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General Information

Full Name Hyeokjin kwon
Languages Korean (native), English

Education

  • 2019-2024
    Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering
    Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
    • Supervisor Jong-Min Lee, PhD
    • Thesis Deep graph neural network-based sulcal pattern analyses in human brain surfaces, Hanyang University
  • 2013-2019
    B.S. in Biomedical Engineering
    Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

Professional Experience

  • 11.2024-now
    Research Fellow
    Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
  • 02.2023-08.2023
    Visiting Scholar
    Boston Children's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

Research Interests

  • Medical Image Analysis
    • Structural MRI (T1w, T2w, Diffusion-weighted, etc)
    • Functional MRI
  • Graph Neural Networks (GNNs)
    • Predictive model ({Heterogeneous, Simplicial, Hypergraph}-neural networks)
    • Explainable GNN (Prototype-based models, posthoc analysis, etc)
    • Multiplex/temporal graphs
    • Generative AI (Graph Transformer, Graph Diffusion, etc)
  • Cortical Sulcal Pattern Analysis
    • Quantitative analysis using AI (like GNN)
    • Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), etc

Honors and Awards

  • 07.2021-06.2022
    Student-led Interdisciplinary Research Program
    Hanyang University Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Seoul, Korea
    • Received an award of 1,200k KRW [~$800] to support AI-related interdisciplinary research.

Patents

  • 12.2024
    • (Korea, published) Method and device for analyzing human brain networks (KR 10-27420640000)
  • 12.2024
    • (PCT, filed) Self-supervised framework using higher-order heuristic distillation for visual representation learning (PCT/KR2024/096956)
  • 3.2024
    • (Korea, filed) Self-supervised framework using higher-order heuristic distillation for visual representation learning (KR 10-2024-0032115)

Professional Meetings

  • Abstract, Poster Presentations
    • Kwon H, Son S, Lee JM (2022) Sparse hierarchical learning on brain networks for prediction of ASD severity. Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Glasgow, Scotland
    • Kwon H, Yoo HS, Kim KH, Lee JM (2023) Altered structural connectivity of self-awareness of cognitive deficits in Parkinson’s disease. Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Montreal, Canada
    • Kwon H, Morton S, Rivkin M, Wypij D, Robertson R, Newburger JW, Grant PE, Lee JM, Im K (2023) Identification of atypical sulcal patterns using prototype-based graph learning on subjects with congenital heart dissease. Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Mass General Brigham AI Cures Conference, Boston, MA, USA
    • Kwon H, Im K, Lee JM (2024) Identification of atypical sulcal patterns using prototype-based graph learning on congenital heart disease. Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Seoul, Korea
  • Oral Presentations
    • Graph-based Prototype Inverse Projection for Identifying Cortical Sulcal Pattern Abnormalities on Congenital Heart Disease (2023) Korean Society for Human Brain Mapping, South Korea