PhD - Geography
The Ohio State University - 2007

MAS - Statistics
The Ohio State University - 2006

MA - Geography Education
Seoul National University - 2002

BA - Geography Education
Seoul National University - 1996

Xiao, N. and Y. Chun, Visualizing migration flows using Kriskograms, Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 36(2), pp. 183-191. 2009 - Publication

Liu, D. and Y. Chun, The effects of different classification models on error propagations in land cover change detection, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(20), pp. 5345-5364. 2009 - Publication

Chun, Y. and Y. Park, Neighborhood effects and spatial patterns in urban crime: A case study of the City of Dallas, Texas, Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society, 11(1), pp. 85-99. 2008 - Publication

Chun, Y., Modeling network autocorrelation within migration flows by eigenvector spatial filtering, Journal of Geographical Systems, 10(4), pp. 317-344. 2008 - Publication

Liu, D and Y. Chun, Simulation analysis of error propagation on land cover change maps: A comparison of contextual and non-contextual models, In Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environment Sciences, pp. 405-411. 2008 - Publication

Chun, Y, A Bayesian approach to spatial interaction model with spatial random effects for origins and destinations: A case of internal migration within the city of Seoul, Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society, 10(1), pp. 103-114. 2007 - Publication

Chun, Y., R. Bivand, and M. Tiefelsdorf, Using open source data analysis environments for prototyping modeling implementations for spatial data: Weights in R, In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on GeoComputation [CD-Rom]. 2005 - Publication

Chun, Y., The pattern of migration in Seoul, South Korea during 1995-2002, Journal of Geography Education, Seoul National University Press: Seoul, South Korea, 48, pp. 87-99. 2004 - Publication

Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson [2009–Present]

Clinical Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson [2008–2009]

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson [2007–2008]

Teaching/Research Assistant
The Ohio State University [2002–2007]

Academic Administration Assistant
Seoul National University [2001–2002]

GIS Analyst/Engineer
ESRI Korea Inc. [1997–2001]

Population estimation from a three dimensional perspective

2010–2010 The 106th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC, April 16 (Sridharan, Qiu, and Chun)

Network autocorrelation in migration flows

2008–2008 Department of Geography and Planning, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, February 22.

Modeling network autocorrelation among migration flows by spatial eigenvector filtering

2007–2007 The 103rd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, California, April 21.

An examination of network autocorrelation on urban traffic volume

2009–2009 The 105th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 25 (Kim, C. and Y. Chun).

Analyzing Spatial Data with R

2007–2007 (by Bivand), A workshop at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographer, San Fanciscro, California, April 17 (Lab assistant).

Professional activities and committees

Editorial Assistant, Geographical Analysis, 2008 - present
Review Committee, Pixoneer Scholarship Awards, Korean-American Association for Geospatial and Environmental Sciences, 2009
Paper reviews:
    Cartography and Geographic Information Science: 2010
    Computers & Geosciences: 2009
    Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment: 2010
    Urban Geography: 2009
Conference session chair
    Associations of American Geographers Annual Meeting: Boston (2008); Las Vegas (2009)

Courses and other curricula taught at The University of Texas at Dallas

The University of Texas at Dallas

• GISC 6326: Geovisualization
• GISC 6379: Special Topics: Geovisualization
• GISC 6388: GIS Application Development
• GISC 7361: Spatial Statistics
• GISC 7363: Internet Mapping and Information Processing

The Ohio State University

• Geog 200: World Regional Geography (TA)
• Geog 580: Elements of Cartography (lab instructor)
• Geog 687: Design and Implementation of Geographic Information Systems (lab instructor)
• Geog 883.01: Application of Quantitative Methods in Geography I (lab instructor)
• Geog 883.02: Application of Quantitative Methods in Geography II (lab instructor)

Awards and Fellowships

• EPPS Outstanding Teaching Comet Award, 2012-2013, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas.
• First place, the Graduate Student Paper Competition, Spatial Analysis and Modeling Specialty Group, 2008, The 104th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, April 19
• Invited participant with travel grant, 2008, Student Forum on Science and Technology Policy sponsored by National Academies, Washington, DC, January 4-5
• Recipient of the Summer Research Fund, 2007, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

GIS Researchers Receive Grant to Explore Spatial Data Error

Two researchers in UT Dallas’ School of Economics, Political and Policy Sciences will explore uncertainty in spatial data with a grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health.
The project focuses on documenting, visualizing and utilizing data error and uncertainty information in spatial analysis, said Dr. Daniel A. Griffith, Ashbel Smith Professor of geospatial information sciences (GIS) and the principal investigator. Dr. Yongwan Chun, an assistant professor of GIS, will serve as co-investigator on the project.

GIS Researchers Receive Grant to Explore Spatial Data Error

Two researchers in UT Dallas’ School of Economics, Political and Policy Sciences will explore uncertainty in spatial data with a grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health.
The project focuses on documenting, visualizing and utilizing data error and uncertainty information in spatial analysis, said Dr. Daniel A. Griffith, Ashbel Smith Professor of geospatial information sciences (GIS) and the principal investigator. Dr. Yongwan Chun, an assistant professor of GIS, will serve as co-investigator on the project.

New Analysis Method Uncovers Factors in Vehicle Burglary Rates

By applying a new method to modeling spatial patterns of crime, University of Texas at Dallas researcher Dr. Yongwan Chunanalyzed vehicle burglaries in Plano, Texas, and found factors associated with increased and decreased burglary rates.
Chun, an assistant professor of geospatial information sciences (GIS) in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, used GIS data from the Plano Police Department to analyze the 17,549 vehicle burglaries that occurred from 2004 to 2009 in the Dallas suburb.
The method Chun applied is an extension of eigenvector spatial filtering (ESF), which was originally developed by two UT Dallas GIS faculty members, Dr. Daniel Griffith and Dr. Michael Tiefelsdorf. Chun’s study was published online in Geographical Analysis in April.

New Analysis Method Uncovers Factors in Vehicle Burglary Rates

By applying a new method to modeling spatial patterns of crime, University of Texas at Dallas researcher Dr. Yongwan Chunanalyzed vehicle burglaries in Plano, Texas, and found factors associated with increased and decreased burglary rates.
Chun, an assistant professor of geospatial information sciences (GIS) in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, used GIS data from the Plano Police Department to analyze the 17,549 vehicle burglaries that occurred from 2004 to 2009 in the Dallas suburb.
The method Chun applied is an extension of eigenvector spatial filtering (ESF), which was originally developed by two UT Dallas GIS faculty members, Dr. Daniel Griffith and Dr. Michael Tiefelsdorf. Chun’s study was published online in Geographical Analysis in April.