Hyunuk Kim

Assistant Professor, Administrative Sciences

A data scientist whose work extends across myriad disciplines, Hyunuk Kim’s research aims to understand how individuals process information and collectively shape sociotechnical systems. Through the use of network science, natural language processing, and machine learning methods, Dr. Kim seeks to identify latent factors of knowledge creation, cultural evolution, and misinformation spread on social media. Kim’s research has been applied to diverse fields including anthropology, innovation, sports analytics, social media, and healthcare. His 2020 paper, “Leveraging volunteer fact-checking to identify misinformation about COVID-19 in social media,” with Dylan Walker, inspired the social media platform Twitter to launch Birdwatch, a community-driven approach to tackling misinformation. Prior to joining BU MET, Kim was a postdoctoral associate in the Information Systems Department at Boston University Questrom School of Business and the Institute for Health System Innovation & Policy, and, as a teaching assistant, helped to develop BU’s Python and Neural Networks course.

Research Interests

Courses

Scholarly Works

Publications

Kim, H., and Walker D. “Leveraging volunteer fact checking to identify misinformation about COVID-19 in social media.” Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review 1, no. 3 (2020).

Kim, H., Ahn, S.-J., and Jung, W.-S. “Horizon scanning in policy research database with a probabilistic topic model.” Technological Forecasting and Social Change 146 (2019): 588–594.

Kim, H., Hong, I., and Jung, W.-S. “Measuring national capability over big science’s multidisciplinarity: A case study of nuclear fusion research.” PLoS One 14, no. 2 (2019).

Kim, H., and Jung, W.-S. “Does pitch type-zone uncertainty matter to pitcher’s performance?” New Physics: Sae Mulli 68, no. 6 (2018): 624–629.

Kim, H., You, T., Ahn, S.-J., and Jung, W.-S. “Embracing networks of national policy research in future foresight.” International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development 7, no. 2 (2016): 107–124.

Kim, H., and Jung, W.-S. “Bibliometric analysis of collaboration network and the role of research station in Antarctic science.” Industrial Engineering & Management Systems 15, no. 1 (2016): 92–98.

Kim, H., Ahn, S.-J., and Jung, W.-S. “A study on technology forecasting based on co-occurrence network of keyword in multidisciplinary journals.” Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society 40, no. 4 (2015): 49–63.

Conference Presentations

“Assessing the hierarchy of human urban dynamics and the effect of the external shock.” Networks 2021, July 5, 2021.

“Data-driven representations of scientific specialization and urban resilience.” Research Seminar, Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, March 18, 2021.

“Data science meets ancient narratives.” IBS/POSTECH Joint Seminar on Data Science and Complexity in Social Systems, Republic of Korea, July 15, 2020.

“Growing network model for knowledge space: micro to macro views.” Dynamics Days 2019, Evanston, Ill., United States, January 4, 2019.

“Reconstructing technology space from a secret recipe of high impact innovation.” 4th Annual International Conference on Computational Social Science, Evanston, Ill., United States, July 15, 2018.

“The structure of mythologies explains early human migrations out of Africa.” 4th Annual International Conference on Computational Social Science, Evanston, Ill., United States, July 13, 2018.

“Building technology space from microscopic dynamics to macro structure.” Conference on Complex Systems 2017, Cancun, Mexico, September 20, 2017.

“The structure of mythologies explains the human expansion out of Africa.” Conference on Complex Systems 2017, Cancun, Mexico, September 20, 2017.

“Measuring the impact of Tesla’s open patents on electric vehicle market.” Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers Fall Conference 2016, Seoul, Republic of Korea, November 19, 2016.

“Fusion of nations, fusion of disciplines: network evolution in nuclear fusion research.” Conference on Complex Systems 2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 20, 2016.

Working Papers

Kim, H., Eom, Y.-H., Kim, D., Jeong, H., Jung, W.-S., and Youn, H. “How exploitation and exploration shape the knowledge space.”

Kim, H., Hamilton, M.J., Berezkin, Y.E., Jung, W.-S., and Youn, H. “Deeply nested structure of mythological traditions worldwide.”

Kim, H., and Walker, D. “A method for mining personal traits in social media.”

Kim, H., and Walker, D. “Homophily and exposure to misinformation.”

Yoon, J., Jung, W.-S., and Kim, H. “Assessing the hierarchy of urban dynamics and the impact of external shocks on accommodation business.”

Kim, M, Yoon, J., Kim, H., and Jung, W.-S. “Topic diversity of policy research institutes.”

Grants and Honors

2017–2019: Global PhD Fellow, National Research Foundation, Republic of Korea. Grant Entitled: “Evolutionary dynamics of technological innovation.” Amount: ca. $60,000.

2018: Nonprofit Startup Incubator Program, Seoul NPO Center, Republic of Korea. Grant Entitled: “Prisming: Blockchain for in-kind donation.” Amount: ca. $4,000.

2017: First Prize, PhD Student Research Competition, Department of IME, POSTECH

2017: Creative KISTEP Fellow, KISTEP, Republic of Korea. Grant Entitled: “Analyzing S&T knowledge structure by community detection in multislice network.” Amount: ca. $1,500.

2016: Excellence Award, Master’s Student Research Competition, KIIE Fall Conference 2016

2015: Encouraging Paper, SOItmC & Knowledge Cities World Summit 2015

2013: Asan Young Fellow, Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Republic of Korea

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