Hyeon Yeo

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Yeo pioneered the development of the ‘AI Thinking model’ and ‘KAIST AI Management Program’ for the first time. Through these initiatives, he has mentored over 300 industry leaders and policymakers, fostering innovation and transformative leadership.

Hyeon Yeo’s experience includes academia, government, journalism, and international organizations. He was presidential staff and ministerial advisors in government: presidential house, justice, industry and resources, and education, editorial writer, CEO and consultant of business and international organizations, and academia.

Recognized as a visionary thought leaders, Dr. Yeo is credited for his groundbreaking strategies, innovations, and bestselling book. Among his notable achievements is his audacious endeavor to establish the New York campus. Currently, he serves as the Executive Chair of the G-School Global Campus Committee/New York Campus Committee, Distinguished Professor of KAIST-NYU Innovation Institute and School of Tech Management & Innovation (KAIST). He also leads as Chair professor of the AI (Artificial Intelligence) Business Transformation Program for Executives and Public Leaders at KAIST.

Dr. Yeo’s academic career includes roles as Professor & campus COO (Vice president level) at University of Aberdeen (UK), Distinguished faculty member at the George Mason University (USA), Distinguished Visiting Professor at FPT(Vietnam), Visiting professor and Dean’s advisor to Business School at Colorado State University (USA), Visiting Scholar at University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University (USA). In Korea, he served as Professor & Dean of Graduate School of Business, and faculty at Yonsei University (Korea). Currently, he leads as Chair professor of the AIB (Artificial Intelligence Business Transformation Program) for Executives and Public Leaders at KAIST.  

Beyond academia, Dr. Yeo contributes to global innovation and policy-making. He serves for the 4th Industrial Revolution Committee (Chair) of Korea-American Chamber of Commerce (USA); Korea Artificial Intelligence Association (Vice President); Seoul Institute of Technology (Seoul Mayor’s Committee, Korea). As global activities, he was Representative & Senior advisor for World Economic Forum(Switzerland), and the Global Reporting Initiative(GRI, Netherlands), an esteemed institute based in Amsterdam. Dr. Yeo also provided counsel to the Minister of Industry & Resources, Minister of Justice (Korea), the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Bid Advisory Committee (Korea). His advisory roles extend to global organizations such as LG Electronics (USA), EAC Valuations LLC. (USA), Vietnam Investment Review, and IPG Legal in matters related to government relations, education law, foreign trade & investment.  

Currently, he serves as Executive Chair of KAIST G-School Global Campus Committee and Executive Chair & Distinguished Scholar of NYU-KAIST Innovation Institute US.

RESEARCH AREAS

• AI Innovation, AIB (Artificial Intelligence Business Transformation Program)
• Cognitive Science, AI Learning Methodology, and Technology Management
• Sharing Economy, Business, and Policy in the 4th Industrial Revolution
• Global Business Development, CSR, and International Development Cooperation 
• Digital Transformation (Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and its applications in business).  

PUBLIC & SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION

2020 – Chair of 4th Industrial Revolution Committee, Korea-American Chamber of Commerce (USA)
2021 - Advisory member of Jincheon Mayor’s 4th Industrial Revolution 
2019 – 2020 Advisor to Seoul Mayor’s SIT (Seoul Institute of Technology) 
2019 - 2020 Planning Committee member of Hanam City’s Smart City Project 
2017 - 2019 Special Advisor to IPG Legal, Education Law, foreign trade and investment 
2009 - 2019 Quality Control Consultant, Global Reporting Initiative, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
2009 - 2011 Member of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Bid Advisory Board 
2003 - 2004 Member of the Minister of Justice’s policy committee, Korea 
2005 - 2006 Advisor to Minister of the Ministry of Industries and Resources, Korea 
1998 - 2000 Editorial Writer, JoongAng Ilbo New York-The Korea Daily, USA

GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA

1993 -1993 Presidential Secretary to the President (ROK)
1994 -1997 Research Fellow of Policy-making Foundation (ROK)
1998 -2000 Editorial Writer of JoongAng Daily News (New York)

