Young Joon Lee is a professor at Cheju Halla University. His research focuses on adopting and applying state-of-the-art technologies, such as Big Data, Machine Learning, and NLP, to economics and finance research. Prior to his Ph.D. career, Young Joon worked in the financial services industry for more than ten years including over eight years of working at Hyundai Securities as a quantitative analyst. His professional background in the financial services industry adds distinct value to his academic research in several ways: understanding asset management, quantitative investment strategies, what the industry needs from the academic world, and the commercial application of information technologies in the financial services industry.