Summary
Seon Kim is a research scientist and educator based in Los Angeles with nine years of focused experience at USC and prior faculty roles, holding a Ph.D. in Computer Science from USC and an undergraduate degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Yonsei University. His interdisciplinary work bridges spatial databases, IoT, multimedia systems, image machine learning, AR, and blockchain, producing applied projects like MediaQ-AR, spatial visual data search, and an IoT marketplace platform. He directs research and program activities at USC’s Integrated Media Systems Center and teaches data informatics for large-scale environments. Known for combining human-centered disaster response tools with geospatial multimedia sentiment analysis and crowdsourced video management, he excels at turning complex spatial and multimedia data into actionable systems. An often-overlooked strength is his ability to integrate diverse data sources (social, sensor, and visual) into coherent surveillance and situational-awareness pipelines.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of Southern California
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at 연세대학교 / Yonsei University
English, Korean