VLDB 2026 Research / reviewers in the wild / expert
Yechan Hwang
dblp:357/8544
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5ranked-venue papers
1as first author
5since 2021 · last 2025
0000-0002-8385-0304ORCID · corroborated
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Graphics, computer vision, multimedia, augmented reality and games · 4 · 1 first-author · 4 since 2021Applied, interdisciplinary, general and emerging computing · 3 · 1 first-author · 3 since 2021Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 2 · 2 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Artificial intelligence
2 papers |
Generative modeling · 50% Vision and language · 17% Question answering and dialogue systems · 17% |
Topics — the 6 heaviest of 7, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Machine learning › Generative modeling
masked generative modeling |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | HGM³: Hierarchical Generative Masked Motion Modeling with Hard Token Mining · ICLR 2025 |
Machine learning › Representation and self-supervised learning › representation learning › unsupervised representation learning › self-supervised representation learning › masked modeling
masked motion modeling |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | HGM³: Hierarchical Generative Masked Motion Modeling with Hard Token Mining · ICLR 2025 |
Machine learning › Generative modeling
motion generation |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | HGM³: Hierarchical Generative Masked Motion Modeling with Hard Token Mining · ICLR 2025 |
Natural language and speech › Question answering and dialogue systems › dialogue evaluation
multi-turn dialogue evaluation |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | MultiVerse: A Multi-Turn Conversation Benchmark for Evaluating Large Vision and Language Models · ICCV 2025 |
Machine learning › Generative modeling › diffusion model › human motion generation
text-to-motion generation |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | HGM³: Hierarchical Generative Masked Motion Modeling with Hard Token Mining · ICLR 2025 |
Computer vision › Vision and language › vision-language model
vision-language model evaluation |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | MultiVerse: A Multi-Turn Conversation Benchmark for Evaluating Large Vision and Language Models · ICCV 2025 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
masked motion model · 0.9hierarchical semantic graph · 0.9hard token mining · 0.9checklist-based evaluation · 0.9GPT-4o as evaluator · 0.9
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | MultiVerse: A Multi-Turn Conversation Benchmark for Evaluating Large Vision and Language ModelsabstractVision-and-Language Models (VLMs) have shown impressive capabilities on single-turn benchmarks, yet real-world applications often demand more intricate multi-turn dialogues. Existing multi-turn datasets (e.g, MMDU, ConvBench) only partially capture the breadth and depth of conversational scenarios encountered by users. In this work, we introduce MultiVerse, a novel multi-turn conversation benchmark featuring 647 dialogues - each averaging four turns - derived from a diverse set of 12 popular VLM evaluation benchmarks. With 484 tasks and 484 interaction goals, MultiVerse covers a wide range of topics, from factual knowledge and perception to advanced reasoning tasks such as mathematics and coding. To facilitate robust assessment, we propose a checklist-based evaluation method that leverages GPT-4o as the automated evaluator, measuring performance across 37 key aspects, including perceptual accuracy, linguistic clarity, and factual correctness. We evaluate 18 VLMs on MultiVerse, revealing that even the strongest models (e.g., GPT-4o) achieve only a 50% success rate in complex multi-turn conversations, highlighting the dataset's challenging nature. Notably, we find that providing full dialogue context significantly enhances performance for smaller or weaker models, emphasizing the importance of in-context learning. We believe MultiVerse is a landscape of evaluating multi-turn interaction abilities for VLMs. Young-Jun Lee, Yechan Hwang, Byungsoo Ko, Han-Gyu Kim, Dongyu Yao, Xuankun Rong, Eojin Joo, Seung-Ho Han 0001, Bowon Ko, Ho-Jin Choi |
ICCV | 4 |
| 2025 | HGM³: Hierarchical Generative Masked Motion Modeling with Hard Token MiningabstractText-to-motion generation has significant potential in a wide range of applications including animation, robotics, and AR/VR. While recent works on masked motion models are promising, the task remains challenging due to the inherent ambiguity in text and the complexity of human motion dynamics. To overcome the issues, we propose a novel text-to-motion generation framework that integrates two key components: Hard Token Mining (HTM) and a Hierarchical Generative Masked Motion Model (HGM³). Our HTM identifies and masks challenging regions in motion sequences and directs the model to focus on hard-to-learn components for efficacy. Concurrently, the hierarchical model uses a semantic graph to represent sentences at different granularity, allowing the model to learn contextually feasible motions. By leveraging a shared-weight masked motion model, it reconstructs the same sequence under different conditioning levels and facilitates comprehensive learning of complex motion patterns. During inference, the model progressively generates motions by incrementally building up coarse-to-fine details. Extensive experiments on benchmark datasets, including HumanML3D and KIT-ML, demonstrate that our method outperforms existing methods in both qualitative and quantitative measures for generating context-aware motions. Minjae Jeong, Yechan Hwang, Jaejin Lee, Sungyoon Jung, Won Hwa Kim |
ICLR | 2 |
| 2024 | Multi-order Simplex-Based Graph Neural Network for Brain Network Analysis
Yechan Hwang, Soojin Hwang, Guorong Wu 0001, Won Hwa Kim |
MICCAI (5) | 1 |
| 2023 | RESToring Clarity: Unpaired Retina Image Enhancement Using Scattering Transform
Ellen Jieun Oh, Yechan Hwang, Yubin Han, Taegeun Choi, Geunyoung Lee, Won Hwa Kim |
MICCAI (10) | 2 |
| 2023 | Convolving Directed Graph Edges via Hodge Laplacian for Brain Network Analysis
Joonhyuk Park, Yechan Hwang, Minjeong Kim 0001, Moo K. Chung, Guorong Wu 0001, Won Hwa Kim |
MICCAI (5) | 2 |