Education

• Dec 2022 - Feb 2026

  Ph.D in Applied Data Science

  University of Stavanger

  Stavanger, Norway

  Ph.D. thesis (submitted): Toward Federated AI: Integrating Reliable Training, Automated Deployment, and Secure Inference.

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• Aug 2017 - Jun 2019

  M.S. in Computer Science

  University of Stavanger

  Stavanger, Norway

  Master's thesis: Minimum Word Error Rate Training for Speech Separation.

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• Mar 2009 - Feb 2017

  B.S. in Computer Science

  Yonsei University

  Seoul, South Korea

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• Mar 2006 - Feb 2009

  High School

  Daejeon Science High School

  Daejeon, South Korea

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Experiences

• Mar 2026 - Present

  IT Consultant (Self-employed)

  SEO LABS (ENK)

  Stavanger, Norway

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• Dec 2022 - Feb 2026

  Research Fellow

  University of Stavanger

  Stavanger, Norway

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• Aug 2020 - Nov 2022

  Lecturer

  Yonsei University

  Seoul, South Korea

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• Jan 2022 - Oct 2022

  Tech Lead

  Flipper Corporation

  Seoul, South Korea

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• Jan 2021 - Jun 2022

  AI Education Mentor

  Upstage

  Seoul, South Korea

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• Mar 2020 - Dec 2020

  CTO & Co-founder

  BeBridge

  Seoul, South Korea

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• Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

  Solutions Architect Intern

  Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  Seoul, South Korea

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• Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Summer Intern

  Equinor

  Stavanger, Norway

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• Jan 2016 - Jul 2017

  Lead Developer / Founding Engineer

  Kospoll

  Seoul, South Korea

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• Dec 2014 - Apr 2016

  Software Engineer / Research Assistant

  Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University

  Seoul, South Korea

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• Sep 2013 - Oct 2014

  Software Engineer

  Various gigs (2 stealth startups + 1 small SI shop)

  Seoul, South Korea

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• Mar 2010 - Jan 2012

  Compulsory Military Service

  Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command

  Special Warfare School, South Korea

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Skills