Experience

  1. Senior Staff Engineer

    Huawei
    • Develop algorithms for LLM inference optimization and model efficiency across quantization, pruning, knowledge distillation, sparsity, and decoding.
    • Bridge research, evaluation, and deployment with attention to model quality, memory, latency, and throughput.
  2. Project Lead (Student)

    AILA (AI Language Assistant)
    • Led development of a non-contact English conversation learning platform with 3D avatars, integrating Unity and chatbot systems.
    • Oversaw Unity–chatbot integration and created a personalized 3D avatar chatbot environment.
  3. Visiting Researcher

    KU-Center for Cyber-Physical Systems
    • Focused on generative model-based industrial anomaly detection in safety-critical infrastructures.
    • Utilized XAI methods to improve transparency and reliability in deep learning pipelines.
  4. Vice-chair & Contestant

    ACM-ICPC Club (Gori), Kyungpook National University
    • Led competitive programming training and organized internal contests.
    • Participated in the ACM-ICPC Daejeon Regional 2013.
  5. Research Intern

    Qtec
    • Assisted in developing an embedded location control system and researched voice call systems.
    • Contributed to an embedded system application for location-based services.

Education

  1. Ph.D. in Computer Science

    KAIST
    GPA: 3.82
    Focused on Explainable AI for real-world applications such as smart energy systems, education, and safety.
    Worked on anomaly detection, risk assessment, and XR simulation projects.
  2. M.Eng. in Artificial Intelligence

    KAIST
    GPA: 3.85
    Developed Korean language understanding models and semantic similarity techniques through deep learning.
  3. B.S. in Computer Science

    Kyungpook National University
    GPA: 4.06
    Focused on computer graphics and game development with a graduation project involving interactive game design and optimization.
Skills
AI Systems & Model Efficiency
LLM Inference Optimization
Quantization
Pruning & Sparsity
Knowledge Distillation
Decoding Algorithms
Engineering
Python / PyTorch
C / C++
TensorFlow / OpenCV
Git / Docker
Languages
100%
Korean
90%
English
50%
Japanese