Research Project
User-Chatbot Conversations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Contrastive learning for offensive language detection (under review)
The Potential of Chatbots for Emotional Support and Promoting Mental Well-Being in Different Cultures
How user characteristics influence offensive language usages towards a Social Chatbot (under review)
Understanding the Effectiveness of a Conversational Agent with an Alternative Empathy Orientation and Emotional Expressivity in Mitigating Verbal Abuse
How a Conversational Agent Should Respond to Verbal Abuse
A study of verbal abuse types and conversational agents’ response styles.
Explicit Content Detection in Music Lyrics Using Machine Learning
A research on automatically filtering explicit words in music lyrics by using machine learning technique.
WatchOut: Facilitating Safe Driving Behaviors with Social Support
A research on mobile applications that can intervention with bad driving behaviors of drivers.
Research Experience
Human-Agent Interaction for Distributed Intelligence System.
Research Assistant at KAIST KIRC Lab. Funded by ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute).
• Study human interaction with collaborative intelligence between people, objects, and space.
• Study issues related to transparency, uncertainty, motivation & trust in interaction between conversational agent and users.
• Project Period: Oct. 2017 - Aug.2020
Planning and Design of Big Data-Based Expert Recommendation systems.
Research Assistant at KAIST KIRC Lab. Funded by NRF (National Research Foundation of Korea).
• Develop a system that recommends the panel of experts who can review research projects by matching the similarities
between the researcher’s thesis and the research proposals’ text content.
• Project Period: Mar. 2017 - Sep. 2017
Real Estate Price Evaluation Using Machine Learning.
Research Assistant at KAIST KIRC Lab. Funded by KAB (Korea Appraisal Board).
• Develop real estate price estimation model and apply machine learning algorithm.
• Analyze real estate data concerning land and house prices in South Korea.
• Project Period: July. 2016 - Dec. 2016
Implementation of Smart Data Town Platform with Big data & IOT.
Research Assistant at KAIST KIRC Lab. Funded by IITP (Institute of Information & communications Technology Planning and Evaluation).
• Job Preference Analysis and Job Matching System Development for the Middle Aged Class
• Project Period: Aug. 2015 - Mar. 2016
Marketing Project
Hyundai and Kia Motors’ corporate and product brand launching projects.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data on Hyundai motor group’s automotive products—gathered from user studies, surveys, and social media—and translate into tactical insights to support clients and project teams.
• Monitor online customer feedback on Hyundai motor group’s automotive product brand and report on issues and trends.
• Develop KIA motors’ global corporate brand communication strategies and communication guidelines.
Samsung Electronics CE products’ Brand Marketing Projects.
• Develope and execute global home appliance product launching strategies, including advertising, ATL, BTL and public relations.
• Develope global and regional brand management strategies for home appliance products.