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General Information
Full Name | Kyuri Park |
Location | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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
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Network Analysis
- Network theory
- Psychometric network models
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Causality
- Graphical models
- Causal discovery
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Data Science
- Behavioral data analysis
- Machine (deep) learning