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Aaron Snowberger

에런 스노버거 · Ph.D.

AI Researcher · CS Educator · Multimedia Designer

Jeonju, SOUTH KOREA · · hi@aaron.kr · https://aaron.kr · https://pailab.io

Education

2025 – present
(in progress)
M.S., Artificial Intelligence
Udacity & Woolf University,
2024
Ph.D., Information Communication Engineering Excellent Thesis Award
Hanbat National University, Daejeon, South Korea
Advisor: Prof. Choong Ho Lee
Thesis: CNN-Based Handwritten Character Recognition for the Manchu and Hangul Scripts
(CNN 기반 만주 및 한글 필기 스크립트 문자 인식)
2011
M.F.A., Media Design Advanced Achiever Award (Valedictorian); 3 Course Director Awards
Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL, USA
Advisor: Prof. Don Larson
Thesis: Discover Korea: Rebranding Korea's Tourism Marketing
2006
B.S., Computer Science Senior Team Project Design, 2nd Place
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
Senior Project: TerraViewer — Microsoft Terraserver Map Viewer (Java)

Employment

Sep 2024 – present
Lecturer
Jeonbuk National University — School of International Engineering and Science
Sep 2023 – present
Lecturer
Hanbat National University — Dept. of Information and Communications Engineering
Sep 2023 – present
Lecturer
Jeonju National University of Education — Dept. of Computer Education
Mar 2023 – present
Lecturer
Korea National University of Transportation — Dept. of Computer Science / Dept. of Biomedical Convergence
Sep 2023 – Sep 2025
Lecturer
Daejeon University — Dept. of Information Security
Sep 2021 – Aug 2023
Associate Professor
Jeonju University — Liberal Arts
Jul 2012 – Sep 2021
Assistant Professor
Jeonju University — Liberal Arts
Mar 2010 – Jul 2012
Full-time Instructor
Jeonju University — Liberal Arts
Mar 2018 – Dec 2022
Magazine Designer
Jeollabuk-do Center for International Affairs —
Mar 2013 – Jul 2019
Technology Instructor
Global Prodigy Academy (GPA) High School —

Honors & Awards

2024
Excellent Ph.D. Thesis Award
Hanbat National University
CNN-Based Handwritten Character Recognition for the Manchu and Hangul Scripts
2021
Best Paper Award
한국실천공학교육학회 (KIPEE) Annual Conference
Attitudes of Teachers in South Korea Toward Technology Use During COVID-19
2020
Governor's Award
2020 Scout Jamboree Contents Monitoring Group, Jeollabuk-do
2011
Advanced Achievement Award (Valedictorian)
Full Sail University — Media Design MFA
Thesis: Discover Korea: Rebranding Korea's Tourism Marketing
2011
Course Director's Awards (×3)
Full Sail University
Defining Client Needs · Design Integration · Multi-Platform Delivery
2006
Senior Team Project Design, 2nd Place
University of Wyoming

Publications

Theses

A. Snowberger "CNN-Based Handwritten Character Recognition for the Manchu and Hangul Scripts" (CNN 기반 만주 및 한글 필기 스크립트 문자 인식) Hanbat National University, 2024. Ph.D. [RG]
A. Snowberger "Discover Korea: Rebranding Korea's Tourism Marketing" Full Sail University, 2011. M.F.A.

Refereed Journal Articles

8.
A. Snowberger, K.S. You, "Cross-Cultural Perceptions of AI in Education: Comparing Korean and International Students in Korea's Glocal University Era," Journal of Consulting Convergence Research, vol. 5(2), p. 1–9. (2025) DOI: 10.55479/JCCR.2025.5.2.15.
7.
A. Snowberger, K.S. You, "Leveraging GitHub Classroom and Google Colab for Short-Term Student Machine Learning Team Projects," Journal of Practical Engineering Education, vol. 17(1), p. 49–61. (2025) DOI: 10.14702/JPEE.2025.049. [RG]
6.
A. Snowberger, K.S. You, "Creating a Standardized Environment for Efficient Learning Management using GitHub Codespaces and GitHub Classroom," Journal of Practical Engineering Education, vol. 16(3), p. 267–274. (2024) DOI: 10.14702/JPEE.2024.0267. [RG]
5.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "Manchu Script Letters Dataset Creation and Labeling," Journal of Information and Communication Convergence Engineering, vol. 22, p. 80–87. (2024) [RG]
4.
A. Snowberger, S.M. Kim, S.H. Woo, "Analysis and Application of Front-End Code Playground Tools for Web Programming Education," Journal of Practical Engineering Education, vol. 16(1), p. 11–19. (2024) [RG]
3.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "A Systematic Review of Handwritten Hangul OCR Techniques and Datasets," The Korea Quality of Life Journal, vol. 1(2), p. 27–38. (2023) DOI: 10.59434/JQoLR.2023.1.2.027. [RG]
2.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "A Workflow for Practical Programming Class Management Using GitHub Pages and GitHub Classroom," Journal of Practical Engineering Education, vol. 15, p. 331–339. (2023) [RG]
1.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "Handwritten Hangul Graphemes Classification using Three Artificial Neural Networks," Journal of Information and Communication Convergence Engineering, vol. 21, p. 167–173. (2023) DOI: 10.56977/jicce.2023.21.2.167. [RG]

