Research Areas: corpus linguistics, lexicography, language models, social media intelligence, text analysis, information preservation and dissemination, misinformation/disinformation, information privacy and protection


RESEARCH PROJECTS

Research Assistant
UBC iSchool

JUN 2018 – DEC 2018 | Misinformation Project

  • Build a framework for characterizing post hoc fact-checking methods
  • Investigate fact-checking organizations hosted in English, Arab, and Hebrew speaking countries
  • Funded through the SSHRC Grant

NOV 2017 – APR 2018 | Sauder Drive Project

  • Propose and initiate the project by bringing together the Robert H. Lee Graduate School staff and the iSchool faculty
  • Create a department-specific retention schedule with consideration to the BC Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA)
  • Assess the needs of the user community through observations and interviews
  • Design an information governance structure that caters to the user community culture and tradition
  • Funded by the University

Research Assistant
Yonsei Institute of Language and Information Studies

APR 2016 – JUL 2017 | Dictionary of Handbag Terminology Project

  • Compile and index the terminologies used in the process of designing and manufacturing handbags – styles, parts, methods, machines & tools, materials
  • Funded by and in collaboration with Simone Ltd.
  • News articles on the project: MK News,  MoneyToday, Chosun News, Sisa News

JUN 2015 – OCT 2017 | Textbook Digitization Project

  • Digitize historic textbooks (1950 – 2010)
  • Refine and analyze the digitized text using a POS tagger
  • News articles on the project: Yonhap NewsNewsisKookbang News

MAY 2014 – AUG 2014 | Yonsei Frequency Dictionary Project

  • Perform preliminary data analysis and literature review
  • Compile statistical data

MAR 2014 – JUN 2014 | Newspaper Digitization Project

  • Digitize the Independent Newspaper (Tongnip Sinmun)
  • Refine digitized text by removing noise and correcting Optical Character Recognition (OCR) errors
  • Mark up text in Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) metadata

PUBLICATIONS

Park, J.K. and Feng, N.C. (2024), Personal Information of Medical Learners in Canada: A Review of Policies and Expectations. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 61: 290-299. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.1028

Freud, L., Park, J., Alshehri, A., & Abdul-Mageed, M. (2018, November). Towards a Framework for Characterizing Post Hoc Fact-Checking. Workshop session presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Vancouver, Canada.

Seo et al. (2017). The Dictionary of Handbag Terminology. Seoul: Communication Books. ISBN 9791128807077.

Park, Jay. (2016). A Corpus-Based Study on the Translation of ‘My’ Through the Features of the Modified Noun in English to Korean Texts. Seoul: Yonsei University Press.

Park, Jay. (2015, December). Schema.org for Wikipedia’s Articles on Architecture. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries: Providing Quality Information, Seoul, South Korea (pp. 316-317). Springer.

Park, Jay, and Seong, Jimin. (2015). A Corpus-Based Study of Translated Idiomatic Expressions. Yonsei Journal, 62(2), 233-245.