EDUCATION

2014.5~ Pennsylvania State University MBA(USA) 
1981-1994.8 Yonsei University BA, MA, Ph.D. (Cognitive Science/Political Economy/Management Studies)

PUBLISHED BOOKS

Title/Topic: AI Thinking and CQ
Publisher: Communication 2024.7
Author: YEO

Title/Topic: AI Hiring and Firing
Publisher: Communication 2024.7
Author: YEO

Title/Topic: Storytelling and Emotion AI
Publisher: Communication 2024.11
Author: YEO+1

Title/Topic: I can buy Picasso paintings, too: Blockchain, Humanities, and Business in the 4th Industrial Revolution
Publisher: Story Island, 2019
Author: YEO+1

Title/Topic: Captivate: From Insight to Creative Solution
Publisher: Human Love, 2011
Author: YEO

Title/Topic: Korea Confronts the Future-Korea’s Vision for the future
Publisher: Singapore, 2005, Marshall Cavendish
Author: YEO Chapter Conclusion

Title/Topic: Trans. By YEO, Indomitable Spirit (APJ Abdul Kalam’s Autobiography), 2009
Publisher: J-books, 2009
Author: Abdul Kalam, YEO translated

Title/Topic: Power driven by the Lack
Publisher: J-books, 2008
Author: YEO

Title/Topic: Trans. By YEO, To understand and to be understood (Erik Bluementhal, To understand and to be understood)
Publisher: Time Books, 2010
Author: Erik Bluementhal, YEO translated

ACADEMIC PAPERS (RECENT 3 YEARS)

Title/Topic: Vision Transformer Equipped with Neural Resizer on Facial Expression Recognition Task
Publisher (Year): IEEE (ICASSP, 2022), Corresponding author
Author: YEO+5

Title/Topic: I can buy Picasso paintings, too: Blockchain, Humanities, and Business in the 4th Industrial Revolution
Publisher (Year): Story Island Publishing (2019)
Author: YEO+1

Title/Topic: A research on AI-powered fashion generation model and the improvement of noise by using Deep Learning (DCGAN: Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Network). International Academic Conference (2020.10) and Journal of Fashion Business.
Publisher (Year): International Academic Conference (2020.10)
Author: YEO+4

Title/Topic: A Study on the Methodology for AI Gifted Education in the Era of AI – Focused on AI+ST Learning Method, The Korean Society for The Gifted
Publisher (Year): The Korean Society for The Gifted (2020.5)
Author: YEO+1

Title/Topic: An introductory study on artificial intelligence-driven digital transformation [AIT] focusing on the customer experience (CX) of movie platform), Peter Drucker Society Creation and Innovation
Publisher (Year): Creation and Innovation (2020.10)
Author: YEO+1

Title/Topic: A Pilot Study on the Effect of the Artificial Intelligence Storytelling (AI+ST) Learning Method for Non-majors: Focusing on the case of A university students. JKAIE
Publisher (Year): JKAIE (2020.9)
Author: YEO+1

Title/Topic: A case study on the Artificial Intelligence Transformation (AIT) of music streaming platforms: Focusing on the AI-based customer experience (CX) of Spotify and Melon, Academic Association of Global Cultural Contents
Publisher (Year): Academic Association of Global Cultural Contents (2020.2)
Author: YEO+1

Title/Topic: Artificial Intelligence Transformation (Special Presentation) in Gwangju
Publisher (Year): Etri Tech Forum (10.23)
Author: YEO

SPECIAL LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

Location: Korea 2024
Audience: LG, KIA motors, Seoul City etc.
Host: Leaders , Managers
Title of Speech or Presentation: AI Thinking, CQ, DeepMind etc.

