Seongmin Mun
My research interests include natural language processing, machine learning, and data visualization system. I am currently working as a Research Assistant Professor at Ajou University.
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simon.seongmin.mun@gmail.com
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Current affiliation
Ajou University
206, World cup-ro, Yeongtong-gu
Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Postal code: 16499
Working Experience
Research Assistant Professor, Ajou University
November 2022 ~ Present
Designed and developed an NLP-based data processing system to extract information of the human relationship network
Resources
PostDOC, Chosun University
August 2021 ~ October 2022
Designed and developed an eye tracking-based web experimental application, and word segmentation model by using syllable-based transitional probability
Resources
Graduate Student Researcher, Université Paris Nanterre
March 2016 ~ July 2021
Designed and developed language model-based recognition systems covering various topics (e.g., similarity-based estimator, multiword parser) and data visualization systems (e.g., PostEmbedding, PostBERT)
Resources
Research Assistant, Palacký University Olomouc
February 2021 ~ June 2021
Developed and designed a web-based Korean test system for L2 learner
Resources
Research Assistant, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3
November 2018 ~ February 2019
Designed and developed a web-based data archiving system for efficient handling and safe management of child language development records
Resources
Research Assistant, Université Paris 8
July 2018 ~ September 2018
Developed and launched COHA pre-trained models by using RoBERTa, and a data visualization system to evaluate the COHA pre-trained models
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Graduate Student Researcher, Ajou University
March 2014 ~ February 2016
Conducted statistical analysis for various data types (e.g., diagnosis records, movie reviews), and evaluated the obtained results by using data visualization systems (e.g., ParallelSentimentVis, SankyTree)
Resources
Statistical investigation agent, Gyeongin Regional Statistics Office
July 2013 ~ August 2013
Managed survey data of the Population and Housing Census
Education
Ph.D. in Sciences du Langage (NLP), Université Paris Nanterre
March 2016 ~ July 2021
Ph.D. graduation thesis
Title: "Polysemy resolution with word embedding models and data visualization: the case of adverbial postpositions -ey, -eyse, and -(u)lo in Korean"
Author: Seongmin Mun
Advisor: Guillaume Desagulier
Date of Conferment: 18.06.2021
Links: HAL theses, theses.fr
Resources
Diploma, Certificate (NRF), Cover, Manuscript, Summary
Master of Science (M.S.) in Media Contents (Data visualization), Ajou University
March 2014 ~ February 2016
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Statistics, Pyeongtaek University
March 2008 ~ February 2014
Service
Conference reviewer | The 23rd Biennial Meeting of the International Circle of Korean Linguistics (ICKL 2023); June 2023
Journal reviewer | PeerJ Computer Science; December 2022
Session chair | The 22nd the International Circle of Korean Linguistics (ICKL22); August 2021
Program
Awards
Best Paper Award | Journal of Design Research; 2018 KSDS Fall International Conference; November 2018
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Research Award from the Minister of Education | The Education Ministry of Korea; National Research Foundation of Korea; March 2018
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Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards | Kantar; November 2016
Media
Domestic graduate students are published as a first author in a global journal | News 1 Korea, one of news media in Korea; March 2018
Ministry of Education holds 'BK21 Plus' award for outstanding researchers | Yonhap news, one of news media in Korea; March 2018
Leader of future, BK21 plus selected outstanding researcher in 2017 | Boan news, one of news media in Korea; March 2018
Ministry of Education selected outstanding researcher of 'BK21 Plus' | KNS, Korea News System, one of news media in Korea; March 2018
Ministry of Education selected 33 excellent researchers of BK21 plus | Asia today, one of news media in Korea; March 2018
