Journey
2025
Attended CHI 2025Attended CHI 2025 in Yokohama, Japan as part of the workshop on Tools for Thought! It was my first time at a conference and I got to meet a lot of interesting people.
Graduated from KAISTGraduated with Honors from KAIST with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a double major in Business & Technology Management!
2024
Research Internship at KIXLABAs a personal challenge, I applied to and got accepted into the highly competitive research internship program at KIXLAB led by Professor Juho Kim. I'm researching RAG based LLM systems, primarily for the conversational search domain.
Python Developer Internship at SMILE LabI was hired as an intern at KAIST's SMILE Lab, tasked with the responsibility of developing and deploying a GUI and monitoring system for their localization hardware.
2023
KAIST ISSS Student AssistantWorked part-time at the KAIST ISSS (International Student Scholar Services) office. Responsibilities included greeting students, and helping with day-to-day office tasks.
EFL Course TATook on work as a course TA for EFL classes at KAIST! As a language learner myself, it was great to be able to assist Korean students in their efforts to learn English.
Python Developer Internship at Gudo Investment AdvisoryReturned to Gudo Investment Advisory as Software Developer Intern. This time, I was fortunate to be given the opportunity to work closely with the other engineers on a large system migration project. This internship taught me a lot about what it's like to be a software engineer. From requirement engineering, regular meetings with product managers, frequent code reviews and the occasional overtime, I grew a lot as a software developer!
2022
Python Developer Internship at Gudo Investment AdvisoryLanded my first ever internship at Gudo Investment Advisory headquartered in Seoul, Korea. I was part of a lean team which creates and maintains internal tools used by the company's analysts to manage investment funds. I was working with various technologies to aid in my responsibilities, which include data science as well as web development.
Became the Web Division leader of KISAAfter careful consideration, I was chosen to be the web division leader of KISA! My responsibilities include coordinating with the internal board of KISA (president, secretary and other division heads) and organizing, planning and executing development of new apps for the website.
2021
Joined KAIST International Students Association (KISA)KISA is a student led organization and represents the international community in KAIST. I joined as a member of the Web Division of KISA, tasked with development and maintenance of their website which is based on a Django backend. During my time here I've met some amazing people and also had the privilege of giving back to my community.
2020
Started University at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology!Began my undergrad journey at KAIST in Fall '20. Onto the next chapter of my life!
2019
NC Tech ClubParticipated in a competitive coding club. Made some valuable connections, and strengthened my coding foundations.
Finished A Levels!After four pain staking years of hard work, finally finished O and A Levels and graduated high school with stellar grades!
2018
Edexcel High Achievers Award!Got the Edexcel High Achievers Award for my performance in O Levels.
2017
Finished O Levels!Completed O levels.