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Benjamin W.K. Hung, Ph.D.
Operations Research and Systems Analyst
email: bwhung@ColoState.edu
CV
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Research Interests
Data science, pattern detection in social systems, network optimization, social network analysis, agent-based modeling, and computational social systems. My research advisor was Prof. Anura Jayasumana
Education
- Ph.D. in Systems Engineering, Colorado State University (2017)
- M.S. in Operations Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2010)
- Graduate Student Teaching Certificate, Teaching and Learning Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2010)
- B.S. in Mathematics, United States Military Academy (2001)
Publications
Journal Publications:
- J. Klausen, R. Libretti, B. W. Hung, and A. Jayasuamana, "Radicalization Trajectories: An Evidence-Based Computational Approach to Dynamic Risk Assessment of “Homegrown” Jihadists," Studies of Confliect & Terrorism, Volume 43, Issue 7, pp. 588-615, 2020.
- B. Hung, A. Jayasuaman and V. Bandara, "Finding Emergent Patterns of Behaviors in Dynamic Heterogeneous Social Networks," IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, Volume 6, Issue 5, pp. 1007-1019, 2019.
- J. Klausen, R. Libretti, B. W. Hung and A. P. Jayasumana, "Radicalization Trajectories: An Evidence-Based Computational Approach to Dynamic Risk Assessment of ‘Homegrown’ Jihadists," Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 2018.
- B. Hung, A. Jayasumana and V. Bandara, "INSiGHT: A system to detect violent extremist radicalization trajectories in dynamic graphs," Data & Knowledge Engineering, Volume 118, pp. 52-70, 2018.
- B. Hung, S. Kolitz, and A. Ozdaglar, “Optimization-Based Influencing of Village Social Networks in a Counterinsurgency,” Association of Computing Machinery Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology (ACM- TIST), Volume 4, Issue 3, June 2013.
Conference Presentations:
- B. Hung, S. Muramudalige, A. Jayasumana, J. Klausen, R. Libretti, E. Maloney and P. Renugopalakrishnan, "Recognizing Radicalization Indicators in Text Documents Using Human-in-the-Loop Information Extraction and Natural Language Processing Techniques," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST), 2019.
- BS. R. Muramudalige, B. Hung and A. P. Jayasumana, "Investigative Graph Search using Graph Databases," Proceedings of Graph Computing (GC2019), 2019.
- B. Hung, A. Jayasumana, and Vidarshana Bandara, INSiGHT: A System for Detecting Radicalization Trajectories in Large Heterogeneous Graphs,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST), 2017.
- B. Hung, A. Jayasumana, and Vidarshana Bandara, “Pattern Matching Trajectories for Investigative Graph Searches,” Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA) , 2016.
- B. Hung, A. Jayasumana, and Vidarshana Bandara, “Detecting Radicalization Trajectories Using Graph Pattern Matching Algorithms,” PhD Consortium, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI) , 2016.
- B. Hung and A. Jayasumana, “Investigative Simulation: Towards Utilizing Graph Pattern Matching for Investigative Search,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Foundations of Open Source Intelligence and Security Informatics (FOSINT-SI) and IEEE/ACM International Conference in Advances in Social Network Analysis and Mining (ASONAM), 2016.
- W. Duff, R. Dowling, B. Hung, G. Lancaster, and L. Ridge, “Simulation of Auto Design Performance in the Market to Meet Fuel Efficiency Standards,” Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference, Huntington Beach, 2015.
- D. Beskow, B. Hung, R. Croft, Z. Horovitz, T. Maeker, M. Malta, and T. Schafer, “Decision Support Tool for the Global Reaction Force Outload Process,” Proceedings of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC), Montreal, Canada, June 2014.
- E. Thornburg, B. Hung, and J. Jackson, “Learning with the iPad: Does this technology help or hinder student understanding,” Joint Mathematics Meeting, Mathematical Association of America, Boston, January, 2012.
- B. Hung, S. Kolitz, and A. Ozdaglar, “Optimization-Based Influencing of Village Social Networks in a Counterinsurgency,” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, and Prediction (SBP) , LNCS 6589, pp. 10-17, March 2011.
Other Presentations and Posters:
- B. Hung, A. Jayasumana, and Vidarshana Bandara, “Detecting Radicalization Trajectories Using Graph Pattern Matching Algorithms,” IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI), poster presentation, September 2016. "Best Poster"
- B. Hung, "Influencing Activities in a Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan," Workshop on Populations and Crowds, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, September 2012.
- B. Hung and S. Kolitz, "Social network generation model for rural Afghanistan," Human Social Cultural Behavioral (HSCB) Modeling Program Focus 2011 Conference, poster presentation, February 2011.
- B. Hung, “Optimization-Based Influencing of Village Social Networks in a Counterinsurgency,” Minerva at West Point Workshop, May 2012.
- B. Hung, “Optimization-Based Influencing of Village Social Networks in a Counterinsurgency,” Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism Workshop, Security and Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011.
Thesis:
- B. Hung, “A Graph-Based, Systems Approach for Detecting Violent Extremist Radicalization Trajectories and Other Latent Behaviors,” Doctoral Dissertation, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering, Colorado State University, Advisor: Anura P. Jayasumana, July 2017.
- B. Hung, “Optimization-Based Selection of Influential Agents in a Rural Afghan Social Network,” Master’s Thesis, MIT Operations Research Center, Thesis Supervisor: Asuman Ozdaglar, June 2010.