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Dr. Haesun Park is a Regents' Professor and Chair in the School of Computational Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. She has held this position since August 2020, after becoming a Regents' Professor in July 2019 and a Professor since July 2005. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, she served as a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota from 1987 to 2005 (Assistant Professor 1987-1993, Associate Professor 1993-1998, Professor 1998-2005) and as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation from 2003-2005.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Computer Science (minor: Mathematics), Cornell University, 1987
- M.S. in Computer Science, Cornell University, 1985
- B.S. (Summa Cum Laude) in Mathematics, Seoul National University, 1981 (with Presidential Medal for top graduate)
Dr. Park's research spans multiple domains within computational science, with particular focus on data analysis, visual analytics, numerical computing, text mining, social media mining, parallel computing, and bioinformatics. Her work integrates mathematical foundations with practical applications across various fields, developing innovative algorithms for large-scale data analysis. She has made significant contributions to nonnegative matrix factorization techniques and their applications in diverse domains including healthcare, social media analysis, and scientific computing.
Her recent publication trends show a strong focus on parallel and distributed implementations of matrix factorization algorithms, applications in healthcare data analysis (particularly patient profiling and clustering), and development of scalable frameworks for handling large-scale datasets. The work demonstrates increasing interdisciplinary collaboration, especially with medical researchers, and a growing emphasis on practical implementations that can handle real-world data challenges.
Scientific Awards:
- SIAM Fellow (2013)
- IEEE Fellow (2016)
- ACM Fellow (2020)
Dr. Park has held significant leadership roles including Executive Director of the Center for Data Analytics (2013-2015) and Director of the NSF/DHS FODAVA-Lead Center (2008-2014). She has served as conference co-chair for the SIAM International Conference on Data Mining in 2008 and 2009, and as an editorial board member for leading journals including IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, and SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. She has been a plenary keynote speaker at major international conferences including SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra in 1997 and 2015, and SIAM International Conference on Data Mining in 2011.
Dr. Park is affiliated with multiple research centers at Georgia Tech including the Algorithms and Randomness Center (ARC) and the Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEaS). She has maintained a long-term collaboration with the Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) as a KIAS Scholar from 2008-2018, demonstrating her international research impact.
