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Optim.Lab.

Optimization and Machine Learning Lab@University of Seoul

Optimization & Machine Learning Laboratory

Department of Statistics and Data Science, University of Seoul


❓ About Us

Optim.Lab. at the Department of Statistics and Data Science, University of Seoul, studies the fundamental principles of machine learning and develops optimization methodologies for learning models.

Our research aims to understand how learning algorithms operate, analyze their theoretical properties, and design effective optimization strategies for model training and generalization.

We primarily work with:

Knowledge Graph Construction and Applications

We build knowledge graphs from complex relational data in domains including molecules, finance, and documents, and use graph neural networks and language models for prediction, inference, fact checking, and discovery.

  • Methods: Heterogeneous Graph Embedding, LLM, Agentic AI

AI for Information Retrieval

We study information retrieval and recommendation with knowledge graphs, large language models, and multimodal data, including bias correction, reliability, and personalization.

  • Methods: Causal Inference, Recommendation Algorithm, Query Performance Prediction, Task-Oriented Dialogue System, Fact Verification

AI for Synthetic Data Generation

We study generative models for heterogeneous tabular data, including relationships among tables, schemas, and temporal changes.

  • Methods: Variational AutoEncoder, Generative Models

Spatiotemporal Prediction of Arctic Sea

We study the prediction of spatial and temporal changes in Arctic sea ice and the likelihood of ice opening, based on its physical and thermodynamic properties.

  • Methods: Spatiotemporal AI

📚 Publications

You can explore our research publications via Google Scholar:

👉 Optim.Lab Google Scholar


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  1. CryptoVAE CryptoVAE Public

    This repository is the official implementation of Cryptocurrency Price Forecasting using Variational AutoEncoder with Versatile Quantile Modeling (CIKM, 2024).

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  2. sif-models sif-models Public

    Repository for models of sea ice concentration forecasting.

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  3. U-VAE U-VAE Public

    This repository is the official implementation of `Impute Missing Entries with Uncertainty' (AAAI, 2026).

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  4. CHEM CHEM Public

    This repository is the official implementation of CHEM: Causally and Hierarchically Explaining Molecules (CIKM, 2025).

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  5. DrIM DrIM Public

    This repository is the official implementation of 'DrIM: Context-Driven Nearest Neighbor Imputation using Language Representation' with PyTorch (PAKDD 2026).

    Python 2

  6. QPP-MLC QPP-MLC Public

    This repository is the official implementation of Generalizing Query Performance Prediction under Retriever and Concept Shifts via Data-driven Correction (CIKM, 2025).

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