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General Information

Full Name Kyuri Park
Location Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Email kyurheep@gmail.com
Languages English, Korean

Education

  • 2023
    MSc Methodology and Statistics
    Utrecht University
    • Methodology and Statistics for the Behavioral, Biomedical and Social Sciences (MSBBSS) programme
    • GPA 9.04/ 10.00
  • 2021
    BSc Psychology
    University of Amsterdam
    • Specialization in Psychological Methods
    • GPA 9.05 / 10.00
  • 2017
    BSc Hospitality Management
    University of Houston
    • Specialization in Finance Management and Accounting
    • GPA 3.94 / 4.00

Experience

  • 2023 - 2024
    PhD, Teaching Assistant
    University of Amsterdam
    • Teaching Assistant for 'Complexity: Can it be Simplified?', an undergraduate elective on Complexity Science, including an honors track, taught by Dr. Vítor V. Vasconcelos.
    • Audited 'Modeling System Dynamics', a graduate-level course on System Dynamics for the MSc Information Studies program, taught by Dr. Debraj Roy.
    • Teaching Assistant for 'Causality', a graduate-level course covering topics such as causal graphs and potential outcomes for MSc Artificial Intelligence, taught by Dr. Sara Magliacane.
    • Supervised the thesis project of Xinhai Li, a Master's student in the MSc Computational Science program (joint degree UvA/VU).
  • 2021 - 2023
    Student Assistant, Research Assistant
    Utrecht University
    • Enhanced the additional features of an R package mHMMbayes (Multilevel Hidden Markov Models Using Bayesian Estimation) and create tutorials.
    • Established a more accessible approach to evaluate the validity of imputation models by utilizing synthetic data sets.
    • Worked on establishing a procedure for exporting synthetic data based on real data at Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
    • Converted MATLAB code for Bayesian piecewise linear regression model for dynamic network construction to R code.
    • Together with Dr. Erik-Jan van Kesteren, published an R package called synthpop.extract.
    • With Dr. Noémi Schuurman, coded qualitative data from psychological network papers using NVivo.
    • Organize content-oriented meetings and Data Science Reading group meetings.
    • Created course meterials such as practical assignments for the Data Wrangling course.
    • Helped Dr. Laura Boeschoten with organizing Data Donation Day.
    • Maintain the HDS group website.
  • 2018 - 2021
    Student/Teaching Assistant, International Student Ambassador, Psychological Methods Student Faction
    University of Amsterdam
    • Student assistant of Dr. Bastiaan Rutjens; worked on the “Meta-analysis on Science Skepticism” project.
    • Teaching assistant of Prof. dr. Han van der Mass for the "AI and Psychology" course.
    • Organized major school events such as Bachelor’s Day and Orientation Day.
    • Managed UvA social media accounts and supported marketing activities.
    • Worked on creating tutorials for JASP .
    • Organized study-related activities (e.g., debates, special lectures, and field trips).
    • Met with the lecturers, programme coordinators, and policy officers once a month to discuss the proposed agendas in the Psychology department.

Scholorships and Honors

  • 2021 - 2023
    • Utrecht Excellence Scholarships, Utrecht University
  • 2017
    • Scholarship Excellence Award (top honors), University of Houston
  • 2015 - 2017
    • UH Academic Excellence Scholarship, University of Houston

Academic Interests

  • Network Analysis
    • Network theory
    • Psychometric network models
  • Causality
    • Graphical models
    • Causal discovery
  • Data Science
    • Behavioral data analysis
    • Machine (deep) learning