Sangki Steve Han

Posted on 08 September, 2009 |

Steve Han

Professor

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Graduate School of Culture Technology

335 Gwahangno, Yuseoung-gu, Daejeon 305-701 Korea

Tel: +82-42-350-2988

stevehan@kaist.ac.kr

Twitter: steve3034,
Facebook: facebook.com/stevehan

Blog: socialcomputing.tistory.com




Courses

  • [2009 FALL] Introduction to Social Computing (GCT 673)  Website | Syllabus
  • [2009 SPRING] Topics in Internet Industry (Subject: Virtual Communities, GCT784)      Website | Syllabus
  • [2008 FALL] Topics in Internet Industry (Subject: Social Computing, GCT784)      Website | Syllabus

Bio

    Dr. Steve Han has joined GSCT from January 2009 as a full-time professor. He used to be an adjunct professor since 2006 and has been a leader in IT industry in Korea and one of the evangelists for web 2.0 technologies and services.



    At KAIST GSCT, he and his students are researching on social computing area such as tagging, trust / reputation, recommendation, social network analysis, and etc. Most of his researches are related to the combination of the computer science and social science to explain people’s activities on the web. He will serve as a program committe member of BLOG TALK ASIA 2009 in Jeju Island.

    He founded several companies and worked as a corporate executive since 1999 including VenturePort Inc., Daum Communication, and Opinity AP Inc. From 2006, he started a social shopping service called REVU, which is one of the earliest web 2.0 services in Korea.

    In late 1990s, he worked for Samsung Electronics as a corporate strategist and product manager. One of the world-wide famous MP3 player called YEPP was developed by his team in 1997.

    Born in December 5th, 1960, he has two sons and a wife living in Vancouver, Canada. He graduated from Seoul National University and received his Master and Ph.D. degrees from KAIST Computer Science.

Publications

  • JS. Ko, KH. Kim, OY. Kweon, JW. Kim, S. Han, “Open Editing Algorithm: Collaborative News Promotion Algorithm based on Users’ Voting History,” The IEEE International Conference on Social Computing(SocialCom09), Symposium on Social Computing Applications(SCA09), Vancouver, Canada, August 2009 [Full Paper]
  • Sung Eob Lee, Taeksoo CHUN, S. Han, “Using Qtag to Extract Dominant Opinion in Very Large-Scale Conversation,” The IEEE International Conference on Social Computing(SocialCom09), Symposium on Social Computing Applications(SCA09), Vancouver, Canada, August 2009 [Fullpaper]
  • Young Sik Kim, Kibeom Lee, S. Han, “Study on Collective Memory in the Blogosphere,” The 2009 IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, Symposium on Social Computing Applications (SCA09), Vancouver, Canada, August 2009 [Fullpaper]
  • Sangwon Lee, Han ‘Steve’ Sangki, Yi Sangsun, “Study on Developing an Instrument for Measuring User Satisfaction with Web 2.0 Services – With Emphasis on Blogs and SNS ,” Journal of Korean Society of Design Science Vol. 22 No. 3, 2009 [Full Paper]
  • Suyeon Kim, S. Han, “An Analytical Way to Find Influencers on Social Networks and Validate their Effects in Disseminating Social Games”, The 2009 International Conference on Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM 2009), Athens, Greece(To be published)
  • G.H. Kim and S. Han, “A Study of Online (Digital) Reputation in Blogosphere based on Relationship and Activity,” Cyberworld 2008 (CW2008), Hangzhou, China, Sept. 2008.   Full Text
  • S.Y. Lee, D. W. Son, and S. Han, “QTag: Taggign as a Means of Rating, Opinion-Expressing, Sharinng and Visualizing,” Proc. Of ACM SIGDOC, pp. 189-195, El-Paso, Texas, Oct. 2007.      Full Text
  • S.Y. Lee, S. Han, “QTag: Introducing the Qualitative Tagging System,” Proc. Of ACM SIGWEB: Hypertext 2007, pp. 35-36, Manchester, U.K., Sept. 2007.      Full Text
  • Y. H. Kim, S. Han, S. R. Maeng, and J. W. Cho, “A Unified Proof Mechanism for Epistemic Modal Logics”, Proc. of Information Technology, Edmonton, Canada, October 1990
  • Han, S., A Frame- and Horn Clause-Based Hybrid Knowledge Representation. Ph.D. Dissertation, KAIST 1988
  • Han, S., Shin, D.W., Kim, Y., Jun, Y.P., Maeng, S.R., and Cho, J.W. A Logical Programming Approach to Hybrid Knowledge Representation. Applied Artificial Intelligence: An International Journal, Vol. 2, pp. 93-127, 1988
  • Han, S., and Cho, J.W. “Sphinx ? A Hybrid Knowledge Representation System.” Proc. Of International Conference on FGCS, Tokyo, Nov. 1988
  • Y.H. Kim, Y.P. Jun, S. Han, and J. W. Cho, “An Extended Deduction Model of Belief and A Unified Proof Mechanism of Knowledge and Belief,” Proceedings of KISS Conference, Vol.14, No.2, pp.220-226, KISS, October 1987
  • Y.P. Jun, Y.H. Kim, D.W. Shin, S.K. Han, S. R. Maeng, and J. W. Cho, “Prolog Tool: Development of Prolog Programming Environments on Sun Workstations,” Proceedings of KISS Conference, vol 14, no 1, pp. 199-202, KISS, April 1987.
  • Y.H. Kim, Y.P. Jun, S.K. Han, S. R. Maeng, and J. W. Cho, “A Truth Maintenance Strategy in Hybrid Knowledge Representation System,” Proceedings of KISS Conference, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 139-142, KISS, April 1987
  • Y.P. Jun, S.K. Han, S.R. Maeng, and J. W. Cho, “A Deductive Approach for Representing and Reasoning about Temporal Knowledge”, 1987 April Conference on AI , March 1987. (in Korean).
  • D.W. Shin, J.H. Nang, S.K. Han, S. R. Maeng, and J. W. Cho, “AFLOG – A New Computational Model for A Functional Logic Language”, 1987 April Conference on AI , March 1987. (in Korean).
  • S.K. Han, D.W. Shin, Y.H. Kim, and J. W. Cho, “A Hybrid Knowledge Representation System Using Extended Logic Programming”, 1987 April Conference on AI, March 1987. (in Korean).
  • Lee, K., Yoo, S., Choi, K.S., and Han, S., “Augmented Categorial Grammar with Its Computational Implementation,” Language Research, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 415-453, Dec. 1986
  • S. Han and J. W. Cho, “KPSP: A Knowledge Programming System Based on Prolog”, Proc. of 4th Int’l Conference on Entity-Relationship Approach, Chicago, Illinois, October 1985
  • Han, S., The Recognition of Korean Characters by a Structural Approach. M.S. Thesis, KAIST 1984.

