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Dong-Wan Kang

Ph.D. Candidate (2006 ~ )

Dept. of Information and Computer Sciences
University of Hawaii at Manoa

 

Dong-Wan Kang is a Ph.D Candidate in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He received his B.A. in Linguistics from Seoul National University, his M.S. in Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He also studied Second Language Studies in M.A. program at UHM. His work on M.S. degree was "Combining a local context with semantic relations for Word Sense Disambiguation". He has been involved in various research projects from User Modeling, Natural Language Processing to Neural Network Simulation. He's also interested in Semantic Role Labeling, Ontology Development, Data Mining and Sentiment Analysis.

His research experience includes

1. Coherence-based Modeling of Cultural Change and Political Violence
   AMI Lab Project, Advisors: Dr. Sun-Ki Chai & Dr. David Chin, May. 2008 ~ Current
   
   
2. Developing a Plan Recognition System: Agent-Based Modeling
   AMI Lab Project, Advisors: Dr. David Chin, Dr. Martha Crosby & Dr. Curtis Ikehara, 2007 ~ 2008
   
   
3. Ontology-based User Modeling for Navy Shipboard Firefighting
   AMI Lab Project, Advisors: Dr. David Chin, Dr. Martha Crosby & Dr. Curtis Ikehara, 2005 ~ 2006
   
   
4. Modeling Multiple User Task Integration for Emergency Management System
   AMI Lab Project, Advisors: Dr. David Chin, Dr. Martha Crosby & Dr. Curtis Ikehara, 2004
   
   
5. Combining a local context with semantic relations for Word Sense Disambiguation
   Master's Degree Project, Advisor: Dr. David Chin, Fall 2005
   
   
6. The Coordination of Multi Agents for First Responders Using TAEMS
   ICS 606 Project, Advisor: Dr. Nancy Reed, Spring 2005
   
   
7. Classification of gene microarrays by Penalized Logistic Regression
   ICS 691 Project, Advisor: Dr. Will Gersch, Fall 2004
   
   
8. Natural Language Modeling using Least Squares Support Vector Machines
   EE 699 Project, Advisor: Dr. Anthony Kuh, Summer 2003
   
   
9. Sentence Processing using a Simple Recurrent Network
   EE 645, Advisor: Dr. Anthony Kuh, Spring 2003
   
   
10. Creating a conversational partner for Japanese Learners using a common-sense knowledge base, CYC
    ICS 699 Project, Dr. Kim Binsted & Dr. Wes Peterson, Spring 2003
    
    
11. Simulating the case-role assignment of relative clauses in a connectionist model
    SLS 673 Project, Advisor: Dr. Craig Chaudron, Spring 2000
    
    
12. Simulating the Korean past-tense learnig in a connectionist model
    SLS 650 Project, Advisor: Dr. Richard Schmidt, Spring 1999