in Hong Kong

Education

HKUST
MPhil in Computer Science and Engineering · Sep. 2017 ~ Present
Thesis Direction: User Behavior Modeling in Online Social Media Using Computational Methods

SKKU
B.S. in Semiconductor Systems Engineering · Mar. 2010 ~ Aug. 2016
• Valedictorian in the college of Information and Communication Engineering (ICE)
• Major GPA: 4.38 / 4.5 | Total GPA: 4.26 / 4.5

HKUST
Exchange Student Program in School of Engineering · Jun. 2014 ~ May. 2015

University of Cambridge
Visiting Research Student in the Mobile Systems Group, Computer Laboratory · Jul. 2019 ~ Dec. 2019 (Expected)

Professional Experiences

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Memory Business
Engineer (Full-time Employee) · Jul. 2016 ~ Aug. 2017

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Memory Business
Engineering Intern · Jul. 2015 ~ Aug. 2015

Republic of Korea Air Force, Operational Command, 1st Fighter Wing
Staff Sergeant · Feb. 2011 ~ Feb. 2013

Research Experiences

Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge
Visiting Research Student (Advisor: Prof. Cecilia Mascolo ) · Jul. 2019 ~ Present

User Engagement Analysis and Churn Prediction with LBSN Datasets
Postgraduate Research Stduent (Advisor: Prof. Raymond Wong and Prof. Pan Hui) · Aug. 2018 ~ Present

HKUST-DT System and Media Laboratory at HKUST
Postgraduate Research Stduent (Advisor: Prof. Pan Hui) · Aug. 2017 ~ Present

Information & Intelligence System Lab. at SKKU
Research Intern (Advisor: Prof. Jee-Hyong Lee) · Sep. 2015 - June. 2016

Social Network Analysis Project with Social-Attribute Network Dataset of Google+
Undergraduate Research Student (Advisor: Prof. Pan Hui) · Feb. 2015 ~ June. 2015

Publications and Manuscripts

GeoLifecycle: User Engagement of Geographical Exploration and Churn Prediction in LBSNs
Young D. Kwon, Dimitris Chatzopoulos, Ehsan Ul Haq, Raymond Chi-Wing Wong, and Pan Hui.
IMWUT/UbiComp 2019 | Preprint
Effects of Ego Networks and Communities on Self-Disclosure in an Online Social Network
Young D. Kwon, Reza Hadi Mogavi, Ehsan Ul Haq, Youngjin Kwon, Xiaojuan Ma, and Pan Hui
ASONAM 2019 | Preprint
(Oral Presentation, Full Paper Acceptance Rate: 14%)
A Survey on Computational Politics
Ehsan Ul Haq, Tristan Braud, Young D. Kwon, and Pan Hui.
TKDD (Under Review) | Preprint | Link
Document Summarization Considering Entailment Relation between Sentences
Youngdae Kwon, Noo-ri Kim, and Jee-Hyong Lee
Journal of KIISE: Software and Application 2017 | Link
Document Summarization Considering Entailment Relation between Sentences
Youngdae Kwon, Noo-ri Kim, and Jee-Hyong Lee
Proceedings of the KIISE conference 2016 | Link
Honorable Mention, and invited to Journal of KIISE
Method to Discover Novel Attribute Relationships using Social-Attribute Network in Google+
Youngdae Kwon, Chung Kwan Tse, Chong Bor Hung, and Cheuk Man Chiu
Proceedings of the KIISE conference 2015 | Link
Honorable Mention for undergraduate students' papers
Characterization of Newcomers and Prediction of Potential Long-term Contributors in LBSNs
Young D. Kwon, Dimitris Chatzopoulos, Ehsan Ul Haq, Huber Flores, Raymond Chi-Wing Wong, and Pan Hui. in progress
The Catastrphic Forgetting Problem on Mobile Systems
in progress

Invited Talks

[Korea Military Academy][8 Oct 2018] Characterization and Prediction of Churning Users in CQAs and LBSNs. Host: Prof. Seonho Lee
[HKUST][5 Jul 2018] Community effects on Self-Disclosure Behaviors of Users in an Online Social Network. Host: Prof. Pan Hui

Honors & Awards