Conference Proceedings

18.
A. Snowberger, S.M. Kim, C.H. Lee, "Development of an Interactive Dataset Builder for Ancient Script Recognition Using ROI Selection and Template Matching," Proceedings of the 2025 Spring Academic Conference, KLife. (2025) [forthcoming]
17.
A. Snowberger, K.S. You, "A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Korean and International Student Perceptions and Use of AI in Education," Proceedings of the 2025 Spring Academic Conference, KLife. (2025) [forthcoming]
16.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "Design for a Script Alphabet Learning Mobile Application," 2024 Korea Quality of Life Summer Conference, KLife. (2024) [RG]
15.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "Using a Simple ACGAN for Manchu Script Dataset Supplementation," Multimedia, KMMS. (2023) [RG]
14.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "Handwritten Hangul Grapheme Generation Using an ACGAN," Proceedings of the 2023 Spring Academic Conference, p. 371–373, KIICE. (2023) [RG]
13.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "Hangul Handwritten Character Recognition Using Artificial Neural Networks: MLP, CNN, and RNN," Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Future Information & Communication Engineering, p. 143–146, KIICE. (2023)
12.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "A Simple MNIST Style Dataset and CNN Training for Manchu Script Characters," Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Future Information & Communication Engineering, p. 136–138, KIICE. (2023)
11.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "Digital Technology Use and Opinions About Digital Citizenship Education in South Korean University Freshmen Students After COVID-19," Proceedings of the 2022 Annual Comprehensive Academic Conference, p. 186–187, KIPEE. (2022) [RG]
10.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "Psalm Text Generator Comparison Between English and Korean Using LSTM Blocks in a Recurrent Neural Network," Proceedings of the 2022 Fall Academic Conference, p. 269–271, KIICE. (2022) [RG]
9.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "Visualization of Conference Paper Topics and Trends According to Author-Assigned Index Terms," Proceedings of the 2022 Spring Academic Conference, p. 340–342, KIICE. (2022)
8.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "Seasonal Images Classification with Convolutional Neural Networks," Proceedings of the 2022 Spring Academic Conference, p. 444–447, KIICE. (2022) [RG]
7.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "A New Segmentation and Extraction Method for Manchu Character Units," Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Future Information & Communication Engineering, p. 42–47, KIICE. (2022)
6.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "Attitudes of Teachers in South Korea Toward Technology Use for Their Classrooms During the COVID-19 Pandemic," Proceedings of the 2021 Annual Comprehensive Academic Conference, p. 319–321, KIPEE. (2021) Best Paper Award [RG]
5.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "Mask Wearing Detection Using OpenCV Training Data," Proceedings of the 2021 Fall Academic Conference, p. 303–304, KIICE. (2021) [RG]
4.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "An Investigation into the Correlation between a Country's Total Olympic Medal Count, GDP, and Freedom Index through History," Proceedings of the 2021 Fall Academic Conference, p. 495–498, KIICE. (2021) [RG]
3.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "A Big Data Analysis of Yumentingzheng: Weiwenqiju as an Example," Proceedings of the 2021 Fall Academic Conference, p. 624–626, KIICE. (2021) [RG]
2.
A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "An Efficient Method to Extract Units of Manchu Characters," Proceedings of the 2021 Spring Academic Conference, p. 617–619, KIICE. (2021) [RG]
1.
S.M. Kim, K.C. Hong, K.S. Yoo, A. Snowberger, C.H. Lee, "Analysis of Resilience according to Crossing School Classes in Microprocessor Learning," Proceedings of the 2021 Spring Academic Conference, p. 295–297, KIICE. (2021)

Books (as Graphic Designer / Author)

Graphic Designer: Practical English Writing 1 , Wisdom Publishing, 2016.
Graphic Designer: Practical English Writing 2 , Wisdom Publishing, 2016.
Graphic Designer: Practical English Reading , Jeonju University, 2016.
Graphic Designer: GPA Yearbook , Global Prodigy Academy High School, 2016, 2017, 2018.
Author & Designer: Discover Korea: Rebranding Korea's Tourism Marketing , Blurb.com, 2011.

