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Analyze repeated model trajectories to identify systematic reasoning, visual-interpretation, and error-propagation failures. Design adversarial STEM benchmark problems to probe reasoning limits across six frontier models."},{"name":"BlueDove","position":"Founder","location":"Remote","url":"https://bluedove.ma","startDate":"2024-02-01","endDate":"2025-07-01","summary":"Built and launched a generative-AI commerce MVP solo using React, Node.js, FastAPI, Docker, SQL, and AWS S3 for custom product design and ordering. Owned development and delivery end to end, fulfilling real customer orders concierge-style before winding down in July 2025."},{"name":"H/A Studio","position":"Project Manager","location":"Remote","url":"https://hastud.io","startDate":"2022-10-01","endDate":"2023-06-01","summary":"Coordinated website projects across clients, developers, and designers. Translated founder requirements into actionable tasks and managed timelines and deliverables."},{"name":"Self-Employed","position":"Freelance Developer","location":"Remote","startDate":"2022-01-01","endDate":"2022-09-01","summary":"Designed and deployed a full-stack QR-code-based contactless ordering system for restaurants, handling both frontend and backend implementation."},{"name":"University of Southern California","position":"Postdoctoral Researcher","location":"Los Angeles, CA","startDate":"2018-05-01","endDate":"2020-09-01","summary":"Built automated Python/Snakemake pipelines integrating long- and short-read sequencing data, separating true variants from artifacts. Designed repeat-aware algorithms for de novo human centromere assembly from long-read data."},{"name":"The University of Texas at Austin","position":"Graduate Research Assistant","location":"Austin, TX","url":"https://utexas.edu","startDate":"2012-08-01","endDate":"2018-05-01","summary":"Developed aBayesQR (Bayesian inference) and TenSQR (tensor factorization) methods for viral quasispecies reconstruction from NGS data. Developed a Sequential Monte Carlo algorithm for joint haplotype assembly and genotype calling, improving phasing accuracy and reducing runtime on large-scale HPC datasets."},{"name":"Hanwha Thales (formerly Samsung Thales)","position":"System Engineer","location":"South Korea","startDate":"2010-01-01","endDate":"2011-02-01","summary":"Developed and simulated radar signal-processing algorithms for long-range target detection."}],"education":[{"institution":"The University of Texas at Austin","studyType":"Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering","startDate":"2012-09-01","endDate":"2018-06-01"},{"institution":"Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology","studyType":"Master’s Degree in Signal Processing(Detection and Estimation), Electrical Engineering","startDate":"2008-09-01","endDate":"2010-06-01"},{"institution":"Korea University","studyType":"Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering","startDate":"2003-09-01","endDate":"2008-06-01"}],"skills":[{"name":"Benchmark Design"},{"name":"Reinforcement Learning Human Feedback (RLHF)"},{"name":"AI Evaluation"},{"name":"Computational Workflows"},{"name":"Data Pipeline Development"},{"name":"Modeling and Simulation"},{"name":"Signal Processing"},{"name":"Algorithm Development"},{"name":"Statistical Modeling"},{"name":"Full-Stack Development"},{"name":"Generative AI"},{"name":"Data Science"},{"name":"Data Intelligence"},{"name":"Large Language Models (LLM)"},{"name":"React"},{"name":"Node.js"},{"name":"Matlab"},{"name":"Research"},{"name":"Machine Learning"},{"name":"Algorithms"},{"name":"R"},{"name":"Python"},{"name":"Task Design and Validation"},{"name":"Reference Answers"},{"name":"Rubric Design"},{"name":"Model Failure Analysis"},{"name":"Adversarial STEM Benchmarks"},{"name":"Data Quality Review"},{"name":"C/C++"},{"name":"SQL"},{"name":"Git"},{"name":"Linux/Unix"},{"name":"HPC/Cluster Computing"},{"name":"Snakemake"},{"name":"FastAPI"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"Bayesian Inference"},{"name":"Probabilistic Modeling"},{"name":"Sequential Monte Carlo"},{"name":"Tensor Factorization"},{"name":"Data Analysis"},{"name":"Computational Biology"},{"name":"NGS Data Analysis"}],"publications":[{"name":"aBayesQR: A Bayesian method for reconstruction of viral populations characterized by low diversity"},{"name":"Viral quasispecies reconstruction via tensor factorization with successive read removal"},{"name":"Joint haplotype assembly and genotype calling via sequential Monte Carlo algorithm"}]}