About Me

I received my Ph.D. in the Graduate School of AI at KAIST, where I was fortunate to be advised by Prof. Kijung Shin. Prior to that, I received my B.S. in Computer Science from Hanyang University. Currently, I am working as a Staff Software Engineer at Samsung Electronics.

Education

Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence

KAIST, Seoul, Korea (Mar. 2020 - Feb. 2025)

B.S. in Computer Science

Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (Mar. 2016 - Feb. 2020)

Work Experience

Staff SW Engineer

Samsung Electronics (MX) (Apr. 2026 - Present)
  • Language AI Core Technology R&D Group / Multi-modal Agent Part

Principal SW Engineer

GraphAI (Mar. 2025 - Mar. 2026)
  • AI Engine Team

Publications

Published Papers

Patents

    Registered Patent

  • Method Computer Device, and Computer Program for Deep-Learning-Based Precipitation Nowcasting with Ground Weather Station Data and Radar Data
    Jihoon Ko, Kyuhan Lee, Hyunjin Hwang, and Kijung Shin
    Korean Patent 10-2858175
  • Method and Apparatus for Effective Training for Deep Learning-based Precipitation Nowcasting and Estimation
    Jihoon Ko, Kyuhan Lee, Hyunjin Hwang, and Kijung Shin
    Korean Patent 10‑2767119
  • Method and System for Sparse Summarization of Massive Graphs
    Kyuhan Lee, Hyeonsoo Jo, Jihoon Ko, Sungsu Lim, and Kijung Shin
    Korean Patent 10-2429040
  • Patent Applications

  • Method and System for Personalized Summarization of Graphs
    Shinwhan Kang, Kyuhan Lee, and Kijung Shin
    Korean Patent Application 10-2023-0037867

Teaching

  • KAIST AI503 Mathematics for AI
    Teaching Assistant [Fall 2023]
  • KAIST AI617 Machine Learning for Robotics
    Teaching Assistant [Spring 2022]
  • KAIST AI506 Data Mining and Search
    Teaching Assistant [Spring 2021, Spring 2023]
  • KAIST AI607 Graph Mining and Social Network Analysis
    Teaching Assistant [Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2024]

Awards & Honors

  • National Science & Technology Scholarship, KOSAF (Mar. 2016 - Feb. 2020)
    Full tuition exemptions for 8 semesters.
  • Summa Cum Laude Graduation Honors, Hanyang University (Feb. 2020)

Skills

Programming Languages

  • Python, Java, C/C++, R, SQL, Bash

Machine Learning

  • PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers, vLLM, Fine-tuning (LoRA/PEFT, Continual Pre-training)

LLM & RAG

  • LangChain, Hybrid Retrieval (Vector DB, BM25, Text-to-SQL), Chroma, Milvus, Prompt Engineering, Agentic Design, VLMs

Data & Infra

  • Prometheus, Grafana, Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Vercel, AWS, On-premise deployment

Other

  • Git/GitHub, LaTeX, Korean (mother tongue), English (fluent)