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I am a postdoctoral researcher at MIT Senseable City Lab. I received my PhD in 2022 in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), with focus on Urban Design and Analytics. I also hold B.S. (2016) and M.S. (2018) degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from KAIST.
My research interest is in leveraging data-driven approaches to 1) understand the interaction between urban environment and people; and 2) model spatiotemporal changes of cities, and therefore, draw implications for future planning based on quantitative evidence. Particular topics of interest include, but are not limited to, place identity, urban perception, crowdsourced data analysis, urban regeneration, remote sensing, green infrastructure, growth and decline, and future cities. Working at the interface between cities, people, data and design, I have been an active contributor to the academic community on all ends, being an author of peer-reviewed journal articles, a lecturer at Solbridge International School of Business (Korea), an ad hoc reviewer for SCI journals, and multiple patents holder.
Recent News
Mar 2023
Published an article "An examination of the spatial coverage and temporal variability of Google Street View (GSV) images in small-and medium-sized cities: A people-based approach" in Computers, Environment and Urban Systems as 2nd and corresponding author.
Mar 2023
Joined MIT Senseable City Lab as a postdoctoral researcher.
Nov 2022
Delivered an invited talk entitled "What Can Data Tell Us About Our Urban Experience?" at KAIST Urban Design Lab Seminar Series.
Nov 2022
Joined EntreReality as a Research Specialist and will be conducting research on 3D human pose estimation to create realistic avatars for an interactive metaverse platform.
Sep 2022
Registered a Korea Patent "Demand forecasting method for mobility-on-demand services" (Patent No. 10-2441523).
Aug 2022
Received PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Looking forward to what comes next!
May 2022
Successfully defended my doctoral dissertation on "Discovering the Impact of Urban Regeneration on Place Identity Change with User-Generated Contents Analytics". Special thanks to my committee members: Prof. Youngchul Kim, Prof. Seung-Ook Lee, Prof. Albert Tonghoon Han, Dr. Fabio Duarte, and Prof. Jae Seung Lee.
May 2022
Presented "How Do Regeneration Projects Change Crowdsourced Place Identity?" at the 2022 American Planning Association National Planning Conference (NPC22), San Diego, CA, USA.
Mar 2022
Joined MIT Senseable City Lab on campus for the period of Mar 2022 until May 2022.
Feb 2022
Successfully passed the doctoral dissertation proposal. Special thanks to my committee members: Prof. Youngchul Kim, Prof. Seung-Ook Lee, Prof. Albert Tonghoon Han, Dr. Fabio Duarte, and Prof. Jae Seung Lee.
Jan 2022
Published an article "Redesigning urban elements and structures considering autonomous vehicles: Preparing design strategies for wide implementation in cities" in Cities as co-1st author.
Aug 2021
Published an article "Empirical analysis of building energy consumption and urban form in a large city: A case of Seoul, South Korea" in Energy & Buildings as 2nd author.
Jul 2021
Selected as Young-Han Kim Global Leader Scholarship 2021 recipient.
Mar 2021
Registered a Korea Patent "Device and method for expressing urban identity using hashtag" (Patent No. 10-2227033).
Feb 2021
Joined MIT Senseable City Lab as a Visiting Student and will be working remotely for the period of Feb 2021 until Feb 2022.