Jinhyuk Yun, Ph.D.

Data Scientist & Associate Professor, School of AI Convergence, Soongsil University

ABOUT

I am an Associate Professor at School of AI Convergence, Soongsil University.
I study human knowledge as a living interactive network, and how ideas diffuse through it. My research runs across collective knowledge platforms (Wikipedia, Wikidata, GitHub, Stack Overflow), the evolution of science and technology (papers and patents), and creativity in cultural domains (art and music). Currently, my work examines how AI agents produce, distort, and diffuse knowledge.

Research interests:
- Collective Knowledge & Platforms
- Network Science & Complex Systems
- Data Science & Machine Learning
- Computational Social Science
- Cultural Science & Art Evolution
- Scientometrics & Citation Dynamics


PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Visiting Researcher
Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI-SP)
Bochum, Germany (Data Science for Humanity Group)

March 2026 - February 2027
IN PROGRESS

Associate Professor
School of AI Convergence
Soongsil University
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September 2024 - PRESENT
IN PROGRESS

Assistant Professor
School of AI Convergence
Soongsil University
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March 2020 - August 2024

Senior Research Scientist
Future Technology Analysis Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)
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December 2016 - February 2020

Data Scientist
Naver Search, Naver Corporation
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August 2016 - December 2016



EDUCATION

Integrated Master's & Ph. D. Program
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Ph. D. in Physics (Thesis: Theoretical Study on Spreading in Human Society, Advisor: Hawoong Jeong)
Complex Systems and Statistical Physics Lab.
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February 2010 - August 2016

Bachelor Program
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
B.S. in Physics

March 2005 - January 2010

Exchange Student Program
Institut national des sciences appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), France

August 2008 - July 2009




PUBLICATIONS

Bridging the gap: Doubles badminton analysis with singles-trained models
Seungheon Baek (백승헌), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁)
e-print arXiv:2508.13507, Signal Processing: Image Communication, 117665 (2026).

Context-aware multimodal AI navigates hidden pathways in five centuries of art evolution
Jin Kim (김진), Byunghwee Lee (이병휘), Taekho You (유택호), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁)
e-print arXiv:2503.13531, PNAS 123(30), e2517969123 (2026).

Quantifying interdisciplinary synergy in higher STEM education
Gahyoun Gim (김가현), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁), Sang Hoon Lee (이상훈)
e-print arXiv:2502.17841, EPJ Data Science 14, 56 (2025).

Regional profile of questionable publishing
Taekho You (유택호), Jinseo Park (박진서), June Young Lee (이준영), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁)
e-print arXiv:2312.07844, Journal of Informetrics 19(3), 101670 (2025).

Social links vs. language barriers: decoding the global spread of streaming content
Seoyoung Park (박서영), Sanghyeok Park (박상혁), Taekho You (유택호), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁)
e-print arXiv:2402.19329, Humanities Social Sciences Commununications 12, 76 (2025).

Auditing citation polarization during the early COVID-19 pandemic
Taekho You (유택호), June Young Lee (이준영), Jinseo Park (박진서), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁)
e-print arXiv:2301.01926, Quantitative Science Studies 5(4), 906–921 (2024).

Comparative Analysis of International Collaboration of Three National-level English Physics Journals
Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁)
New Phys.: Sae Mulli 74: 728-738 (2024).

Untangling pair synergy in the evolution of collaborative scientific impact
Gangmin Son (손강민), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁), Hawoong Jeong (정하웅)
e-print arXiv:2202.07252, EPJ Data Science 12, 62 (2023).

Quantifying knowledge synchronization with the network-driven approach
Jisung Yoon (윤지성), Jinseo Park (박진서), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁), Woo-Sung Jung (정우성)
e-print arXiv:2202.01466, Journal of Informetrics 17(4), 101455 (2023).

Dataset for the analysis of gendered research productivity affected by early COVID-19 pandemic
Eunrang Kwon (권은낭), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁), Jeong-han Kang (강정한)
Data in Brief, 48 109200 (2023).

