May Myat Thwe On leave for working with UNRISD Geneva

May has joined di-Lab to deepen her understanding of the ICT for sustainable development and the policy-making and service delivery for the sustainable development goals. She is particularly interested in the adoption of AI for achieving SDGs and the role of information systems in developing countries.

RESEARCH INTEREST: AI, SDGs, Machine Learning, ICT4D, System-of-Systems

EMAIL: maymyatthwe@kaist.ac.kr

Education

M.S. Computer Science, KAIST, 2022
B.Sc. Computer Science (Honors), University of Yangon, 2018

Work Experience

01.2019 ~ 01.2020: Junior Account Executive, Nexlabs
09.2020 ~ 08.2022: Research Assistant, SE Lab, KAIST

Academic Activities

Teaching Assistant, KAIST - CoE491, Special Topics in Smart Convergence <Smart Energy and Environmental Technology and Innovative Governance> (2022 Fall)
Teaching Assistant, KAIST - STP310, Policy Design and Practice (2023 Spring)
Student Ambassador, KAIST (09.2021 ~ 08.2022)
Advisory Committee Member, KAIST International Community Enhancement Program (KICEP), KAIST (12.2021 ~ present)
Editor, Behind Sciences, KAIST (10.2022 ~ present)

Awards & Scholarships

2023: Fellowship for Advanced Programme on Human Rights and Sustainable Development
2022: Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Global Scholarship
2022: Grand Prize, 2022 Dokdo Sarang Korean Speech Contest by Dokdo Foundation
2020: KAIST Scholarship
2018: Grant for attending 29th International Youth Forum
2018: Grant for attending Innovation for Impact Ideathon Cambodia
2016: Korean Government Scholarship for ASEAN Countries' Science & Engineering Students

Projects

Exploring the Role of Digital Innovation for Development Effectiveness
Software R&D for Model-based Analysis and Verification of Higher-order Large Complex System (System-of-Systems)
Cyber security platform with physical, replicated and simulated components of real-world critical infrastructures
User-perspective Quality Assurance Technology for Edge-Cloud Big Data Application

Publications

May Myat Thwe, Z. M. Belay, E. Jee and D. -H. Bae (2022). Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification in System-of-Systems using Model-based Testing. 17th Annual System of Systems Engineering Conference (SOSE). pp. 317-322. doi: 10.1109/SOSE55472.2022.9812676
May Myat Thwe, Sangwon Hyun, Doo-Hwan Bae (2021. 06). Towards the Quality Assessment of Intelligent Transportation System of Systems using Edge Computing. Korea Computer Congress (KCC) 2021, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 163-165

Volunteering

Research Lead, Women in AI (Myanmar) (03.2022 ~ present)

Hobbies & Interests

Travel, Traditional dance. Cooking