Data analysis by artificial intelligence..History's Big Data Revolution Begins | Dong-A news, a major news media in Korea, Digital History Conference; June 2016
Grants & Scholarships
Major
Research Scholar Grant (KRW 15,000,000; app. EUR 12,000) | Ajou University; September 2017 ~ January 2018
Research Scholar Grant (KRW 15,000,000; app. EUR 12,000) | Ajou University; February 2017 ~ August 2017
Research Scholar Grant (KRW 15,000,000; app. EUR 12,000) | Ajou University; September 2016 ~ January 2017
Research Assistance Scholarship (KRW 24,500,000; app. EUR 19,600) | Department of History, Ajou University; November 2014 ~ November 2018
Research Grant (KRW 10,800,000; app. EUR 8,640) | National Research Foundation of Korea, Brain Korea 21, September 2014 ~ February 2016
Others
Research Assistance Scholarship (EUR 5,000) | Department of Linguistics, Université Paris 8; February 2019 ~ August 2019
Research Assistance Scholarship (EUR 2,500) | Department of Linguistics, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3; November 2018 ~ February 2019
Research Assistance Scholarship (KRW 1,000,000; app. EUR 800) | Ajou University; August 2018
Research Grant (KRW 2,000,000; app. EUR 1,600) | National Research Foundation of Korea, Brain Korea 21; July 2018 ~August 2018
Research Assistance Scholarship (KRW 3,000,000; app. EUR 2,400) | Department of History, Ajou University; June 2018 ~ September 2018
Ph.D. Research Scholarship (KRW 7,000,000; app. EUR 5,600) | National Research Foundation of Korea, Brain Korea 21, February 2018 ~ August 2018
Research Assistance Scholarship (KRW 1,500,000; app. EUR 1,200) | Department of History, Seongbuk-gu government public relations division; November 2017 ~ March 2018
Full Scholarship for Registration (KRW 5,000,000; app. EUR 4,000) | Ajou University; September 2017
Full Scholarship for Registration (KRW 5,000,000; app. EUR 4,000) | Ajou University; February 2017
Full Scholarship for Registration (KRW 5,000,000; app. EUR 4,000) | Ajou University; September 2016
Research Assistance Scholarship (KRW 1,800,000; app. EUR 1,440) | Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation (LINC); March 2016 ~ August 2016
Ph.D. Research Scholarship (KRW 7,000,000; app. EUR 5,600) | National Research Foundation of Korea, Brain Korea 21, February 2016 ~ August 2016
80% Scholarship for Registration (KRW 4,000,000; app. EUR 3,200) | National Research Foundation of Korea, Brain Korea 21; February 2016
Research Assistance Scholarship (KRW 1,000,000; app. EUR 800) | Sungshin Women's University; December 2015
Half Scholarship for Registration (KRW 2,500,000; app. EUR 2,000) | National Research Foundation of Korea, Brain Korea 21; September 2015
Research Assistance Scholarship (KRW 4,000,000; app. EUR 3,200) | Korea Meteorological Administration; March 2015 ~ December 2015
Half Scholarship for Registration (KRW 2,500,000; app. EUR 2,000) | National Research Foundation of Korea, Brain Korea 21; February 2015
Full Scholarship for Registration (KRW 5,000,000; app. EUR 4,000) | Ajou University; September 2014
Special Admission Scholarship (KRW 5,000,000; app. EUR 4,000) | Ajou University; February 2014
Half Scholarship for Registration (KRW 2,000,000; app. EUR 1,600) | Pyeongtaek University; September 2013
Full Scholarship for Registration (KRW 4,000,000; app. EUR 3,200) | Pyeongtaek University; February 2013
Full Scholarship for Registration (KRW 4,000,000; app. EUR 3,200) | Pyeongtaek University; September 2012
Certifications
Major
Oracle Certified JAVA Programmer (Issued by Oracle; October 2014)
SAS Certified Base Programmer (Issued by SAP Korea; August 2013)
Survey Analyst, Junior (Issued by Human Resources Development Service of Korea; May 2013)
Others
IT plus Lv.2 (Issued by Korea chamber of Commerce & Industry; October 2013)
Word Processor Lv.1 (Issued by Korea chamber of Commerce & Industry; October 2013)
Computer literacy Lv.2 (Issued by Korea chamber of Commerce & Industry; June 2013)
Micro soft office specialist Power point 2010 (Issued by Micro soft office; December 2012)
Micro soft office Master 2003 (Issued by Micro soft office; February 2009)
Driver's license (Issued by National Police Agency, Korea; November 2008)