Experience

  1. Staff Engineer

    Samsung Electronics, DS Division, AI Center (*formerly SAIT, AI Research Center*)

    Responsibilities include:

    • AI Agent (Jun 2024 – Present): Built a multimodal Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) application for internal knowledge management, improving efficiency in accessing distributed information across teams.
    • AI ISP (Jan 2024 ‑ May 2024): Designed and trained a natural language‑based Image Quality Assessment (IQA) model, enabling intuitive and context‑aware image evaluations.
    • AI ISP (May 2022 ‑ Dec 2023): Developed an efficient dual‑pixel autofocus model optimized for low‑light environments, improving focusing speed and accuracy.
  2. Visiting Researcher

    Google Research

    Responsibilities include:

    • Conducted research on vision‑language models for controllable image editing guided by natural language instructions.
    • Proposed a novel approach using conditional classifier‑free guidance to enhance editing fidelity and semantic alignment.
  3. Research Intern

    Snap Inc.

    Responsibilities include:

    • Developed deep learning models for efficient and high‑quality video frame interpolation.
    • Designed and implemented the SNU‑FILM benchmark dataset for analytic evaluation.

Education

  1. PhD Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

    Seoul National University
    Integrated Master & Ph.D in EECS.
    Thesis: Test‑Time Adaptation Methods for Video Frame Interpolation.
    Supervised by Prof. Kyoung Mu Lee
  2. BEng Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

    Seoul National University
    GPA: 3.48/4.30
Skills & Hobbies
Technical Skills
Programming

Python, C++, MATLAB

DL Frameworks & Libraries

PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face

LLM Apps & Deployment

vLLM, FastAPI, ElasticSearch, Gradio

Hobbies
Sports

I like playing all kinds of sports except soccer.

Music

I like classics. I also play flute and piano.

Reading

I like reading books, blog posts, etc.

Awards
Outstanding Project(Paper) Award
Hyungdai NGV (Next Generation Vehicle) ∙ November 2022
Bronze Prize, The 27th HumanTech Paper Award
Samsung Electronics ∙ February 2021
Outstanding Project Award, VTT 2020 Research Highlights
Korean Ministry of Science and ICT ∙ October 2020
Runner-Up (2nd Place) Award, AIM 2019 Challenge on Video Temporal Super‑Resolution
Advances in Image Manipulation Workshop (ICCV 2019) ∙ November 2019
Languages
90%
English
100%
Korean