Ph.D. Graduates

Seongwoo Lim

Ph.D., 2025.09

Jiyeon Han

Ph.D., 2025.09
BS in Computer Science Engineering from UNIST, 2016

Kyowoon Lee

MS/PhD Student, 2016.09 – 2024.09
BS from UNIST, 2016

Anh Tong

Now at Graduate School of AI at Korea University
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020 March – 2023 February
MS/PhD from UNIST, 2014 March – 2020 April
BS degree from UNIST, 2013

Haedong Jeong

Now at Sogang University (Previously at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology)
MS/PhD from UNIST, 2014 March – 2022 August
BS degree from UNIST, 2013

Giyoung Jeon

Now at LG AI Research
MS/PhD from UNIST, 2015 August – 2023 February
BS from UNIST, 2015

Qin Xie

Now at Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
PhD from UNIST, 2015 March – 2022 August
(Maternity leave, 2015 September – 2016 August)
MS degree from Wuhan University, 2013

Master Graduates

Subeen Lee

MS student, 2023.09 – 2025.09
BS from KAIST, 2023 (Summa Cum Laude; Major in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; Minor in Computer Science)

Tair Djanibekov

MS student, 2023.09 – 2025.09
BS in Computer Science and Software Engineering at Inha University in Tashkent, 2023 (GPA 4.40/4.5, rank 1/260)

Chanwoo Lee

MS student, 2023.09 – 2025.09
Quant Researcher, D.A.Ground, Korea, 2021 – 2023
BS in Financial Economics from Seoul National University, 2021

Youngju Joung

MS student, 2023.03 – 2025.02
BS from Chung-Ang University, 2023 (Summa Cum Laude; Major in Industrial Security & Applied Statistics)

Sangun Gu

MS student, 2021.09 – 2025.02
BS in Computer Science and Engineering at Kyungpook National University, Computer Science and Engineering, 2020 (GPA 4.1/4.3, rank 2/90)

Jungmin Kim

MS student, 2022.03 – 2024.09
Data Scientist, LINE Financial Plus, Korea,
2019 -2022 BS in Economics from Yonsei University, 2019

Hyeha Im

MS student, 2021.09 – 24.03
Researcher, 2020.06 – 2021.07
BS from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, 2019

Sekwang Oh (Now at POSCO)

MS student, 2021.03 – 2023.09
AI semi-course completion, POSTECH, 2019
Engineer & Manager, POSCO, 2012 – present
BS in Materials Science and Engineering at Pusan National University, 2012

Inyoung Paik

MS student, 2021.03 ~ 2023.09
Deep learning researcher, Deepbio, 2019 – 2021
BS in Mathematical Science & Physics at KAIST, 2015

Seongjin Park (Now at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology) 

MS from KAIST AI, 2020 Fall – 2022 Spring

Hwanil Choi (Now at LG AI Research)

MS from KAIST aI, 2020 Fall – 2022 Spring
BS in Mathematics (Double major in Computer) from Kyungpook National University, 2020

Deokjun Eom (Now at Samsung Research)

MS Student, KAIST, 2020.03 – 2022.02
BS in Mathematics (Double major in Statistics) from Korea University, 2020

Nguyen Thanh Nguyen

MS student, 2018 September – 2021.04
BS from Ho Chi Minh University of Science Mathematics and Computer Science, 2016 (the second highest-ranking graduate)

Alisher Abdulov (Now at 42dot)

Researcher, KAIST, 2020 Fall – 2022.02
MS from UNIST, 2020
BS from UNIST, 2017

Dongju Shin (Now at DEEPNOID)

MS from UNIST, 2018 September – 2020 September
BS from UNIST, 2018

Yeeun Chun (Shinhan Bank AI/Big Data Team)

MS from UNIST, 2018 September – 2020 June
Researcher, UNIST, 2017 September – 2018 August
BS from University of California, Los Angeles, 2013

Jiwoo Lee (Now at DEEPNOID)

