JinYeong Bak

About

Hello, I am an assistant professor at the college of computing at SungKyunKwan University (SKKU). I got my Ph.D. in 2020 from KAIST and joined SKKU in the same year.
My research interests are in machine learning and natural language processing. In particular, I work in probabilistic Bayesian topic models and artificial neural networks to discover latent patterns such as user preferences and intentions in unannotated data such as conversational corpora.

I am looking for motivated students. Feel free to contact me if you are interested in.
2020 Fall Office Hour: TUE/THU 1 ~ 3 PM, SKKU natural sciences campus 27306

Education

• KAIST, Ph.D., School of Computing, Mar 2013 - Aug 2020
  • Dissertation: Speaker oriented Conversation Model and its Evaluation [PDF]
• KAIST, M.S., Computer Science, Feb 2011 - Feb 2013
  • GPA: 3.98/4.30
  • Thesis: Distributed Online Learning for Topic Models [PDF]
• Sungkyunkwan University, B.S., Computer Engineering, Mar 2004 - Feb 2011
  • GPA: 4.45/4.50
  • Graduation portfolio: On-Line LEcture Allocation (Worked with Byung Il Woo, Outstanding portfolio award)

Selected Publications

1. Speaker Sensitive Response Evaluation Model
   JinYeong Bak and Alice Oh.
   [ACL] 2020
   [PDF] [Code] [Lay Summary]
2. Variational Hierarchical User-based Conversation Model
   JinYeong Bak and Alice Oh.
   [EMNLP] 2019
   [PDF] [Code]
3. Conversational decision-making model for predicting the kings decision in the annals of the Joseon dynasty
   JinYeong Bak and Alice Oh.
   [EMNLP] 2018
   [PDF] [Code and Data]
4. Rotated word vector representations and their interpretability
   Sungjoon Park, JinYeong Bak, and Alice Oh.
   [EMNLP] 2017
   [PDF] [Code]

Employment

• Assistant Professor, College of Computing, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea, Sep 2020 - Present
• Junior Data Scientist, United Nations Global Pulse Lab Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia, June 2016 - Aug 2016
• Research Intern, Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, China, Sep 2013 - Feb 2014
  

References

• Prof. Alice Haeyun Oh, KAIST, alice.oh@kaist.edu
• Dr. Chin-Yew Lin, Microsoft Research Asia, cyl@microsoft.com
• Prof. Eunseok Lee, Sungkyunkwan University, leees@skku.edu
• Dr. Jonggun Lee, OECD, jonggunlee@gmail.com
• Prof. Sang-Gu Lee, Sungkyunkwan University, sglee@skku.edu

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