U Kang is an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department of KAIST. 
He received Ph.D. in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, 
after receiving B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering at Seoul National University.
He won two best paper awards.
He has published over 20 refereed articles in major data mining and database venues. 
He holds two U.S. patents. 
His research interests include data mining in big graphs.