MS from UNIST, 2018 September – 2020 June
BS from The University of Seoul, 2018

GinKyeng Lee

MS from UNIST, 2018 March – 2020 February
BS from Sookmyung Women’s University, 2018 February (the highest-ranking graduate)

Janghoon Ju (Now at KRAFTON)

Leave for startup, 2018 January ~ 2019 January
Research Engineer, 2016 August – 2017 March
MS from UNIST, 2016 March – 2019 August
BS from UNIST, 2016

Ali Tousi

Researcher, 2018 September – 2022 June
MS from UNIST, August 2018
BS from Sharif University, 2015

Subin Yi (Now at SK T-Brain)

MS Student, 2016 March – 2018 February
BS from UNIST, 2016
Now, researcher at SK T-brain

Thanh Nguyen (Now at Johns Hopkins University)

Researcher, 2018 March
MS from UNIST, 2018
BS from Danang University of Science and Technology, 2015 (The valedictorian from Talented Engineering Program)

Rafael Lima

Now at Samsung R&D Institute Brazil
MS from UNIST, 2015 August – 2017 August
BS from EE at Federal University of Bahia, 2015 (top 1% graduate)

Yunseong Hwang (Now at NAVER)

MS from UNIST, 2016
BS from UNIST, 2014
Now at NAVER/Search Solutions (Click Through Analysis)

Previously mentored Postdocs

Jinseok Seol (Now at Dankook University)

Postdoctoral Researcher, 2024.09 – 2025.08

Boseon Yu  (Now  at  INEEJI)

Postdoctoral Researcher, 2017.12 – 2021 Summer
PhD/MS/BS from Inha University, 2015/2010/2008

Peng Zhang

Researcher, 2020.10 – 2022.08
PhD in Nuclear Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University, 2012
BS in Nuclear Science and Technology from Tsinghua University, 2007

Kallol Roy (Now at University of Tartu)

Postdoctoral Researcher, 2015 August – present
PhD from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2014
B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 2005

Previously mentored students/researchers

Junhyeok Park

Research Intern, 2025.06 ~ 2025.08

Kyunghwan Sohn

MS/PhD student, 2020 Spring – present
Senior manager, Financial Supervisory Service, 2013 – 2020.2
Researcher, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, 2009 – 2012 (military service)
MS from Seoul National University, 2009
BS from KAIST, 2007

Seijun Chung (Now at Hyundai Advanced Process Technology Development Team).

Researcher, 2020 Fall – present
MS in Industrial Engineering from Seoul National University, 2020
Control & Instrument Engineer, Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd., 2013.01 – 2018.09
BS in Electrical Computer Engineering from Hanyang University, 2013

Daiki E. Matsunaga (Now at KAIST Graduate School of AI)

MS/PhD student, 2020 Fall – present
Data Scientist, IBM Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 2019 – 2020
IT Specialist/Consultant, IBM Japan, Tokyo, Japan, 2017 – 2019
BA in Political Philosophy from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, 2016

Sohee Cho (Now at BMW Korea)

Researcher, 2017 September – 2021.08
BS from Korea National Open University, 2017
BA from Ewha Womans University, 2013

Soonjae Kwon (Now at University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Researcher (Military Service 2017 April – 2020 April), 2017 April – 2021.08
MS from Sogang University, 2017
BS from Sogang University, 2015

Juhyeong Kim

MS student, 2020 Fall
Bachelor from Sungkyunkwan University, 2020

Junhyuk Shin (Samsung Electronics Mechatronic Center)

Researcher, 2020 February – 2020 June
MS from Seoul National University, 2018
BS from Yonsei University, 2016

Nakwon Sung

Researcher, 2019 January – present
MS from UNIST, August 2018
BS from UNIST, August 2015

Seongman Heo

Researcher, 2019 March – 2020 Spring
MS from Korea University, August 2017
BS from Korea University Sejong, August 2015

Minsu Kang

MS/PhD Student, 2019 Spring at UNIST
BS from Handong Global University, 2019

Sungguk Cha

MS/PhD Student, 2019 Spring at UNIST
BS from UNIST, 2019

Eunji Bang

MS student, 2018 September – present
Researcher, 2018 February – 2018 August
MS from UNIST (the Energy Commodity Trading and Financial Engineering program), 2018 February
BA from University of Ulsan, 2015

