SeongKu Kang

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Korea University. I received my Ph.D. from POSTECH, where I was advised by Prof. Hwanjo Yu. I was honored with the Stars of Tomorrow award from Microsoft Research Asia, where I interned in the Social Computing group. After completing my Ph.D., I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at UIUC, working with Prof. Jiawei Han.

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Data science and machine learning for real-world applications
Information retrieval and recommender systems

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Assistant Professor | Korea University
Mar 2025 - Present

Postdoctoral Researcher | UIUC
Jun 2023 - Feb 2025

Postdoctoral Researcher in Data Mining Group
Advisor: Prof. Jiawei Han

Research Intern | Microsoft Research Asia
May 2022 - April 2023

At Social Computing Group, I worked with Dr. Xing Xie and Dr. Jianxun Lian.
Award of excellence (Stars of Tomorrow, top 10%)

	Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering \| POSTECH Mar 2018 - Aug 2023 Advisor: Prof. Hwanjo Yu
	B.S in Computer Science and Engineering \| Nanyang Technological University Jul 2016 - May 2017 Exchange Student
	B.S in Computer Science and Engineering \| Hanyang University Mar 2012 - Feb 2018 Cumulative GPA: 4.43/4.50 (ranked 1st in CSE Dept.) Leave of absence for mandatory military service: Mar 2014 - Mar 2016

Outstanding reviewer, ACM KDD, 2024
Stars of Tomorrow Award, Microsoft Research Asia, 2023
POSTECHIAN Fellowship, POSTECH, 2022
4th Rank @ POSTECH Research Award, National Research Foundation in Korea and POSTECH, 2022
Naver Ph.D Fellowship, Naver, 2021
3rd Rank @ Music Playlist Recommendation Competition, Kakao, 2020
Student Travel Award, ACM SIGIR, 2019-2020
Dean’s List, Hanyang University, 2018
3rd Rank @ Best Paper Award, Korean Database Conference (KDBC), 2017
Hanyang Brain Scholarship, Hanyang University, 2012
National Science and Technology Scholarship, Ministry of Education in Korea, 2012-2017

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