About me

I am a Ph.D. candidate at Statistics, Seoul National University.

Education

Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

M.S. & Ph.D., Statistics, 2021.03 –

B.S., Statistics & Computer Science and Engineering, 2015.03 – 2021.02

Research Interest

• Autoencoder based generative models (especially, Wasserstein autoencoders)
• Optimization problems in probability spaces

Teaching and Mentoring

• Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, Seoul National University
  • (Advanced) Computational Statistics
  • Statistical Computing and Lab.
  • Regression Analysis and Lab.
• Teaching Assistant, Statistical Research Institute, Seoul National University
  • R, Python public lectures
• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, Seoul National University
  • Mathematical Statistics II

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Graduate Students’ Overseas Training: The University of Tokyo (May. 2024 - Apr. 2025)
  • Brain Korea 21, National Research Foundation of Korea
• Outstanding Researcher Fellowship (Sep. 2024 - Feb. 2024)
  • Brain Korea 21, National Research Foundation of Korea
• Academic Excellance Scholarship (Sep. 2024 - Feb. 2024)
  • Department of Statistics, Seoul National University
• Data Science Competitions
  • 2019 Samsung SDS Brightics Academy Competition, 3rd prize
  • 2020 Kakao Arena (Melon Playlist Continuation), 1st prize
• University Students Contest of Mathematics (2019, 2nd field), silver prize