Teaching

Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 2024 – present
School of International Engineering and Science
Hanbat National University, Daejeon 2023 – present
Dept. of Information and Communication Engineering
Jeonju National University of Education, Jeonju 2023 – present
Dept. of Computer Education
Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju 2023 – present
Dept. of Computer Science / Dept. of Biomedical Convergence
Daejeon University, Daejeon 2023 – 2025
Dept. of Information Security
Jeonju University, Jeonju 2010 – 2023
Liberal Arts
  • English Conversation 2010–2023
  • Smart Learning / Tech for Teachers 2011–2012, 2020–2022
  • Speech & Presentations 2010, 2011
Global Prodigy Academy International High School, Jeonju 2013 – 2019
Information Technology
  • AP Computer Science A (Java) 2015
  • AP Computer Science Principles (JavaScript) 2017, 2018
  • Computer B (Web Programming) 2013–2015, 2019
  • Computer A (Office Applications) 2013–2016
  • Computer A+ (CompTIA A+ Training) 2018
  • Computer Science Discoveries A & B 2017, 2018
  • Robotics 2016, 2017
  • Yearbook / Publishing (Adobe Suite) 2016–2018
  • Graphic Design (Adobe Suite) 2016–2018
  • Digital Citizenship 2018
  • Middle School Technology 2016–2018
Provincial Outreach & Online, 2020 – present
Technology / Programming

Presentations

2025
Smarter, Faster, Better: ChatGPT for Fun and Profit , Jeonju KOTESOL Workshop.
2023
English for International Conferences [Keynote] , Korea Quality of Life Conference.
2019
Learn JavaScript by Building a Shopping App in CodePen , JS Conf Korea Tutorial.
2019
Full Circle: (W)holistic Life Management , Winning Story Meetup.
2018
Atomic Habits that will turn you into a Superhero , Jeonju KOTESOL Conference.
2018
Increase your Professional Performance , Jeonju KOTESOL Workshop.
2018
11 Great Google Services (for your Classroom) , Jeonju KOTESOL Conference.
2017
Google Classroom 101 , KOTESOL International Conference.
2017
Google Classroom & G Suite for Education Training , GPA High School Teacher Training.
2017
Teacher Tech Tips , GPA High School Teacher Training.
2016
Become a Better Presenter by Becoming a Better Teacher (and vice versa) , Jeonju KOTESOL Workshop.
2015
A Roadmap for WordPress as LMS , KOTESOL National Conference.
2015
Computer Science as a Career , GPA High School Career Day.
2015
WordPress in your Classroom as an LMS , Jeonju KOTESOL Workshop.
2015
A Comprehensive Overview of WP Site Owner Roles , Jeonju WordPress Meetup.
2015
Open Source, WordPress, & the Community , Seoul WordPress Grand Meetup.
2015
WordPress Overview , Jeonju WordPress Meetup.
2014
From Delinquent to Star Student: My journey toward second-language learning motivation , Jeonju KOTESOL Conference.
2012
Technology Upgrade: Build a Customized Gradebook , Jeonju KOTESOL Conference.

Professional Activities

2023 – present
International Director, K-Life (Korea Quality of Life Conference)
2022 – present
Managing Director, KIICE (Korean Institute of Information and Communication Engineers)
2020 – present
International Director, KIPEE (Korean Institute for Practical Engineering Education)
2024 – present
Co-Founding Member & Webmaster, Korea Society for Physical AI (KSPAI)
2020
National Conference Tech Chair, KOTESOL
2019
National Conference Chair, KOTESOL
2018
Chapter President, KOTESOL
2014, 2015
Honorary Reporter, Korean Culture and Information Service (Korea.net)

Certifications

Technology

Google Certified Trainer, Google, Mar 2017
Google Certified G Suite Administrator, Google, Feb 2017
Google Certified Teacher, Level 1 & Level 2, Google, Feb 2017

Language Education

120-Hour TEFL Online Diploma, TEFL Online, Sep 2009
Course in English Grammar, TEFL Online, Jan 2010

Languages

English — Native proficiency
TOEIC: 985 (L: 495 · R: 490) (Apr 2021)
TOEFL iBT: 116 (R:28 · L:29 · S:30 · W:29) (Nov 2021)
Korean — Professional working proficiency
TOPIK: 4급, 164/300 (L:66 · W:40 · R:58) ()

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