01 / PortfolioUniversity of Southern California

Jae Won Choi

Ph.D. Student in Computer Science

I am a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Southern California. My research focuses on geometric deep learning, graph neural networks, and physics-informed machine learning, with applications in computational biology.

Machine Learning · Graph Neural Networks · Physics-Informed ML · Computational Biology

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Education

University of Southern California

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Advisor Prof. Ruishan Liu

2025 – Present

University of Texas at Dallas

B.S. in Computer Science

Advisors Prof. Yulia Gel, Prof. Vincent Ng, Prof. Yuzhou Chen

2020 – 2025
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Research

Machine Learning · Graph Neural Networks · Physics-Informed ML · Computational Biology

Published

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MemeInterpret: Towards an All-in-One Dataset for Meme Understanding

Park J., Nguyen K., Park J., Kim J., Lee J., Choi J., et al.

EMNLP 2025 Findings
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AAAI 202423.75% acc.
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Revisiting Link Prediction with the Dowker Complex

Choi J., Chen Y., Frías J. Castillo J., Gel Y.

Best Paper — ASA Statistical Graphics 2024
PAKDD 2024
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Self-supervised Contrastive Learning for Wildfire Detection

Choi J., LaHaye N., Chen Y., Lee H., Gel Y.

Elsevier Book Chapter / GeoAI 2024

Under Review

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Keep Your Boundaries: From Finite Elements to Simplicial Convolution

Choi J., Chen Y., Xia K., Rondon I., Gel Y.

Under Review
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DKTM: Dynamic Keyword-based Topic Modeling for Lifelong Learning

Choi J., Nguyen V.

UTD Research Scholar Award
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Others

Projects

arXiv Paper PDF Renamer

A Chrome extension that automatically renames arXiv paper PDFs to include the title and author information.

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Interests & Hobbies

USC Overwatch Team VarsityFlex dps player on the Overwatch team at USC, since 2025.
BadmintonPlayed badminton since 2017, competing in various local and regional tournaments.
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Where Am I Now

Currently at University of Southern California pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science.

LocationLos Angeles, California, USA
AffiliationUniversity of Southern California
DepartmentDepartment of Computer Science
LabLaboratory for Machine Learning, Health and Biomedicine
AdvisorProf. Ruishan Liu
StatusPh.D. Student (Year 1)
Since2025

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Research CollaborationsInternship OpportunitiesPaper ReviewsAcademic Discussions

Reach out at jwchoi@usc.edu