Dongeun Lee

Now, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce
Postdoctoral Researcher, March 2014 – August 2016
(Joint appointment with the Berkeley Lab, January – August, 2016)
PhD from Seoul National University, 2014
BS from Seoul National University, 2006

Man-Ki Yoon

Now, Associate Research Scientist at Yale University
PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Cyber-Physical Systems Integration Lab.
Man-Ki is a recipient of Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship 2013 and Intel PhD Fellowship 2014 with the topics in research collaboration.

Seonghyun Jo

Researcher, 2017 December – present
BS from Seoul National University, 2014

Vladimir Nekrasov

PhD student, 2016 March – 2017 March
Researcher, 2015 August ~ 2016 February
Specialist degree (BS/MS) from Moscow State University, 2015
Now, PhD student at Adelaide university

Agnieszka Mikołajczyk

Visiting Student at UNIST
MS from Gdansk University of Technology, Poland, (September 2017)
BS from Gdansk University of Technology, Poland, (March 2016)

Uyoung Jeong (Now at Graduate School of AI UNIST)

BS Student at UNIST

Wonjun Yoon

BS degree from UNIST 2017 March
Now, MS student at KAIST EE

Sanghun Kang

BS from UNIST
Previously at Amanda (Top 10 Mobile app company in Korea)
Now at Hyundai Card Algorithm Team

Kyoungjoong Jeong

PhD candidate at UNIST
MS degree from POSTECH, 2008
Now at Stradvision (a computer vision startup)

Yooseung Wang

BS from UNIST

Madi Khamitbekov

BS Student at UNIST
(Google Summer Intern, 2016 Summer)
Now at Moloco for Mobile Ad Platform

Taehoon Kim

BS at UNIST
The best undergraduate from UNIST in 2016 (Awarded from Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning)
Previously at the Berkeley Lab for Research Exchange
Now at DevSisters (previously at Vingle) for military service (will join OpenAI)

Azamatbek Akhmedov

BS from UNIST
Now at Samsung Electronics

Doyeon Lim

BS from UNIST
Now, MS student at KAIST Computer Science

Wen Pu

PhD student PhD with General Intelligence Lab at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (Now at LinkedIn)

Kejia Hu

MS student at University of California, Davis (previously PhD student at Northwestern, now Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University)

Phuong Hoang

MS/PhD student student at UNIST (now at Vietnam)

Tianfang Xu

previously MS student student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, PhD student at UIUC, now Research Assistant Professor at Utah University

Jun-Young Min

MS Graduate, UNIST (previously Asiana IDT Inc, a subsidiary of Asiana Airline, Now at Korea Airports Corporation)

Guhnoo Yun

BS Student at Gyeongsang National University (USURF Intern)

Haebeom Lee

BS Student at UNIST

Sorang Cho

BS Student at Busan National University (USURF Intern)

Jungwoon Shin

BS Student at Boston University (USURF Intern)

Owen Xu He

BS Student at Jacobs University (SPIKE Intern)

Jongwhan Moon

BS student at UNIST, now MS/PhD student at POSTECH

William Gu

BS student at University of California, Berkeley

Suhwan Chung

BS Student, UNIST

Zumrat Kochshegulov

BS Student, UNIST

Chung-Geol Ryu

BS Student, UNIST (Now at Korean Airforce for military service)

Previous Administrative Staff

Eunhee Kim

Lab admin/Secretary by 2024.12

Hyejin Shin

Lab admin, 2020.09 –
Lab admin, UNIST, 2016.08 – 2018.08
BS from University of Ulsan, 2007

Kyeongeun Lee

Lab admin/Secretary, 2018.03 – 2021 Summer
BA from University of Ulsan, 2006

Eunog Lee

Lab admin, 2018 September – 2021 February
BA from University of Ulsan, 2015

Jisu Park

Lab admin, 2019 December – 2020 December
BA from University of Ulsan, 2013