Location: Seoul 2020-22
Audience: ETRI, Yonsei, Women’s Scientists and Tech Association etc.
Host: Leaders/Members
Title of Speech or Presentation: 4IR and CQ(best speaker feedback)

Location: Seoul 2019
Audience: LG Group, G-Valley
Host: CEO, Executives, Scholars
Title of Speech or Presentation: 4IR and Blockchain

Location: Seoul, Daejon 2015-2019
Audience: National Assembly, Yonsei University, SUFS, EUCLIDSOFT etc.
Host: CEO, Students, and Civil Servants
Title of Speech or Presentation: Human Technologies & Future Work

Location: New York 2014.4.3
Audience: KorAm Chamber of Commerce
Host: Senator, Mayor, Pol. Biz. Leaders
Title of Speech or Presentation: Key-note Speech (Creating Value Together )

Location: Myanmar 2013.1.22-24
Audience: Country Representatives (10 ASEAN + Korea)
Host: Korean National Forest Service
Title of Speech or Presentation: For Green Prosperity for a Greener Southeast Asia

Location: Korea, Kori 2012. 10.17
Audience: Int’l Students and faculty members
Host: KINGS Graduate School
Title of Speech or Presentation: Captivate: Wisdom of Conflict Resolution

Location: Bonn, Germany 2012.9.17~22
Audience: UNCCD staff members
Host: UPEACE
Title of Speech or Presentation: Partnering with UNCCD for combating desertification

Location: Korea, Daejon 2012.7.24
Audience: Teachers & Students (ASEAN+3 Camp)
Host: Center of APEC Science Mentor
Title of Speech or Presentation: Thinking committed to making the Sustainable World : humanism and science

Location: Korea, Seoul, Lotte Hotel 2012. 5
Audience: Ambassadors (30 years anniversary seminar)
Host: Finish Embassy
Title of Speech or Presentation: Future aspects of Korean economy in timeframe of next five to ten years

Location: Korea, Shilla 2011. 4.5
Audience: Ambassadors in Asia and Pacific Region
Host: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Title of Speech or Presentation: Outlook on Democracy Development and Social Change in Asia?

Location: Korea, KIGEPE 2010.11.16. 2010.10.19
Audience: Female Civil Servants from developing countries
Host: KIGEPE
Title of Speech or Presentation: Development and Gender in Korea : Women leaders from Cambodia, Senegal, Nigeria, Egypt, Peru, Angola, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea

Location: Korea, Coex Intercontinental 2009.5.8
Audience: Professors, students and Int’l officials 
Host: Kyunghee Univ. And WCF
Title of Speech or Presentation: Reconciliation between Corporate citizens and Democratic citizens (UN-DESA)

Location: USA, New York 2009.11.4-5
Audience: Professors and Executives
Host: aSSIST-Aspen
Title of Speech or Presentation: Academic Coordination and Presentation, Aspen Institute

Location: USA Washington D.C. 2009.11.9
Audience: Dean and professors at GMU
Host: aSSIST-GMU
Title of Speech or Presentation: George Mason University –Academic Exchange

Location: China Nankai University 2007.12.8
Audience: Professors and students
Host: China Nankai University
Title of Speech or Presentation: Nankai University, School of Business On the Int’l Issue of Sustainable Management

Location: Singapore, Sanglina Hotel 2007.6.24-25
Audience: Leaders in government & Business
Host: WEF
Title of Speech or Presentation: The Leadership Imperative for an Asian Century, World Economic Forum

Location: Taiwan Wenzao 2006.9.21-22
Audience: Professors and students
Host: Wenzao University
Title of Speech or Presentation: Speech: “Little drops of water make the mighty ocean”

Location: USA, Fort Collins 2006.5-9
Audience: Executives and students
Host: Colorado State Univ. School of Business
Title of Speech or Presentation: Leadership & Business Practices in Asia

Location: USA SUNY Stony Brook 2006.6
Audience: Dean, professors and students
Host: aSSIST-SUNY
Title of Speech or Presentation: Academic Coordination for Cooperation at SUNY Stony Brook

Location: India New Deli 2006.11.26-28
Audience: Leaders in government & Business
Host: WEF
Title of Speech or Presentation: India: Meeting New Expectations