Restricted curvature model on a tetrahedral fractal substrate
Jin Min Kim (김진민), Jae Hwan Lee (이재환), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁), Wooseop Kwak (곽우섭)
Journal of the Korean Physical Society 82(7), 623-6238 (2023).

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on gendered research productivity and its correlates
Eunrang Kwon (권은낭), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁), Jeong-han Kang (강정한)
e-print arXiv:2111.14342, Journal of Informetrics 17(1), 101380 (2023).

Analysis of risk propagation using the world trade network
Sungyong Kim (김성용), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁)
e-print arXiv:2207.04717, Journal of the Korean Physical Society 81(7), 697-706 (2022).

Crime and social environments: differences between misdemeanors and felonies
Juyoung Kim (김주영), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁)
e-print arXiv:2203.14077, Journal of the Korean Physical Society 81(2), 179-190 (2022).

Disturbance of questionable publishing to academia
Taekho You (유택호), Jinseo Park (박진서), June Young Lee (이준영), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁), Woo-Sung Jung (정우성)
e-print arXiv:2106.15166, Journal of Informetrics, 16(2) 101294 (2022).

Generalization of bibliographic coupling and co-citation using the node split network
Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁)
e-print arXiv:2110.15513, Journal of Informetrics, 16(2) 101291 (2022).

Information Collection of COVID-19 Pandemic Using Wikipedia Template Network
Kim Danu (김단우), Lee Damin (이다민), Jaehyeon Myung (명재현), Changwook Jung (정창욱), Inho Hong (홍인호), Diego Sáez-Trumper, Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁), Jung Woo-Sung (정우성), Meeyoung Cha (차미영)
Journal of KIISE 49(5), 347-353 (2021)

Return to basics: Clustering of scientific literature using structural information
Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁), Sejung Ahn(안세정), June Young Lee (이준영)
e-print arXiv:2004.05904, Journal of Informetrics 14(4), 101099 (2020).

Early onset of structural inequality in the formation of collaborative knowledge in all Wikimedia projects
Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁), Sang Hoon Lee (이상훈), and Hawoong Jeong (정하웅)
e-print arXiv:1610.06006, Nature Human Behaviour 3 103 (2019)
- Featured on the journal cover:


- Featured in Behavioural and Social Sciences at Nature Research
- Featured in Editorial in Nature Human Behaviour

Build Up of a Subject Classification System from Collective Intelligence
Jisung Yoon (윤지성), Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁), Woo-Sung Jung (정우성)
e-print arXiv:1804.00026, New Phys.: Sae Mulli 68, 647-654 (2018).

Intellectual interchanges in the history of the massive online open-editing encyclopedia, Wikipedia
Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁), Sang Hoon Lee (이상훈), and Hawoong Jeong (정하웅)
e-print arXiv:1510.06092, Phys. Rev. E 93, 012307 (2016).
- Featured in APS Physics Focus

Anatomy of Scientific Evolution
Jinhyuk Yun (윤진혁), Pan-Jun Kim (김판준), and Hawoong Jeong (정하웅)
e-print arXiv:1405.0917, PLoS ONE 10(2): e0117388 (2015).




TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Languages
C C++ Python CUDA MATLAB

Machine Learning & AI
PyTorch Scikit-learn Gensim

Foundation Models
HuggingFace Transformers CLIP Diffusers (Stable Diffusion)

Data Analysis & Network Tools
NetworkX Pandas Dask NumPy SciPy

Data Visualization
Gephi Cytoscape Matplotlib Gnuplot

Systems & Infrastructure
Linux System Admin (8 yrs) 400-core Network Cluster 192-core Workstation macOS Windows

Human Languages
Korean (Native) English (Advanced) French (Intermediate) Japanese (Basic) German (Beginner)


CONTACT

Email
jinhyuk.yun_at_ssu.ac.kr

Adress
School of AI Convergence,
369 Sangdo-ro, Dongjak-gu,
Seoul, 06978,
Republic of Korea

Phone
+82 2 820 0953

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