Appointments
Assistant Professor, School of Data Science, Univ. of Virginia, Aug 2026 – Present
Research and Teaching Assistant, Formal Human Systems Lab., Univ. of Virginia, 2022-2026
CEO and Data Scientist, Desserting Inc., Nov 2017 – Dec 2022
Research and Teaching Assistant, Information Management Lab., Kyonggi Univ. & Seoul Women’s Univ., 2017 – 2022
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Educations
Ph.D., Systems Engineering, University of Virginia (Aug 2022 – May 2026)
Dissertation Topic: Human-in-the-Loop Framework for eXplainable Recommender Systems Based on Explanation Information Quality
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Bolton
B.S./M.S., Industrial and Management Engineering, Kyonggi University (Mar 2014 – Feb 2020)
Thesis Topic: AI-Based Recommender System for Dessert E-Commerce Using Diverse Data Sources
Advisor: Dr. Yerim Choi
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Services
Invited Journal Reviewer, IEEE THMS
Session Chair, IEEE SIEDS 2023/2026
Invited Conference Reviewer, IEEE SMC 2023
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Honors & Awards
Outstanding Graduate Student Award. University of Virginia, VA, US. April 2026.
Best Poster Presentation Award. KSEA DMV Regional Conference, MD, US. Mar 2026.
Graduate Teaching Award. University of Virginia, VA, US. May 2025.
Endowed Graduate Fellowship ($12,000). University of Virginia, VA, US. Sep 2023.
Fellowship (Full-Funding / Tuition, Health Insurance, and Stipend). University of Virginia, VA, US. August 2022-May 2027.
Best Researcher Award. Gyeonggi-do Regional Research Center, Korea. November 2019.
Graduate School Full-Funded Scholarship (Master, 2 years). Kyonggi University, Korea. March 2018-February 2020.
Best Paper Award. Conference of the Korean Society for Internet Information. November 2017 & November 2018.
Siheung-City CEO Upbringing Project ($30,000). Siheung City Hall, Korea. July 2018.
Excellent Paper Award. International Symposium on Innovation in Information Technology Application. June 2018.
Start-Up Internship Commercialization Program ($100,000). Institute of Start-Up and Entrepreneurship Development, Korea. October 2017.
Grant Prize. Korean Society of Industrial Management System College Student Project Contest. Sep 2017.