Profile

Education

  • 2022
    Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering
    POSTECH, Pohang, Republic of Korea
  • 2015
    B.S. in Mechanical Engineering & Computer Science and Engineering
    POSTECH, Pohang, Republic of Korea
  • 2010
    High School Graduate
    Hansung Science High School, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Experience

  • Nov 2024 -
    Postdoctoral Research Associate
    University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
  • Jul 2022 - Oct 2024
    Postdoctoral Associate
    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Feb 2022 - Jun 2022
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    POSTECH, Pohang, Republic of Korea
  • Jun 2021 - Oct 2021
    Research Intern
    Vector Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Remote research
  • Oct 2020 - Feb 2021
    Research Intern
    Vector Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Remote research
  • Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
    Research Engineering Intern
    SigOpt, San Francisco, California, USA
    • SigOpt has been acquired by Intel.
  • Jan 2017 - Jan 2017
    Research Intern
    Samsung Electronics, Hwaseong, Republic of Korea
  • Aug 2016 - Aug 2016
    Research Intern
    Samsung Electronics, Hwaseong, Republic of Korea

Honors and Awards

  • Jun 09, 2019
    ICML Travel Award for ICML-2019
  • Jun 06, 2018
    2nd place in AutoML Challenge 2018 (PAKDD-2018 Data Competition)
  • Apr 15, 2018
    IEEE Signal Processing Society Travel Grant for ICASSP-2018
  • Nov 18, 2016
    Best Paper Runner-Up Award (supported by LG U+) in 2016 Fall Conference of Korea Business Intelligence Data Mining Society
  • Jun 24, 2016
    3rd place in AutoML5 phase of AutoML Challenge
  • Jul 03, 2014
    Software Maestro (organized by Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Republic of Korea & National IT Promotion Agency, Republic of Korea)
  • Mar 02, 2010
    Presidential Science Scholarship (awarded by the President of the Republic of Korea)

Teaching - Course

Spring 2022 [CSED490X] Recent Trends in Machine Learning: A Large-Scale Perspective @ POSTECH

Teaching - Teaching Assistant

Spring 2019 Artificial Intelligence @ POSTECH
Fall 2018 Probabilistic Graphical Models @ POSTECH
Fall 2016 Automata & Formal Languages @ POSTECH
Spring 2016 Machine Learning @ POSTECH
Several terms Machine Learning Courses for Industries (SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics Device Solutions Business, POSCO Group, Hyundai Steel Company)