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 on Ubiquitous and Social Computing is to better understand user behaviors at scales in online and offline platforms 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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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 | Article | Slides | BibTex | Link

  • 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 | Slides
    (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
  • 2016
    Honorable Mention at the KIISE conference 2016
  • 2015
    Honorable Mention for undergraduate papers at the KIISE conference 2015
  • 2014-2016
    Samsung Scholarship for Undergraduate Study
  • 2010-2013
    The National Scholarship for Science and Engineering
  • 2017-2019
    The Postgraduate Studentship
  • 2016
    Honored to be a Valedictorian in the college of ICE
  • 2016
    Excellent Record Award for Top 3 Graduates in the college of ICE
  • 2016
    Outstanding Undergraduate FYP Award in the college of ICE
  • 2015
    The Excellence Award in Mobile App Competition
  • 2013-2016
    SungKyunKwan University Scholarship for Excellent Records
  • 2013-2015
    Dean's List Awards, 4 times at SKKU and once at HKUST

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Extra Activities

Rowing - Won silver medal in HKUST Indoor Rowing Competition in Apr 2015 | photo
Rowing - Won bronze medal in 2015 Hong Kong China Rowing Association Coastal Rowing Championships in Mar 2015 | photo
Marathon - Completed half marathon (21.1km) 2 times in 2013 (photo) and 2014 (photo)


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I love traveling to new places since I can meet entirely new people with different perspectives towards lives, worlds, etc.
You can check countries I have visited here in this web page


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