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Junho Myung

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About

I am a PhD student at KAIST, co-advised by Prof. Alice Oh and Prof. Juho Kim. My research focuses on human-centered evaluation of large language models — building culturally-grounded benchmarks, probing cross-cultural biases and value alignment, and evaluating real-world impact when LLMs are deployed in live settings.

Education

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Ph.D., School of Computing

Advisor: Alice Oh and Juho Kim

Mar 2025 – Present

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

M.S., School of Computing

Advisor: Alice Oh and Juho Kim

Mar 2023 – Feb 2025

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

B.S., Major in School of Computing

Minor in Business and Technology Management

Aug 2018 – Feb 2023

Publications

Conference & Journal Papers

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When Scaffolding Breaks: Investigating Student Interaction with LLM-Based Writing Support in Real-Time K-12 EFL Classrooms

Junho Myung, Hyunseung Lim*, Hana Oh*, Hyoungwook Jin, Nayeon Kang, So-Yeon Ahn, Hwajung Hong, Alice Oh, Juho Kim

CHI 2026

[c.8]

FINEST: Improving LLM Responses to Sensitive Topics Through Fine-Grained Evaluation

Juhyun Oh*, Nayeon Lee*, Chani Jung, Jiho Jin, Junho Myung, Jongwon Lee, Taeui Song, Alice Oh

EACL (findings) 2026

[c.7]

Survey of Cultural Awareness in Language Models: Text and Beyond

Siddhesh Pawar*, Junyeong Park*, Jiho Jin, Arnav Arora, Junho Myung, Srishti Yadav, Faiz Ghifari Haznitrama, Inhwa Song, Alice Oh, Isabelle Augenstein

Computational Linguistics 2025

[c.6]

Social Bias Benchmark for Generation: A Comparison of Generation and QA-Based Evaluations

Jiho Jin, Woosung Kang, Junho Myung, Alice Oh

ACL (findings) 2025

[c.5]

WORLDCUISINES: A Massive-Scale Benchmark for Multilingual and Multicultural Visual Question Answering on Global Cuisines

Genta Indra Winata, Frederikus Hudi, Patrick Amadeus Irawan, (+ 24 authors), Junho Myung, (+ 20 authors), Derry Tanti Wijaya, Alice Oh, Chong-Wah Ngo

NAACL (main) 2025

[c.4]

BLEnD: A Benchmark for LLMs on Everyday Knowledge in Diverse Cultures and Languages

Junho Myung*, Nayeon Lee*, Yi Zhou*, (+ 16 authors), Nedjma Ousidhoum, Jose Camacho-Collados, Alice Oh

NeurIPS Datasets & Benchmarks 2024

[c.3]

Exploring Cross-Cultural Differences in English Hate Speech Annotations: From Dataset Construction to Analysis

Nayeon Lee, Chani Jung*, Junho Myung*, Jiho Jin, Jose Camacho-Collados, Juho Kim, Alice Oh

NAACL (main) 2024

[c.2]

LearnerVoice: A Dataset of Non-Native English Learners' Spontaneous Speech

Haechan Kim, Junho Myung, Seoyoung Kim, Sungpah Lee, Dongyeop Kang, Juho Kim

Interspeech 2024

[c.1]

RECIPE4U: Student-ChatGPT Interaction Dataset in EFL Writing Education

Jieun Han*, Haneul Yoo*, Junho Myung, Minsun Kim, Tak Yeon Lee, So-Yeon Ahn, Alice Oh

LREC-COLING 2024

Workshop & Preprint Papers

[p.8]

JuICE: A Benchmark for Evaluating LLM-Judge in Identifying Cultural Errors

Jiho Jin*, Junho Myung*, Juhyun Oh, Junyeong Park, Rifki Afina Putri, Sunipa Dev, Vinodkumar Prabhakaran, Alice Oh

arXiv Preprint 2026

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SemEval-2026 Task 7: Everyday Knowledge Across Diverse Languages and Cultures

Nedjma Ousidhoum, Junho Myung, Carla Perez-Almendros, (+ 24 authors), Weihua Zheng, Alice Oh, Jose Camacho-Collados

SemEval 2026

[p.6]

Entangled in Representations: Mechanistic Investigation of Cultural Biases in Large Language Models

Haeun Yu, Seogyeong Jeong, Siddhesh Pawar, Jisu Shin, Jiho Jin, Junho Myung, Alice Oh, Isabelle Augenstein

arXiv Preprint 2025

[p.5]

PapersPlease: A Benchmark for Evaluating Motivational Values of Large Language Models Based on ERG Theory

Junho Myung*, Yeon Su Park*, Sunwoo Kim*, Shin Yoo, Alice Oh

GEM² Workshop @ ACL 2025

[p.4]

LLM-as-a-tutor in EFL Writing Education: Focusing on Evaluation of Student-LLM Interaction

Jieun Han, Haneul Yoo, Junho Myung, Minsun Kim, Hyunseung Lim, Yoonsu Kim, Tak Yeon Lee, Hwajung Hong, Juho Kim, So-Yeon Ahn, Alice Oh

Workshop on Customizable NLP @ EMNLP 2024

[p.3]

LLM-Driven Learning Analytics Dashboard for Teachers in EFL Writing Education

Minsun Kim, SeonGyeom Kim, Suyoun Lee, Yoosang Yoon, Junho Myung, Haneul Yoo, Hyunseung Lim, Jieun Han, Yoonsu Kim, So-Yeon Ahn, Juho Kim, Alice Oh, Hwajung Hong, Tak Yeon Lee

Workshop on Customizable NLP @ EMNLP 2024

[p.2]

Salad-Bowl-LLM: Multi-Culture LLMs by In-Context Demonstrations from Diverse Cultures

Dongkwan Kim, Junho Myung, Alice Oh

Workshop on Socially Responsible Language Modelling Research @ NeurIPS 2024

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Learning from Teaching Assistants to Program with Subgoals: Exploring the Potential for AI Teaching Assistants

Changyoon Lee, Junho Myung*, Jieun Han*, Jiho Jin*, Alice Oh

arXiv Preprint 2023

Awards

Best Paper Award, CHI 2026
2026
Best Theme Paper Award, NAACL 2025
2025
Best Paper Award, C3NLP Workshop @ ACL 2024
2024
Shortlisted for Best Student Paper Award, Interspeech 2024
2024
Resource Award, NAACL 2024
2024
Outstanding TA Award, KAIST CS473 Introduction to Social Computing
2023

Academic Service

Organizer: SemEval 2026 Task 7: Everyday Knowledge Across Diverse Languages and Cultures (2026)
Local Chair: Schedule & Venue Chair, Festival of Learning (2026)
Reviewer: ARR (2025, 2026), C3NLP Workshop (2025, 2026), COLM (2026), DIS (2026), L@S (2026)

Teaching

Introduction to Social Computing (CS473)

Teaching Assistant · KAIST

🏆 Outstanding TA Award, 2023

2023, 2025

Introduction to Programming (CS101)

Teaching Assistant · KAIST

2025, 2026