Yeo Jin Kim is a Research Scientist in the Center for Educational Informatics  at North Carolina State University.  She earned a B.S. and a M.S. in Computer Science from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, and conducted collaborative research on speech recognition at the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during her Master’s program. She worked for Samsung Electronics and Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology in South Korea for five years as a R&D staff, focusing on security and AI. She received a Ph.D. in Computer Science under the direction of Dr. Min Chi at North Carolina State University.

Dr. Kim’s research primarily focuses on applying machine learning and deep reinforcement learning to solve general sequential decision making problems in real-world applications. She has experience in developing AI agents in various domains such as games, healthcare, energy, and education. In particular, she leverages AI techniques to enhance human intelligence by dealing with real-world multivariate time series data, which provoke many challenges such as missing data, temporal irregularity, and partial observance. She has a great interest in developing artificial agents that think and communicate like humans, and believes that it can help people make better decisions at critical moments to maximize long-term benefits. 

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science (2022)
University of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC

M.S., Computer Science (2005)
Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

B.S., Computer Science (2005)
Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Honors

Dean’s Office Fellowship North Carolina State University 2021

Provost’s Doctoral Fellowship North Carolina State University 2016

College of Engineering Graduate Merit Award North Carolina State University 2016 

Best Paper Award Consumer Communications and Networking Conference 2011

Best Volunteer Service Award Samsung Electronics 2007

International Collaboration Research Fund Korean Science Foundation 2004

Graduate Admission Scholarship Yonsei University, South Korea 2003 

Academic Excellence Scholarship Yonsei University, South Korea 1998-2001

Journal / Conference Papers

Kim, Y., Ausin, M. S., & Chi, M. (2021, December). Multi-Temporal Abstraction with TimeAware Deep Q-Learning for Septic Shock Prevention. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data) (pp. 1657-1663). IEEE. 

Ju, S., Kim, Y., Ausin, M. S., Mayorga, M. E., & Chi, M. (2021, December). To Reduce Healthcare Workload: Identify Critical Sepsis Progression Moments through Deep Reinforcement Learning. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data) (pp. 1640-1646). IEEE. 

Ausin, M. S., Azizsoltani, H., Ju, S., Kim, Y., & Chi, M. (2021, December). Infernet for delayed reinforcement tasks: Addressing the temporal credit assignment problem. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data) (pp. 1337-1348). IEEE. 

Yang, X., Kim, Y., Taub, M., Azevedo, R., & Chi, M. (2020, January). PRIME: Block-wise missingness handling for multi-modalities in intelligent tutoring systems. In International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (pp. 63-75). Springer, Cham. 

Yang, X., Kim, Y., Khoshnevisan, F., Zhang, Y., & Chi, M. (2019, June). Missing data imputation for MIMIC-III using matrix decomposition. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (ICHI) (pp. 1-3). IEEE. 

Azizsoltani, H., Kim, Y., Ausin, M. S, Barnes, T., & Chi, M. (2019, January). Unobserved Is Not Equal to Non-existent: Using Gaussian Processes to Infer Immediate Rewards Across Contexts. In Proceedings of the 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-2019). 

Kim, Y., & Chi, M. (2018, January). Temporal Belief Memory: Imputing Missing Data during RNN Training. In Proceedings of the 27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-2018). 

Lee, H., Choi, Y. S., & Kim, Y. (2011). An adaptive user interface based on spatiotemporal structure learning. IEEE Communications Magazine, 49(6), 118-124. *Best Paper Award 

Cheong, Y. G., Kim, Y., Yoo, S. Y., Lee, H., Lee, S., Chae, S. C., & Choi, H. J. (2011, January). An ontology-based reasoning approach towards energy-aware smart homes. In 2011 IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC) (pp. 850-854). IEEE. 

Cheong, Y. G., Kim, Y., Min, W. H., Shim, E. S., & Kim, J. Y. (2008, November). Prism: A framework for authoring interactive narratives. In Joint International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (pp. 297-308). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. 

Min, W. H., Shim, E. S., Kim, Y., & Cheong, Y. G. (2008, October). Planning-integrated story graph for interactive narratives. In Proceedings of the 2nd ACM international workshop on Story representation, mechanism and context (pp. 27-32).

Kim, Y., Ahn, J. H., & Byun, H. (2005). Secure authentication system that generates seed from biometric information. Applied optics, 44(5), 735-741. 

Patents

Kim, Y., Cheong, Y., Shim, E., Min, W. (2016). Storage medium, apparatus, and method to author and play interactive content. US Patent 9,268,774. 

Min, W., Kim, Y., Shim, E.,Kim, J. Y. (2016). Web server for supporting collaborative animation production service and method thereof. US Patent 9,454,284. 

Kim, Y., Oh, Y., Sim, S., Kim, J. (2014). Apparatus and method of managing security data. US Patent 8,677,498. 

Kim, Y., Zhang, B., Bae, B., Choi, H., Cheong, Y., Choi, Y. (2014). Apparatus and method for generating probabilistic graphical model based on time-space structure. US Patent 8,645,307. 

Oh, Y., Sim, S., Kim, Y. (2014). Device and portable storage device which are capable of transferring rights object, and a method of transferring rights object. US Patent 8,661,430. 

Kim, Y. (2013). Apparatus and method for language expression using context and intent awareness. US Patent 8,560,301. 

Kim, Y., Cheong, Y. (2013). Apparatus and Method for Providing Digital Content. US Patent 8,386,933. 

Kim, Y., Oh, Y., Sim, S., Kim, J. (2012). Method and apparatus for efficiently providing location of contents encryption key. US Patent 8,340,297. 

Kim, Y., Oh, Y., Sim, S., Jung, K., Kim, J. (2012). Method and Apparatus for Creating and Applying Secure File Identifier of Rights Object by Using Random Numbers. US Patent 8,196,208. 

Kim, Y., Oh, Y., Sim, S., Jung, K., Kim, J. (2012). Efficiently Providing Location of Contents Encryption Key, US Patent 8,340,297. 

Kim, Y., Oh, Y., Jung, K.(2012), Apparatus and Method for Managing Rights Object, US Patent 8,286,235. 

Oh, Y., Sim, S., Lee, S., Kim, Y., Kim, J. (2012). Digital rights management method and apparatus, US Patent 8,261,073. Kim, Y. (2010), Apparatus and method for providing goal predictive interface, US Patent App. 12/727,489. 

Oh, Y., Sim, S., Kim, Y. (2010), Device and Portable Storage Device which are Capable of Transferring Rights Object, and a Method of Transferring Rights Object. Korean Patent Yeo Jin Kim: Curriculum Vitae (6 of 6) 1009483840000. 

Kim, Y., Oh, Y., Sim, S., Jung, K., Kim, J. (2010). Method and Apparatus for Searching Rights Object and Mapping Method and Mapping Apparatus for the Same. US Patent 7,854,010. 

Kim, Y., Oh, Y., Sim, S., Jung, K., J. Kim (2009). Apparatus and Method of Managing Security Data Cross-Reference to Related Applications. Korean Patent 1008863380000. 

Kim, Y., Oh, Y., Jung, K., Kim, J. (2008). Method and Apparatus for Determining Communication Protocol. Korean Patent 1008770650000.