Junsok Huhh / 허준석

Economist, data scientist, and hobbyist coder

Currently

NCSOFT 엔씨 (South Korea), Executive Director

Specialized in

Data analytics, Economics

Research interests

• Econometric analysis on online gaming behaviors
• Real-money trading in online games
• Game theory

Employment

2024.01 -- present NCSOFT, Executive Director (Seongnam Gyeonggi · South Korea)

2019.02 -- 2023.12 NCSOFT, Data Center (Seongnam Gyeonggi · South Korea)

• Lead (executive director)
• managing the group of data scientists

2018.03 -- 2019.01 NCSOFT, I&I Division

• Lead

2014.08 -- 2018.03 NCSOFT, R&I Team

• Lead

2013.05 -- 2014.07 KISDI$^*$ (Jinchun Chungchungbuk · South Korea)

• $*$ Korea Information Society Development Institute 정보통신정책연구원
• Senior Researcher (Telecommunication Unit)

2012.01 -- 2013.03 FourThirtyThree 네시삼십삼분 (Seoul · South Korea)

• Data Analyst, Consultant

2011.03 -- 2012.02 Seoul National University 서울대학교 (Seoul · South Korea)

• Postdoc., School of Economics

Education

2010 Seoul National University (Seoul · South Korea)

• Ph.D. School of Economics
• Title: “Three Essays on Evolutionary Game Theory and Its Economic Applications”

1997 Seoul National University

• M.A. School of Economics

1995 Seoul National University

• B.A. School of Economics

Selected Publications

Books and book chapters

2009 Jun Sok Huhh. “The Evolution of PC bang Culture in Korea (Chapter 7).” Gaming Cultures and Place in Asia-Pacific [edited by Larissa Hjorth, Dean Chan]. Routledge.

2006 Jun Sok Huhh. 2006. Business of Fun–Economics of computer games industry 재미의 비즈니스. ChekSeSang. [Korean language]

Journals

2017 Jun Sok Huhh and Jeong Wook Byun. “North Korea’s Nuclear Weapon Development and South Korea’s Strategic Reaction: A Signaling Game Approach.” Ehwa Journal of Social Sciences 33(1): 107–142. [Korean language]

2012 Jun Sok Huhh and Jung-Kyu Choi. 2012. “The Decay in Contributions in a Public Goods Game: Learning Hypothesis, Strategy Hypothesis and Reciprocity Hypothesis Revisited.” Journal of Econometric Theory and Econometrics 23(2):165–186. [Korean language]

2008 Jun Sok Huhh. 2008. “Culture and Business of PC Bangs in Korea.” Games and Culture 3(1):26–37.

Technical Skills

Proficient Python, R, Mathematica, $\rm \LaTeX$, markdown

Familiar NetLogo, Docker, Kubernetes

Last updated: Jan 2024