Youjin Hong

About Me

Youjin Hong is an M.S. student at the Graduate School of Data Science(GSDS) in KAIST. With an undergraduate background in law, she aims to utilize law-related data to drive real-world changes. Her methodological interests are centered around Natural Language Processing, Generative Models, and Graph Neural Networks, reflecting her commitment to the innovative and practical application of data science.

Updates

• Korean Sociological Association 2023 (Event held on December 16, 2023)
  Presented research titled “Big Data Analysis of Syllabi to Examine Changes in Higher Education” at the Korean Sociological Association 2023.
• AKSA (Association of Korean Sociologists in America) Roundtable 2024 (Event held on August 9, 2024)
  Participated in the roundtable and presented research titled “Contrasting Criminal Judgments: A Comparative Analysis of Publicly Enraging and Indifferent Crimes” at the AKSA Roundtable 2024.

Contact

yjhongkr [at] kaist.ac.kr

Publications

• Public attention and judicial consistency: how the public drives lower court judges’ adherence to guidelines [working paper]
• Has higher education become more interdisciplinary? A longitudinal analysis of syllabi using natural language processing. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2025. Article