Education
KAIST
2022–Present
B.S. in Computer Science
Selected coursework: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, Systems Programming, Algorithms.
Research experience
SEAL Lab, KAIST — Research Intern
Sep 2026–Present
- Researching NVFP4 W4A4 quantization and its performance in looped transformer models.
- Optimizing inference kernels to improve inference speedups.
PhaseGate — Self-Initiated Research Project
Jun. 2026 – Sep. 2026
- Built a resource scheduler for on-device LLMs, achieving 2.0× retrieval throughput over a fixed scheduling baseline under the same latency constraint.
- Paper accepted to the NeurIPS 2026 Workshop on On-Device Intelligence.
UC San Diego — Research Intern
Jun–Aug 2026
- Evaluated a time-series foundation model for zero-shot anomaly detection on real-world operational data.
- Evaluated proxy anomalies and alert-volume tradeoffs; forecast residuals did not reliably predict genuine failures.
SGVR Lab, KAIST — Undergraduate Researcher
Jan 2026
- Evaluated vision-language-action (VLA) policies in simulation under 11 meaning-preserving perturbations: average success fell from 60% to 25%, with structural edits causing the largest drop.
CJ AI Center — Research Intern
August 2023
- Built a real-time EEG-to-robotic-arm brain–computer interface using PyTorch.
Publications
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PhaseGate: Phase-Aware CPU Retrieval Scheduling for On-Device LLMs on Unified Memory
NeurIPS 2026 Workshop on On-Device Intelligence: Foundation Models under Real-World Constraints.
Leadership
KAIST American Football Club — Captain
Sep 2025–Present
Lead team practices, game strategy, and intra-university competitions.
Republic of Korea Army — Squad Leader and English Interpreter
Jan 2024–Jul 2025
Led eight soldiers and interpreted between Republic of Korea and U.S. military personnel.
Technical skills
- Programming
- Python, C
- ML systems
- PyTorch, LLM inference, low-precision quantization, GPU kernel optimization, performance profiling
- Tools
- Linux, Git, Bash
- Languages
- Korean (native), English (professional; TOEFL 110)