Lee Jung Jin

Biography

Jung Jin Lee is an accomplished statistician, computer scientist, and educator with over four decades of contributions to research, teaching, and academic leadership. His expertise spans multivariate statistical analysis, classification methods, data mining, information retrieval, multiple criteria decision making, and statistical software development. Throughout his career, he has combined rigorous theoretical work with practical innovations, authoring influential publications, developing widely used statistical software, and shaping the future of statistical education.

Research Areas

Multivariate Statistical Analysis

Classification Analysis

Data Mining

Information Retrieval

Multiple Criteria Decision Making

Statistical Software Development

Education

1982 – 1986 Ph.D. in Operations Research

Case Western Reserve University, USA

1976 – 1978 M.S. in Statistics

Seoul National University, Korea

1972 – 1976 B.S. in Computer Science and Statistics

Seoul National University, Korea

Employment

2019 – present Professor of Mathematics Department, Advisor to Rector, New Uzbekistan University

2019 – 2025 Visiting Professor, College of Business, ADA University, Azerbaijan

1990 – 2019 Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Soongsil University, Korea

• Chair, Statistics Department (1994–1996)
• Dean of Academic Affairs (2005–2007)
• Vice President for Foreign Affairs (2007)
• Dean of Graduate School (2008–2009)

2009 – 2010 Visiting Professor, Towson University, Maryland, USA

2001, 2005 Visiting Scholar, Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan

2004 Visiting Scholar, Augsburg University, Germany

1996 – 1997 Visiting Scholar & Research Associate, Rutgers University, USA

1992 – 1993 Visiting Researcher, IBM Watson Research Center, USA

1987 – 1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Business Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis, Mississippi State University, USA

1986 – 1987 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Information Systems & Operations Management, University of Toledo, USA

1982 – 1986 Research Associate, Tantalus Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, USA

• Developed a management information system for libraries

1978 – 1981 Full-time Instructor, Department of Mathematics, Korea Military Academy, Seoul

1976 – 1978 Computer Programmer, Seoul National University Computer Center, Korea

• Developed a statistical package

Major Publications

Lee, J.J. & Shin, W.S. Prior Distributions Using the Entropy Principles, Korean J. Applied Statistics, 1990.

Lee, J.J. & Kantor, P.B. Probabilistic Information Retrieval with Inconsistent Expert Judgments, JASIS, 1991.

Lee, J.J. & Shin, W.S. Multi-Run Interactive Method for Bicriterion Optimization, Naval Research Logistics, 1992.

Kantor, P.B. & Lee, J.J. Testing the Maximum Entropy Principle for Information Retrieval, JASIS, 1998.

Lee, J.J. & Kang, G.S. Development of Statistical Software for Six Sigma, Korean J. Quality Revolution, 2000.

Kang, G.S. & Lee, J.J. User-Friendly Software for DOE, Computational Statistics, 2002.

Lee, J.J. & Hwang, J. Discriminant Analysis of Binary Data Using Maximum Entropy, Korean Comm. Statistics, 2003.

Lee, J.J. & Park, H. Rule-based Classification Using Maximum Entropy, Korean Comm. Statistics, 2010.

Lee, J.J. & Kim, J.K. Outlier Detection Using Mixture of Extreme Distributions, Korean J. Applied Statistics, 2015.

You, H.J. & Lee, J.J. Probabilistic IR Model with Term Dependencies, Korean J. Applied Statistics, 2019.

Books

Introduction to Data Science using eStat (with co-authors), Docuhut, 2019

Web Dynamic Data Visualization, Docuhut, 2018

Numerical Analysis Using Java, Freedom Academy, 2014

Data Mining, Freedom Academy, 2013

Nonparametric Statistics (with M.S. Song & C.S. Park), Freedom Academy, 2003

Elementary Statistics (with co-authors), Freedom Academy, 2003

Statistical Graphics (with co-authors), KNOU Press, 2002

Data Information Processing (with S.S. Kim & K.J. Lee), KNOU Press, 2001

Statistical Information Analysis (with G.S. Kang), Freedom Academy, 2000

Research Methods on Social Survey (with J. Hyun), Freedom Academy, 1996

PC Statistics (with co-authors), Freedom Academy, 1993

Awards

Korean President Medal Award, 2002

Best Paper Award, Korean Association of Science and Technology, 2001

Best Research Award, Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprise, 2000

Professional Society Memberships

• Korean Statistical Society (since 1989)
• President (2014), President-elect (2013), Vice President (2012)
• Director General (1997–1999)
• Chair, Statistical Computing Section (1997–2001)
• International Statistical Institute (ISI) (since 1999)
• Council Member (2007–2011)
• International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC) (since 1999)
• Chair, IASC-Asian Regional Section (2015–2017)
• Vice President (2011–2013)
• Council Member (2003–2005)
• Scientific Secretary (2001–2003)
• Korean Society for Public Policy (since 1997)
• Vice President (2001–2003)
• Director General (1997–2001)

Other Service:

• Board Member, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (2014–2017)
• Member, Korea National Statistical Committee (2014–2015)
• Chair, Statistical Information Section
• Associate Editor, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (2003–2017)