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Academic Services

Reviewing service, university teaching, and student support activities.

Reviewer

TMLR2023, 2024, 2025
JMLR2023
ICML2023, 2024, 2026 · Gold Reviewer
ICLR2024
NeurIPS2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
COLT2024, 2025, 2026
Management Science2024

Instructor

Spring 2026–Present

Reinforcement Learning

Chung-Ang University

Fall 2026–Present

Deep Reinforcement Learning

Chung-Ang University

Fall 2025–Present

AI in Cybersecurity

Chung-Ang University

Spring 2025–Present

Mathematics for Machine Learning

Chung-Ang University

Fall 2025

Algorithm

Chung-Ang University

Projects

2026

Physical AI Components Testbed and Commercialization Initiative

Main Committee Member

2026–2031

Provable Statistical Reinforcement Learning Algorithms

Basic Research Project · National Research Foundation of Korea

2026

AI-Based Algorithm for Blade Resonance-Avoidance Design

Doosan–CAU AI Joint Research

2025–Present

AI Graduate School Project

Department of Artificial Intelligence, Chung-Ang University

2025–Present

Medical AI Specialized Convergence Talent Training Program

Department of Artificial Intelligence, Chung-Ang University

Presentations

2026

Three ICML Workshop Posters

Stability and Generalization for Bellman Residuals; Globally Convergent Offline Reinforcement Learning with Smoothed Bellman Residual Minimization; Efficient Algorithms for Contextual Apple Tasting with Log-Loss · Seoul, Korea

2026

Statistical Testing and Recommender System using BAI

HyperConnect Presentation · Seoul, Korea

2026

Introduction to AI and Its Applications in Construction

ICPMP Presentation, Seoul National University · Seoul, Korea

2025

Exploring Exploration Strategies in Reinforcement Learning

Workshop on Online Learning and Optimization · Tokyo, Japan

2025

Exploring Exploration Strategies in Reinforcement Learning

KAIST SAARC Presentation · Daejeon, Korea

2024

Two NeurIPS Posters

Fixed Confidence Best-Arm Identification in the Bayesian Setting; Sparsity-Agnostic Linear Bandits with Adaptive Adversaries · Vancouver, Canada

2024

Sparsity-Agnostic Linear Bandits with Adaptive Adversaries

ELLIS Milan Pre-NeurIPS Fest · Milan, Italy

2024

Exploring Exploration Strategies in Reinforcement Learning

POSTECH GSAI/CSE Special Seminar · Virtual

2024

Fixed Confidence Best-Arm Identification in the Bayesian Setting

The Second RL Theory Workshop · Poster · Edmonton, Canada

2023

Efficient Low-Rank Matrix Estimation, Experimental Design, and Arm-Set-Dependent Low-Rank Bandits

ICML · Poster · Vienna, Austria

2023

Improved Time-Uniform PAC-Bayes Bounds using Coin Betting

ICML Workshop: PAC-Bayes Meets Interactive Learning · Contributed Talk and Poster · Hawaii, U.S.

2022

PopArt: Efficient Sparse Regression and Experimental Design for Optimal Sparse Linear Bandits

NeurIPS · Spotlight and Poster · New Orleans, U.S.

2022

PopArt: Efficient Sparse Regression and Experimental Design for Optimal Sparse Linear Bandits

Simons Institute Workshop: Quantifying Uncertainty · Poster · Berkeley, U.S.

2021

Improved Regret Bounds of Bilinear Bandits using Action Space Analysis

ICML · Spotlight and Poster · Virtual

2021

Improved Regret Bounds of Bilinear Bandits using Action Space Analysis

Korea AI Association Best Paper Session · Daejeon, Korea

2019

Hyperbolic Variational Autoencoder

Center for SuperIntelligence Workshop · Pangyo, Korea

Honors and Awards

2022

NeurIPS Scholar Award

36th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems

2013

Best of the Best Security Leader Education Student

Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)

2012

Math Problem of the Week · 1st Prize

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

2011–2015

Presidential Fellowship

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

2011–2015

Presidential Science Scholarship

Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF)

2011

30th University Students Contest of Mathematics · Silver Prize

Korean Mathematical Society

Miscellaneous

Teaching Assistant · KAIST
Calculus; Introduction to Linear Algebra; Stochastic Differential Equations; Introduction to Differential Equations; Introduction to Partial Differential Equations; Lebesgue Integration Theory; Probability and Statistics.

Counseling Assistant · KAIST
Provided academic and personal counseling support for undergraduate and graduate students.