Jinho Choi
Co-Director Of Graduate Studies
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolJinho Choi is an associate professor and Co-Director of Graduate Studies in Computer Science at Emory University with 12 years of experience bridging academia and applied NLP research. His work centers on core NLP technologies, machine comprehension, and dialogue management, and he founded Emory NLP to incubate research and student collaboration. Trained with a Ph.D. in Computer and Cognitive Science and postdoctoral work at UMass Amherst, he brings deep theoretical grounding alongside practical system-building experience from industry stints like IPsoft. He teaches and advises at the intersection of computer science, quantitative methods, and linguistics, mentoring students toward publishable research and real-world deployments. Based in Atlanta, he combines rigorous scholarship with a history of cross-disciplinary roles—from military academy lecturing to corporate research—giving him a rare perspective on communication-focused AI. Colleagues note his knack for turning complex linguistic theory into usable dialogue and comprehension systems.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science and Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science and Mathematics at Coe CollegePostdoctoral Computer Science, Postdoctoral Computer Science at University of Massachusetts AmherstDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science and Cognitive Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science and Cognitive Science at University of Colorado BoulderMaster of Science and Engineering (M.S.E.) Computer and Information Science, Master of Science and Engineering (M.S.E.) Computer and Information Science at University of Pennsylvania
English, Korean
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Github Skills (5)
java7
nlp7
natural-language-processing6
morphological-analysis1
dictionary1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
clearnlp/clearnlp
Jul 2013 - Feb 2016
Fast and robust NLP components implemented in Java.
Contributions:4 commits, 2 pushes, 3 comments in 2 years 7 months
nlpjavanatural-language-processing
clearnlp/clearnlp-dictionary
Aug 2013 - Aug 2013
Contributions:1 commit in 1 day
dictionarytokenizationmorphologicalmorphological-analysis
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