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• My research focuses on economics of ideas, science and innovation, and artificial intelligence (AI) with special interest in social and policy implications of AI.
• Research Interests: Economics of Ideas | Science and Innovation | Machine learning applications | Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Publications

• "How Information about Generative AI Shapes Workers' Expectations: Evidence from a Survey Experiment" (with Jihee Kim). Work-in-progress.
• "Minimally supervised learning on sub-meter satellite imagery reveals slum expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic" (with Jeasurk Yang, Sungwon Park, Sumin Lee, Jungwon Kim, Jihee Kim, and Meeyoung Cha), Communications Sustainability 1, Article 52, 2026.
• "Tracking Economic Disparities in North Korea: Satellite Imagery Analysis Using AI with Policy Insights" (with Sumin Lee, Donghyun Ahn, Donggyu Lee, Jungwon Kim, Hyeok Yun, Chaemin Jang, WoonChul Jung, Dongman Lee, Meeyoung Cha, and Jihee Kim), ACM GoodIT '25, pp. 155–163, 2025.
• "GeoReg: Weight-Constrained Few-Shot Regression for Socio-Economic Estimation using LLM" (with Kyeongjin Ahn, Sungwon Han, Seungeon Lee, Donghyun Ahn, Jungwon Kim, Jihee Kim, Sangyoon Park, and Meeyoung Cha), under review, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation.

Teaching

• @Kookmin University, Lecturer
  • Taught Business Mathematics at KMU International Business School (Spring 2026 - Undergraduate)
• @KAIST, Teaching Assistant
  • BTM408 Economics of Technology and Innovation (Spring 2025 - Undergraduate)
  • BTM701 Advanced Econometrics (Fall 2024 - Graduate)
  • BTM312 Intermediate Macroeconomics (Spring 2024 - Undergraduate)
  • BTM701 Advanced Econometrics (Fall 2023 - Graduate)
  • BTM408 Economics of Technology and Innovation (Spring 2023 - Undergraduate)
  • MSB200 Introduction to Business Management (Fall 2022 - Undergraduate)
  • MSB408 Economics of Technology (Fall 2021 - Undergraduate)
  • ECN312 Intermediate Macroeconomics (Spring 2021 - Graduate)
• @KAIST, Tutor
  • MSB215 Microeconomics (Spring 2021 - Undergraduate)
• @Bath, England, Teaching Assistant
  • ES10004 Economic Data Analysis (Spring 2017 - Undergraduate)
  • ES10091 Introduction to Probability and Statistics (Fall 2016 - Undergraduate)

Education

• Ph.D. in Business and Technology Management, KAIST, Mar 2021–Present
  • Dissertation: Social and Policy Implications of AI
  • Supervisor: Prof. Jihee Kim
  • Lab: Economic Progress and AI Research Group (Econ-AI)
• M.S. in Economics and Finance, Durham University, 2013
• B.A. in Economics (Minor in Mathematics), The University of Texas at Austin, 2009