Talks & Tutorials

  • Invited Talk on Social Computing at Ahn Lab, Seoul, March 2010
  • Invited Talk on Social Media at Hyundai Card, March 2010
  • Seminar at Ajou Univeristy, Feb. 2010
  • Invited Speech at Korea Semantic Web Conference, Dec. 2009. ‘
  • Kenote Address at Korea-Japan Metaverse Forum, Nov. 2009. ‘Social Metaverse’
  • Invited Talk on SNS in 2010 at Web World Conference in Korea, Nov. 2009
  • Keynote Speech at “How to Open Business” Seminar by Creative Commons Korea, Nov. 2009
  • “Free Speech in Digital Era,” as a commentator, Conference sponsored by British Embassy in July 2009.  http://newswire.ytn.co.kr/newsRead.php?md=A01&tm=1&no=414765
  • “Social Computing: Challenges and Opportunities,” Yonsei University, June 2009
  • “Researches on Social Computing at GSCT,” International Symposium on Culture Technology 2008, November, Seoul, Korea
  • “The Rise of Social Applications,” KRNET 2008, The 16th Korean Internet Conference, Seoul, Korea, June 2008
  • “Social Ranking: New Approach to Ranking by Quality,” Semantic Web 2.0 Conference, Seoul, Feb. 2007
  • A lot of invited talks at companies like Samsung, Widerthan.com, Auction, Huyndae Pharm, Governmental Organizations and Institute like Ministry of Telecommunication, KISDI, KISTI, ETRI, Media companies like DongAIlbo, Yeonhap News and Universities

Activities

  • Guest Editor for Special Issues on Social Computing of KIISE Magazine, March, 2010
  • A member of Korea Internet Governance Association
  • A member of Organizing Committe of SYMCT 2009
  • Co-Chair of Asian Workshop on Social Computing and Web Science
  • Chairperson of SIG on Social Web in Korea
  • A member of Organizing Committe of HCI 2010 in Korea
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