Yoon Kyung Lee

Empathy, Human-AI Interaction, Social Intelligence,
Computational Modeling, NLP, AI, Healthcare

About me

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Professional Experiences:
  • Research Professional, University of Texas at Austin, Sept 2023-Aug 2024
  • Lecturer, Samsung Design and Art Institute (SADI), June 2022-Sept 2022
  • Reviewer, Cognitive Science Society (CogSci) 2022-2023; Korean J of Cog. Sci. 2023
  • Python Instructor, Self-Paced Learning & Tutoring (SPLIT) Program, Dept. of Engineering, SNU, Spring 2019
  • Instructor, Faculty IT Education Program, Ajou University, March 2019
  • Teaching Assistant, Psychology and Artificial Intelligence, Korean Mass Open Online (K-MOOC), 2019-2023

Education:
  • Ph.D. Cand. in Cognitive Psychology (Minor: Quantitative Psychology), Seoul National University
  • M.A. in Cognitive Psychology, Seoul National University
  • B.S. in Psychology, The University of Iowa

Research Interests:
Yoon Kyung’s research focus is on the development and application of empathetic AI, specifically in the domains of social robots, healthcare, and AI. She uses computational methods (deep learning, NLP, and machine learning) and quantitative methods. Her work has been published in several venues, including CogSci, IEEE IROS, IEEE RO-MAN, and AAAI HCOMP.

Community Engagement:
Yoon Kyung has organized local meetups for CogSci in 2022 and 2023 in Seoul. She has also organized various workshops and a journal club within HFPsych Lab (e.g., Journal Club, Programming Workshops, and “Applied Cognition(AppCog)” Seminars).


News

[New paper] Relationship Between Perspective-Taking Ability and Psychological and Emotional Characteristics Observed in a Large Emotion Diary Dataset: A Cluster Analysis

[New paper] Relationship Between Perspective-Taking Ability and Psychological and Emotional Characteristics Observed in a Large Emotion Diary Dataset: A Cluster Analysis

2023. 2. 5

A new paper co-authored with my coworkers has just been published in the Korean Journal of Health Psychology! We used a large-scale emotion diary dataset previously collected by Lee et al., (2020).

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[Invited Talk] Scaling up Psychology: From Cognitive Psych to HAI

[Invited Talk] Scaling up Psychology: From Cognitive Psych to HAI

2022. 8. 9

I was invited to introduce my research at the Connectome lab seminar. This talk will cover some of my previous work in the areas of natural language processing, big data, and artificial intelligence with empathy.

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CogSci 2022 Local Meetup @ Seoul! (Organizer: Yoon Kyung Lee)

CogSci 2022 Local Meetup @ Seoul! (Organizer: Yoon Kyung Lee)

2022. 7. 19

This local meetup is in conjunction with CogSci 2022 to facilitate in-person networking and local community building, and to enhance the experience of the online CogSci 2022 conference.

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Mental Healthcare Chatbot Seminar

Mental Healthcare Chatbot Seminar

2022. 1. 5

I led a workshop for graduate students and faculties on how to create a counseling chatbot using RASA, a machine learning and rule-based hybrid chatbot framework.

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Contact

Yoon Kyung Lee Human Factors Psychology Lab Seoul National University hfpsych.snu.ac.kr | www.yoonkyunglee.com


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