{"id":10,"date":"2022-05-31T09:59:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T16:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:21:21","slug":"members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/members\/","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our group comprises faculty, graduate students, research assistants, and visiting scholars, who have a passion for data analytics and AI in business research.<\/p>\n

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Core Members<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gene Moo Lee\u00a0 \/\u00a0 \uc774\uc9c4\ubb34\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director \/ Associate Professor, UBC Sauder.<\/p>\n

Ph.D., UT Austin (2015) [Website<\/a>] [LinkedIn<\/a>] [GScholar<\/a>] [Appointment<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Xiaoke Zhang <\/strong>(co-advisor: Mi Zhou<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Ph.D. Student (2023-current), UBC Sauder.<\/p>\n

[LinkedIn<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Angela Eunyoung Kwon\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D. Student (2024-current), UBC Sauder.<\/p>\n

[LinkedIn<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Visiting PhD students<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fengyao Wang<\/strong> (advisor: Jae Kyu Lee<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Visiting Ph.D. student (2025-2026), Xi’an Jiaotong University<\/p>\n

[LinkedIn<\/a>] [Google Scholar<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Affiliated Faculty Members<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Myunghwan Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

Ph.D., UBC (2019-2024) [Website<\/a>] [LinkedIn<\/a>] [GScholar<\/a>] [Dissertation<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Jaecheol Park<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University.<\/p>\n

Ph.D., UBC (2020-2025) [Website<\/a>] [LinkedIn<\/a>] [GScholar<\/a>] [Dissertation<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"\"Wooje Cho, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Associate Professor, Seoul National University.<\/p>\n

Visited UBC in 2023-2024 [Website<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Dongwon Lee, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Associate Professor, HKUST<\/p>\n

Affiliated Faculty (2023-) [Website<\/a>] [Google Scholar<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Former Students<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Suhan Woo<\/strong> (advisor: JungJoo Jahng<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Visiting Ph.D. student (2025), Seoul National University.<\/p>\n

[Website<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"\" Tim Schurig<\/strong> (advisors: Martin Gersch<\/a>, Daniel Fuerstenau<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Visiting Ph.D. Student (2025), FU Berlin.<\/p>\n

[Website<\/a>] [LinkedIn<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Lin (Lynn) Yuan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visiting PhD student (2022-2024). Now at City University of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

[LinkedIn<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Raymond Situ<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research Assistant (2018-2023), UBC Sauder.<\/p>\n

[LinkedIn<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Xiaoke Zhang, M.Sc. <\/strong>(co-advised with Mi Zhou<\/a>)<\/p>\n

M.Sc. Student (2021-2023), UBC. Now PhD student at UBC.<\/p>\n

[LinkedIn<\/a>] [Thesis: AI-Generated Voice and Video Creation<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Matthias Schulte-Althoff <\/strong>(advisor: Daniel Fuerstenau<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Visiting Ph.D. Student (2021), FU Berlin.<\/p>\n

[LinkedIn<\/a>] [Google Scholar<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"\"Rui Cao, M.Sc.<\/strong> (co-advised with Hasan Cavusoglu<\/a>)<\/p>\n

M.Sc. Student (2018-2020), UBC. Now PhD student at UBC.<\/p>\n

[Google Scholar<\/a>] [Thesis: Corporate Social Network<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Yunsik Choi, Ph.D. <\/strong>(advisor: Andrew Whinston<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Ph.D. Student (2016-2019), UT Austin. Chief Experience Officer at The Trive.<\/p>\n

[LinkedIn<\/a>] [Dissertation: Organizational Cybersecurity]<\/p>\n

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\"\"Victor Song, M.Sc. <\/strong>(co-advised with Hasan Cavusoglu<\/a>)<\/p>\n

M.Sc. Student (2017-2019), UBC. Software Development Consultant at BC Hydro.<\/p>\n

[LinkedIn<\/a>] [Thesis: IT Risk and Stock Price Crashes<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"\"Miguel Valarao, BCom (BUCS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research Assistant (2018 – 2019), UBC. Software Development Engineer at Amazon.<\/p>\n

[LinkedIn<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Sahil Jain, MBAN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research Assistant (2018), UBC. Manager at McKinsey.<\/p>\n

[LinkedIn<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Bolat Khojayev, BCom (BUCS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research Assistant (2018), UBC. Perplexity.<\/p>\n

[LinkedIn<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Yash Nigam, M.Sc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research Assistant (2017), UT Arlington. Lead Data Engineer at Alo.<\/p>\n

[LinkedIn<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Akshay Vadnere, M.Sc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research Assistant (2016-2017), UT Arlington. Senior Software Engineer at Apple.<\/p>\n

