His research is in information archiving, analysis, and visualization, as well as application of data mining and natural language processing techniques to crisis situations and online communities. Seungwon earned his Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D. degrees all from Virginia Tech. Before arriving to LSU, he was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University. During that time, his main research was to measure informal learning occurring in a large community of creators. In his free time, he enjoys hiking and practicing Zen.