Hi, I'm an Assistant Professor of Computer Science in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University.
My research focuses on building novel interactive data visualization tools for people to easily explore, interpret, and interact with AI or machine learning (ML) systems and large datasets. To do this, my work combines data-driven scalable techniques and human-centered interactive approaches, by utilizing methods from multiple areas, including data visualization, visual analytics, interpretable ML, human-computer interaction (HCI), and databases.
I received a PhD in computer science at Georgia Tech. I was fortunate to work with amazing people at Google Brain and Facebook Research, resulting in deployed systems (e.g., deep learning visualization for Facebook) and open-sourced tools (e.g., GAN education with Google Brain). My research has been supported by NSF, DARPA, Google, and Facebook.
I'm looking for both graduate and undergraduate students interested in human-AI interaction, data visualization, explainable AI, interactive ML, etc.
If you are interested in studying at OSU, you can apply for our PhD or MS programs and mention my name on the form ("Potential Mentors" entry) and/or on your SOP.
If you are a current OSU student, please email me with your CV and transcipt; a short summary of your interests or experience; and a brief explanation of why you want to work with me.
News
- Sept 2020 New paper on evaluting GAN Lab, accepted for IEEE VIS'20.
- Aug 2020 New paper, CNN Explainer, accepted for IEEE VIS'20 (TVCG track).
- May 2020 I'll be teaching a new grad-level course on "Data Visualization for ML (CS 539)". OSU students are welcome to take it!
- Feb 2020 Our Chronodes paper nominated for the 2018 ACM TiiS Best Paper.
- July 2019 New paper, FairVis, on visual analysis of ML bias accepted to IEEE VIS'19.
Research Highlights
Education
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Ph.D. in Computer Science,
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
2013-2019
Thesis: Human-Centered AI through Scalable Visual Data Analytics
Committee: Polo Chau, Sham Navathe, Alex Endert, Martin Wattenberg, Fernanda Viégas -
M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering,
Seoul National University, South Korea
2009-2011
Thesis: Context-Aware Recommendation using Learning-to-Rank - B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea 2005-2009
Industry Research Experience
- Google, Software Engineering Intern at Google Brain's People+AI Research Group Summer 2017
- Facebook, Research Intern at Applied ML Research Group Summer 2016
- Facebook, Research Intern at Applied ML Research Group Summer 2015
Awards (selected)
- ACM Trans. Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS) 2018 Best Paper, Honorable Mention 2020
- Google PhD Fellowship, Google AI 2018-2019
- Graduate TA of the Year in School of Computer Science, Georgia Tech Apr 2018
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation 2014-2017
- Best Paper Award, PhD Workshop at CIKM Oct 2011
- National Scholarship for Science and Engineering, Korea Student Aid Foundation 2005-2009
Teaching
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CS 539. ST/ AI: Data Visualization for ML
Fall 2020
This course will introduce advanced state-of-the-art research on interactive data visualization for machine learning. Students will learn how to design and develop interactive data visualization methods and tools that are interpretable to complex ML models (e.g., deep learning models), scalable to large data, and usable to a variety of users (e.g., ML researchers, practitioners like ML engineers and data scientists, non-expert learners). -
CS 565. Human-Computer Interaction
Spring 2020
This course will provide students with basic principles of and research methods in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Students will learn how to design and prototype user interfaces and interactive systems, based on the needs of users, and how to evaluate such interfaces and systems rigorously.
Student Advising
Graduate Students
- Roli Khanna, CS MS/PhD, Spring 2020 - present Advisor
- Dayeon Oh, CS MS, Spring 2020 - present
- Matthew Olson, CS MS/PhD (Advisor: Weng-Keen Wong), Winter 2020 - present Collaborator
Undergraduate Students
- Kristina Lee, CS, Fall 2020 - present
- Anita Ruangrotsakun, CS, Summer 2020 - present
- Thuy-Vy Nguyen, CS Honors, Summer 2020 - present
- Junhyeok Jeong, CS Honors, Winter 2020 - present
Publications (Latest & Greatest) Full list (h-index: 15)
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CNN Explainer: Learning Convolutional Neural Networks with Interactive Visualization
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VAST'20), 2020. (to appear)
DOI PDF Demo Video Code -
How Does Visualization Help People Learn Deep Learning? Evaluation of GAN Lab with Observational Study and Log Analysis
IEEE Visualization Conference (VIS'20), 2020.
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FairVis: Visual Analytics for Discovering Intersectional Bias in Machine Learning
IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST'19), 2019.
DOI PDF arXiv Blog Code -
How Does Visualization Help People Learn Deep Learning? Evaluation of GAN Lab
Workshop on Evaluation of Interactive Visual Machine Learning Systems (EVIVA-ML at IEEE VIS'19), 2019.
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GAN Lab: Understanding Complex Deep Generative Models using Interactive Visual Experimentation
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 25(1) (VAST'18), 2019.
Open sourced with Google AI
DOI PDF Slides Code Website -
Visual Analytics in Deep Learning: An Interrogative Survey for the Next Frontiers
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 25(8), 2019.
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ActiVis: Visual Exploration of Industry-Scale Deep Neural Network Models
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 24(1) (VAST'17), 2018.
Deployed on Facebook ML Platform; Invited to present at SIGGRAPH'18 as a top VIS paper (4 total)
DOI PDF Video Slides Website -
Chronodes: Interactive Multifocus Exploration of Event Sequences
ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS), 8(1), 2018.
Best Paper, Honorable Mention
DOI PDF -
Interactive Browsing and Navigation in Relational Databases
Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, 9(12) (VLDB'16), 2016.
DOI PDF Slides -
Visual Exploration of Machine Learning Results using Data Cube Analysis
Workshop on Human-In-the-Loop Data Analytics (HILDA at SIGMOD'16), 2016.
Deployed on Facebook ML Platform
DOI PDF Slides