[LinkedIn<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Note for prospective students and postdoc researchers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Other Visiting Scholars<\/strong><\/div>\n
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  1. Taeseung Lee<\/strong>, Ministry of Patriots and Veteran Affairs (\uad6d\uac00\ubcf4\ud6c8\ubd80)<\/a>, Korea 1+1 Matching Program<\/a>, June 2025-June 2026.<\/li>\n
  2. Seolhee Jeong<\/strong>, Ministry of Patriots and Veteran Affairs (\uad6d\uac00\ubcf4\ud6c8\ubd80)<\/a>, Korea 1+1 Matching Program<\/a>, June 2024-June 2025.<\/li>\n
  3. Cheolho Kim<\/strong>, Korean Intellectual Property Office (\ud2b9\ud5c8\uccad)<\/a>, Korea 1+1 Matching Program<\/a>,\u00a0 Final Report: “Research on Ways to Improve Carbon-Neutral R&D Competitiveness Based on Patent Big Data”, Sep 2023-June 2024.<\/li>\n
  4. C. Y. Choi<\/strong><\/a>, UT Arlington, Visiting Professor, March 2023.<\/li>\n
  5. Youngcheol Lee<\/strong>, Office of Government Policy Coordination (\uad6d\ubb34\uc870\uc815\uc2e4)<\/a>, Korea 1+1 Matching Program<\/a>, Final Report: “Enhancing Cybersecurity Response Systems to Establish a Solid Foundation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, Sep 2022-May 2023.<\/li>\n
  6. Eun Hong Min<\/strong>, Military Manpower Administration of Korea (\ubcd1\ubb34\uccad)<\/a>, Korea 1+1 Matching Program<\/a>, Final Report: “A Study of Efficient Supply Management of Military Human Resources Using Big Data and Analytics”, Sep 2020 – Dec 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Other Research\/Teaching Assistants<\/strong><\/div>\n
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    1. Eddie Jung<\/a><\/strong>, BUCS, UBC, Feb 2026 – ongoing. (Mentor: Angela Kwon)<\/li>\n
    2. Dongyun Nam<\/strong>, CS, Korea Univ, Feb 2026 – ongoing. (Mentor: Angela Kwon)<\/li>\n
    3. Jiafang (Jeffrey) Sun<\/a><\/strong>, MBAN, UBC, Nov 2025 – ongoing. (Mentor: Xiaoke Zhang)<\/li>\n
    4. Chion Kim<\/strong><\/a>, MBAN, UBC, April 2025 – ongoing. (Mentor: Marcela Hernandez)<\/li>\n
    5. Pranav Mehta<\/strong><\/a>, MBAN, UBC, July 2025 – ongoing. (Mentor: Marcela Hernandez)<\/li>\n
    6. Myunghoon Hwang<\/strong><\/a>, BS, UBC, May 2025 – ongoing. (Mentor: Angela Kwon)<\/li>\n
    7. Jihoon Hwang<\/strong>, BS, UBC, May 2025 – ongoing. (Mentor: Angela Kwon)<\/li>\n
    8. Ria Khatau<\/strong>, Riverside Secondary School, Jan 2026. (Mentor: Xiaoke Zhang)<\/li>\n
    9. Yousef Jafarnia<\/a><\/strong>, MBAN, UBC, July 2025 – Oct 2025. (Mentor: Marcela Hernandez)<\/li>\n
    10. Krystal Li<\/strong><\/a>, MBAN, UBC, Mar 2025 – July 2025. (Mentor: Xiaoke Zhang)<\/li>\n
    11. Shana Kearney<\/strong>, Riverside Secondary School, Jan 2025. (Mentor: Angela Kwon)<\/li>\n
    12. Vibudh Singh<\/a><\/strong>, MBAN, UBC, Nov 2024 – Dec 2024. (Mentor: Jaecheol Park)<\/li>\n
    13. Chaeyoon Kim<\/strong>, Yonsei, Nov 2024 – Jan 2025 (Mentor: Jaecheol Park)<\/li>\n
    14. Minsuk Seo<\/strong><\/a>, BS, UBC, July-Sept 2024. (Mentor: Jaecheol Park)<\/li>\n
    15. Aazmain Aarib<\/strong><\/a>, Riverside Secondary School, Jan 2024. (Mentor: Jaecheol Park)<\/li>\n
    16. Zhe Li<\/strong><\/a>, MS in MIS, UBC, Nov-Dec 2023.<\/li>\n
    17. Eugenie Lai<\/strong><\/a>, BUCS, UBC, April-June 2020. (PhD student, MIT)<\/li>\n
    18. Allen Gour<\/strong><\/a>, BUCS, UBC Oct-Dec 2019. (AI Engineer, Google)<\/li>\n
    19. Jessica Yang<\/strong><\/a>, BUCS, UBC, Oct-Dec 2019. (Software Development Engineer, Amazon)<\/li>\n
    20. Jialin (Gallant) Tang<\/strong><\/a>, BUCS, UBC, June 2019 – May 2021. (Associate Consultant, IBM)<\/li>\n
