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Jaewoo Shin

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Senior Computational Scientist

Jaewoo Shin is a Senior Computational Scientist in the Scientific Solutions Group in RCAC. His research spans efficient indexing techniques for update-intensive data workloads, streaming data platforms, and cyberinfrastructure development for scientific applications. He has led the development of multiple data-driven platforms across domains including audiology, manufacturing analytics, and sensor-based systems.

Education

  • B.S., Information and Computer Engineering, Ajou University, Korea
  • B.S., Computer Science, Stony Brook University
  • Ph.D., Computer Science, Purdue University

Selected Publications

  • Lan Zhao, Jaewoo Shin, I Luk Kim, Carol Song, Chimdia Kabuo, Jibin Joseph, Venkatesh Merwade, Jacob Hosen, Adnan Rajib, and Wanju Huang. Developing an interactive online platform for advanced cyber training and adaptive learning paths. Accepted for publication in Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) 2025, 2025.
  • Jaewoo Shin, Libin Zhou, Jianguo Wang, and Walid G Aref. An update-intensive LSM-based R-tree index. The VLDB Journal, 34(1):1–24, 2025.
  • Jaewoo Shin, Lan Zhao, Carol Song, Dikai Xu, Ming Qu, Ananth Grama, and Dongyan Xu. Integrating ML/AI workflows in a streaming data management and processing platform for building energy research. In Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) 2024: Human Powered Computing, pages 1–5. 2024.
  • Jaewoo Shin, Lan Zhao, Carol X. Song, Rajesh Kalyanam, Jian Jin, Jacob D. Hosen, Ananth Grama, and Dongyan Xu. Streaming data cyberinfrastructure for global-local-global analysis. Poster presented at AGU Fall Meeting, December 2022.
  • Jaewoo Shin, Lan Zhao, Carol X. Song, Rajesh Kalyanam, Jian Jin, Jacob D. Hosen, Ananth Grama, and Dongyan Xu. Enabling scalable and reliable real-time data services for sensors and devices in StreamCI. In Gateways, October 2022.
  • Venkata Sai Gargeya Vunnava, Jaewoo Shin, Lan Zhao, and Shweta Singh. Piot-hub: A collaborative cloud tool for generation of physical input–output tables using mechanistic engineering models. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 26(1):107–120, 2022.
  • Jaewoo Shin, Jianguo Wang, and Walid G Aref. The LSM RUM-tree: A log structured merge R-tree for update-intensive spatial workloads. In Proceedings of the 37th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), 2021.
  • Jaewoo Shin, Lan Zhao, Carol X Song, Rajesh Kalyanam, and Jian Jin. A cloud-based real-time sensor data management and analysis platform. Demo presented at Gateways 2020, October 2020.
  • Jaewoo Shin, Ahmed R Mahmood, and Walid G Aref. An investigation of grid-enabled tree indexes for spatial query processing. In Proceedings of the 27th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL), pages 169–178, 2019.
  • Rajesh Kalyanam, Lan Zhao, Carol Song, Larry Biehl, Derrick Kearney, I. Luk Kim, Jaewoo Shin, Nelson Villoria, and Venkatesh Merwade. MyGeoHub — a sustainable and evolving geospatial science gateway. Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS), 94:820–832, 2019.
  • Adnan Rajib, Lan Zhao, Venkatesh Merwade, Jaewoo Shin, I Luk Kim, Carol Song, Heather E. Golden, and Charles R. Lane. Bridging the gap between remotely sensed big data and watershed hydrologic models. Poster presented at AGU Fall Meeting, December 2018.
  • Nelson B Villoria, Joshua Elliott, Christoph Müller, Jaewoo Shin, Lan Zhao, and Carol Song. Web-based access, aggregation, and visualization of future climate projections with emphasis on agricultural assessments. SoftwareX, 7:15–22, 2018.
  • Lan Zhao, Carol X Song, Rajesh Kalyanam, Larry Biehl, Robert Campbell, Leif Delgass, Derrick Kearney, Wei Wan, Jaewoo Shin, I Luk Kim, et al. Gabbs — reusable geospatial data analysis building blocks for science gateways. In 9th International Workshop on Science Gateways (IWSG), 2017.
  • Rajesh Kalyanam, Lan Zhao, Rob Campbell, Derrick Kearney, I Luk Kim, Jaewoo Shin, Larry Biehl, Wei Wan, and Carol X Song. MyGeoHub geospatial gateway. Demo presented at Gateways 2017, October 2017.
  • Nelson B Villoria, Joshua Elliott, Christoph Müller, Jaewoo Shin, Lan Zhao, and Carol Song. Rapid aggregation of global gridded crop model outputs to facilitate cross-disciplinary analysis of climate change impacts in agriculture. Environmental Modelling & Software, 75:193–201, 2016.
  • Ruby Y Tahboub, Jaewoo Shin, Aya Abdelsalam, Jalaleldeen W Aref, Walid G Aref, and Sunil Prabhakar. LIMO: Learning programming using interactive map activities. In Proceedings of the 23rd SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL), page 98. ACM, 2015.
  • Walid G Aref, Sunil Prabhakar, Jaewoo Shin, Ruby Y Tahboub, Aya Abdelsalam, and Jalaleldeen W Aref. On map-centric programming environments: Vision paper. In Proceedings of the 23rd SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL), page 15. ACM, 2015.