# Sewon Min

> computer scientist

**Wikidata**: [Q130369589](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130369589)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/sewon-min

## Summary
Sewon Min is a computer scientist and professor specializing in natural language processing and artificial intelligence. She completed a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Washington (2018–2024), worked at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley beginning in 2025.

## Biography
- Born: [date and place not available]
- Nationality: [not available]
- Education: Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University (2014–2018); Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science, University of Washington (2018–2024)
- Known for: Research and scholarship in natural language processing and artificial intelligence
- Employer(s): Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (until 2025); University of California, Berkeley (affiliation beginning 2025)
- Field(s): Natural language processing; Artificial intelligence

## Contributions
Sewon Min’s documented contributions are centered on academic research in natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI). She completed a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Washington from 2018 to 2024, conducting doctoral research under advisors Hannaneh Hajishirzi and Luke Zettlemoyer. Following her Ph.D., she was affiliated with the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence until 2025. In 2025 she joined the University of California, Berkeley as an affiliated researcher/faculty member. Her public scholarly footprint includes a Google Scholar author ID (jU4IZs4AAAAJ) and a professional website (https://www.sewonmin.com/) that lists her CV and work. Sewon Min also maintains developer and outreach channels: a GitHub account (shmsw25) and a Twitter handle (@sewon__min). These platforms surface her publications, code, and project information related to NLP/AI research. The record supplied does not list specific paper titles, products, patents, or open-source project names; her concrete outcomes are therefore described in terms of institutional research contributions, documented publications (per Google Scholar), and code/repository presence (per GitHub).

## FAQs
### Q: Who is Sewon Min?
A: Sewon Min is a computer scientist focused on natural language processing and artificial intelligence. She completed a Ph.D. at the University of Washington and has been affiliated with the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence and the University of California, Berkeley.

### Q: Where did Sewon Min study and train?
A: She earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from Seoul National University (2014–2018) and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington (2018–2024), where her doctoral advisors were Hannaneh Hajishirzi and Luke Zettlemoyer.

### Q: Where can I find her publications or code?
A: Sewon Min’s publications are indexed under her Google Scholar author ID (jU4IZs4AAAAJ). Her professional website (https://www.sewonmin.com/), GitHub username (shmsw25), and Twitter handle (@sewon__min) are publicly listed as sources for her research, code, and updates.

## Why They Matter
Sewon Min occupies a position at the intersection of academic research and applied AI institutions. Completing doctoral research at the University of Washington under well-known NLP advisors placed her within active research networks in natural language processing. Her subsequent affiliation with the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence ties her to an organization that bridges foundational research and engineering-scale AI systems. Joining the University of California, Berkeley in 2025 positions her to contribute to academic training, research leadership, and collaborative projects in one of the world’s major AI research hubs. Her work is discoverable through scholarly and developer channels (Google Scholar, GitHub), which supports reproducibility and community uptake of research outputs. Even though specific paper titles or systems are not listed in the supplied material, these institutional affiliations and documented scholarly identifiers indicate she contributes to advancing NLP and AI research, training new researchers, and making research artifacts available to the community.

## Notable For
- Earning a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science from the University of Washington (2018–2024).
- Affiliation with the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (until 2025).
- Joining the University of California, Berkeley as an affiliated researcher/professor beginning in 2025.
- Doctoral mentorship under Hannaneh Hajishirzi and Luke Zettlemoyer.
- Public research and developer presence: professional website (sewonmin.com), GitHub (shmsw25), Twitter (@sewon__min), and Google Scholar (jU4IZs4AAAAJ).

## Body

### Personal and identity
- Name (native): 민세원.
- Gender: Female (recorded sex_or_gender: female).
- Professional titles: Computer scientist; professor.

### Education
- Seoul National University
  - Degree: Bachelor of Science.
  - Field: Computer Science and Engineering.
  - Dates: 2014–2018.
- University of Washington
  - Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science.
  - Dates: 2018–2024.
  - Doctoral advisors: Hannaneh Hajishirzi; Luke Zettlemoyer.

### Academic positions and affiliations
- Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
  - Role: Affiliation recorded; end date noted as 2025.
- University of California, Berkeley
  - Role: Affiliation recorded beginning in 2025.
  - Source lists Berkeley affiliation on the NLP group members page.

### Research focus
- Primary fields: Natural language processing; Artificial intelligence.
- Activities: Doctoral research, institutional research affiliation, publication and code dissemination via standard scholarly and developer platforms.
- Identifiers: Google Scholar author ID jU4IZs4AAAAJ.

### Online presence and identifiers
- Website: https://www.sewonmin.com/
- CV: https://www.sewonmin.com/assets/CV.pdf (used as source for education and dates)
- Twitter: @sewon__min (Twitter ID: 928289778960707584; account start 2017-11-08)
- GitHub: shmsw25
- Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/11fyyx13r1

### Collaborations and mentorship
- Doctoral advisors indicate collaboration and mentorship links to Hannaneh Hajishirzi and Luke Zettlemoyer, established researchers in NLP and computational linguistics.

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## References

1. [Source](https://www.sewonmin.com/assets/CV.pdf)
2. [Source](https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Homepages/sewonmin.html#:~:text=Biography,from%20the%20University%20of%20Washington.)
3. [Source](https://nlp.cs.berkeley.edu/members.shtml)
4. [Source](https://www.sewonmin.com/)