    21. Christina Cheung<\/strong>, CS, UBC, Jan-April 2019.<\/li>\n
    22. Eamonn Keane<\/strong><\/a>, BUCS, UBC, Jan-April 2019. (Software Engineer, Microsoft)<\/li>\n
    23. Bob Zhang<\/strong><\/a>, BUCS, UBC, Nov 2018 – Jan 2019. (Technical Program Manager, Microsoft)<\/li>\n
    24. Abishek Ganesh<\/strong><\/a>, MS in IS, UT Arlington, June – Oct 2018. (Big Data Architect, Squaredon)<\/li>\n
    25. Austin Cho<\/strong><\/a>, BUCS, UBC, May-July 2018. (Software Developer, SAP)<\/li>\n
    26. Hongki Kim<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D., UBC, Sep-Oct 2017. (Assistant Professor, Clemson University)<\/li>\n
    27. Drishti Kapoor<\/strong><\/a>, MS in IS, UT Arlington, Jan-May 2017. (Data Engineer 3, Asurion)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      University Services<\/strong><\/div>\n
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      1. Pengyao Sun<\/strong>, M.Sc. in Information Systems (role: external examiner), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Jan 2026.<\/li>\n
      2. Soonjae Kwon<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D. in Information Systems (role: committee member), KAIST, Nov 2025.<\/li>\n
      3. David Xu<\/strong><\/a>, Ph.D. in Statistics (role: exam chair), UBC, Nov 2025.<\/li>\n
      4. Pritam Dash<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (role: university examiner), UBC, Nov 2025.<\/li>\n
      5. Seokchae Yoon<\/strong>, Ph.D. in Information Systems (role: committee member), KAIST, Sep 2025.<\/li>\n
      6. Dujian Ding<\/strong><\/a>, Ph.D. in Computer Science (role: university examiner), UBC, May 2025.<\/li>\n
      7. Donglian Sheng<\/strong>, Ph.D. in Information Systems (role: external examiner), McGill, Oct 2024.<\/li>\n
      8. Ganesh Jawahar<\/strong><\/a>, Ph.D. in Computer Science (role: university examiner), UBC, March 2024.<\/li>\n
      9. Zining Wang<\/strong><\/a>, Ph.D. in Marketing (role: university examiner), UBC, March 2024.<\/li>\n
      10. Chenkai Li<\/strong>, Ph.D. in Bioinformatics (role: exam chair), UBC, Jan 2024.<\/li>\n
      11. Ife Adebara<\/strong><\/a>, Ph.D. in Linguistics (role: university examiner), UBC, Dec 2023.<\/li>\n
      12. Xinyuan Zhang<\/strong>, Ph.D. in Management Science, UBC, August 2023.<\/li>\n
      13. Dennis Ma<\/strong>, Ph.D. in OBHR (role: university examiner), UBC, June 2023.<\/li>\n
      14. Wen Xiao<\/a><\/strong>, Ph.D. in Computer Science (role: university examiner), UBC, April 2023.<\/li>\n
      15. Hassan Halawa<\/strong><\/a>, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (role: exam chair), UBC, March 2023.<\/li>\n
      16. Rahul Krisha<\/strong><\/a>, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (role: university examiner), UBC, Jan-March 2023.<\/li>\n
      17. Pauline Wu<\/strong><\/a>, Ph.D. in Accounting (role: university examiner), UBC, May-July 2022.<\/li>\n
      18. Dennis Ma<\/strong>, Ph.D. in OBHR (role: committee member), UBC, Jan 2018 – 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        Capstone Project Advisees<\/strong><\/div>\n
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        1. Harry Chan<\/a> (co-advised with Baljeet Malhotra, Gittu George), MDS Capstone, UBC, April\u2013June 2022. [Final Report<\/a>] (Software Development Engineer, Amazon)<\/li>\n
        2. Jacqueline Chong (co-advised with Baljeet Malhotra, Gittu George), MDS Capstone, UBC, April\u2013June 2022. [Final Report<\/a>]<\/li>\n
