Welcome to the LearnData Lab

Machine Learning and Data Mining Research lab at SKKU

We are a dynamic research group at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU). Our mission is to advance machine learning, data mining, and trustworthy AI for graph-structured, textual, and temporal data, bridging foundational theory and real-world applications.

Research Areas

1. Machine Learning and Data Mining for Graph-Structured, Textual, and Temporal Data

We develop models designed to handle complex data sources such as human interactions, knowledge graphs, ontologies, educational logs, multi-modal graphs, and multi-sensor data.

2. Explainable, Robust, and Trustworthy AI

Our research emphasizes building AI systems that are both interpretable and reliable, with a focus on deep learning models. Our work spans post-hoc explainers, mechanistic interpretability, knowledge-enhanced LLMs, knowledge editing, neural watermarking techniques, and both logical and symbolic reasoning.

We are looking for passionate new PhD students (or MS/PhD integrated program students) and Postdocs to join the team. (more info) !

Open positions are available for PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers in the Artificial Intelligence and AI System Departments. No opening for MS students for now.

We are grateful for funding from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), BK21, Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP), National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), LG Electronics, Samsung Research, NCSOFT, and NAVER.

News

Feb. 2026

One paper have been accepted to the ESWA Journal. Congratulations, Jaehyun and Heesoo!

Jan. 2026

Two papers have been accepted to the ICLR 2026. Congratulations, Wooseok, Hyunju, and Woohyun!

Aug. 2025

A paper has been accepted to the CIKM 2025. Congratulations, Minku!

July 2025

I gave a talk titled Providing Explanations for Unsupervised Graph Learning Models at the University of British Columbia.

May. 2025

A paper has been accepted to the ACL 2025. Congratulations, Hongjun, Minji,and Heesoo!

May. 2025

A paper has been accepted to the KDD 2025. Congratulations, Heesoo, Chanyong, and Geonhee!

May. 2025

A paper has been accepted to the ICML 2025. Congratulations, Woohyun!

Feb. 2025

A paper has been accepted to the PAKDD 2025. Congratulations, Hongjun, Heesoo, Gayeong, and Juann!

Jan. 2025

A paper has been accepted to the NAACL 2025. Congratulations, Jiwon!

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