        3. Son Chau<\/a> (co-advised with Baljeet Malhotra, Gittu George), MDS Capstone, UBC, April\u2013June 2022. [Final Report<\/a>] (Application Specialist, University Health Network)<\/li>\n
        4. Anupriya Srivastava<\/a> (co-advised with Baljeet Malhotra, Gittu George), MDS Capstone, UBC, April\u2013June 2022. [Final Report<\/a>]<\/li>\n
        5. Hao Zheng<\/a>, MBAN\/TLEF, June\u2013Aug 2020 [End Product<\/a>]<\/li>\n
        6. Kemjika Ananaba<\/a>, MBAN\/TLEF, June\u2013Aug 2020 [End Product<\/a>] (Business Analyst, TELUS)<\/li>\n
        7. Charlie Qingkang Cao<\/a>, MBAN\/TLEF, June\u2013Aug 2020 [End Product<\/a>] (Data Analyst, Electronic Arts)<\/li>\n
        8. Ziyun (Lily) Liu<\/a>, MBAN\/TeejLab, June\u2013Aug 2020 (Data Analyst, Provincial Health Services Authority)<\/li>\n
        9. Sherry Qin<\/a>, MBAN\/TeejLab, June\u2013Aug 2020 (Cards Advisor, Royal Bank of Canada)<\/li>\n
        10. Suguna Menon<\/a>, MBAN\/Daanaa Resolution, June\u2013Aug 2020 (Data Ops Analyst, Basis)<\/li>\n
        11. Nipun Goyal<\/a>, MBAN\/COE, UBC, June\u2013Aug 2019 [GitHub repo<\/a>] (Data Scientist, Canada Energy Regulator)<\/li>\n
        12. Prakhar Sinha<\/a>, MBAN\/COE, UBC, June\u2013Aug 2019 [GitHub repo<\/a>] (Data Engineer, Article)<\/li>\n
        13. Xiang Louis Luo<\/a>, MBAN\/COE, UBC, June\u2013Aug 2019 [GitHub repo<\/a>] (Sr. Data Engineer, Flashfood)<\/li>\n
        14. Anthony Chiodo<\/a>\u00a0(co-advised with\u00a0Varada Kolhatkar<\/a>, Hasan Cavusoglu), MDS Capstone, UBC, April\u2013June 2019. [Demo site<\/a>] (Business Intelligence Engineer, Amazon)<\/li>\n
        15. Daniel Lin<\/a>\u00a0(co-advised with\u00a0Varada Kolhatkar<\/a>, Hasan Cavusoglu), MDS Capstone, UBC, April\u2013June 2019. [Demo site<\/a>] (Data Scientist, Verizon)<\/li>\n
        16. Miliban Keyim<\/a>\u00a0(co-advised with\u00a0Varada Kolhatkar<\/a>, Hasan Cavusoglu), MDS Capstone, UBC, April\u2013June 2019.\u00a0 [Demo site<\/a>] (Data Scientist, Square)<\/li>\n
        17. Sarah Watts<\/a>\u00a0(co-advised with\u00a0Varada Kolhatkar<\/a>, Hasan Cavusoglu), MDS Capstone, UBC, April\u2013June 2019. [Demo site<\/a>] (Associate Product Manager, Google)<\/li>\n
        18. Ted Thompson<\/a>\u00a0(co-advised with\u00a0Mike Gelbart<\/a>, Hasan Cavusoglu), MDS Capstone, UBC, May\u2013June 2018. (Machine Learning Researcher, Statistics Canada)<\/li>\n
        19. Cem Ozturk<\/a>\u00a0(co-advised with\u00a0Mike Gelbart<\/a>, Hasan Cavusoglu), MDS Capstone, UBC, May\u2013June 2018. (Senior Data Scientist, PPG)<\/li>\n
        20. Tyler Roberts<\/a>\u00a0(co-advised with\u00a0Mike Gelbart<\/a>, Hasan Cavusoglu), MDS Capstone, UBC, May\u2013June 2018. (Data Engineer, Meta)<\/li>\n
        21. Duong Vu<\/a>\u00a0(co-advised with\u00a0Mike Gelbart<\/a>, Hasan Cavusoglu), MDS Capstone, UBC, May\u2013June 2018. (Data Engineer, UrbanLogiq)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          Our group comprises faculty, graduate students, research assistants, and visiting scholars, who have a passion for data analytics and AI in business research. Core Members Gene Moo Lee\u00a0 \/\u00a0 \uc774\uc9c4\ubb34\u00a0 Director \/ Associate Professor, UBC Sauder. Ph.D., UT Austin (2015) [Website] [LinkedIn] [GScholar] [Appointment] Xiaoke Zhang (co-advisor: Mi Zhou) Ph.D. Student (2023-current), UBC Sauder. [LinkedIn] […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51140,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":204,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1506,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/1506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/analyticsailab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}