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Resume


Minimalistic Resume

Interest

Data → Signal → Model → Decision

Statistics, Machine Learning, AI, Quantitative Finance, Game Theory, Social/Economic Modeling

Work Experience

Huawei, Hong Kong SAR

Research & Software Intern (Incoming) Dec 2025 – Mar 2026

I will work on optimizing LLM inference in C++ with a focus on transformers, tensor operations, decoding, and cache efficiency.

IBS Biomedical Mathematics Group, South Korea

Machine Learning Research Intern Dec 2024 – June 2025

Developed ML pipelines for classifying sleep disorders and contributing to two research projects.

Mercor

AI Reasoning Expert & Mathematical Problem Designer Sep 2025 – Dec 2025

Designed mathematical reasoning problems for IMO Frontier Math project. Created challenging problem sets testing advanced mathematical concepts and logical reasoning for AI model evaluation.

Users & Informations Lab, KAIST

Undergraduate Researcher, Project: ChatGPT Voices Aug 2024 -- Dec 2024

Built a cultural benchmark dataset for low resource language and evaluated LLMs on language and reasoning tasks. Coauthored research paper accepted into AACL-IJCNLP 2025 Workshop.

Data Strategy Lab, KAIST

Research Intern Apr 2024 – May 2024

Studied fairness in AI; reviewed and researched bias mitigation techniques.

Other Experience

Art of Problem Solving (AoPS)

Olympiad Math Grader 2023 – Present

Graded advanced mathematics olympiad problems and provided detailed feedback to students participating in math competitions.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages & Frameworks

Data Science & Machine Learning

Python: NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, PyTorch, Matplotlib, Seaborn, SciPy

Backend Development

Python: Django, Flask, FastAPI, REST APIs

Systems & General Purpose

C++ (STL, algorithms), C, Java, Scala, F#, SQL

Software Engineering

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), Algorithm Design, Functional Programming, Concurrency, Multithreading, Parallel Computing

Tools & Technologies

Git, Terminal, Shell Scripting, Anaconda, LaTeX, PowerPoint, Jupyter, Docker

Mathematics & Statistics

Linear Algebra, Calculus, Probability, Statistics, Optimization, Numerical Methods, Mathematical Modeling, Stochastic Processes

Projects

Volatility Inference with SDEs & Data Assimilation

Python, Stochastic Differential Equations, Data Assimilation
  • Estimated instantaneous volatility of cryptocurrency by combining a Heston-lite SDE with Kalman and Particle Filter; absolute log returns used as ground truth. Kalman R² ≈ 0.9998, Particle Filter R² ≈ 0.48–0.67, GARCH R² ≈ 0.09–0.17. Both filters outperform traditional GARCH models.
  • Estimated smoothed volatility of cryptocurrency by combining a mean-reverting SDE with Kalman and Particle Filter; 100-period rolling std used as ground truth. Kalman R² ≈ 0.996–0.997, Particle Filter R² ≈ 0.995–0.999, GARCH R² ≈ 0.33–0.63. Both methods outperform GARCH for smoothed volatility tracking.
GitHub

SignalCraft: Crypto Alpha Discovery System

Python, Quant Research, Backtesting

Developed a modular pipeline to identify and backtest predictive signals from crypto spot data. Achieved ~52% hit rate and Sharpe ratio > 1 using ensemble models and adaptive trading strategies.

GitHub

Real-time Sarcasm Detector

Python, PyTorch, NLP

Built a BERT-based sarcasm classifier with Hugging Face and TweetEval for real-time inference.

GitHub

AI-powered File Organizer

Python, AI/ML

Created a real-time file sorter using NLP and vector similarity to classify content-based documents.

GitHub

Statistical Decision Making - Class Project

Python

Used Bayesian inference and classification to optimize inventory and healthcare decision models.

GitHub

Honors & Awards

Top Quartile, Best-in-University Jane Street Prize – Simon Marais Mathematics Competition, 2024
Bronze Medalist – International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), 2020, 2021
Bronze Medalist – Asian Pacific Mathematical Olympiad (APMO), 2021, 2022
Bronze Medalist – Bangladesh Olympiad in Informatics, 2022
Competitive Programming – Candidate Master (94th percentile), Codeforces; 5★ (99th percentile), Codechef

Certifications

Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC)

Comprehensive financial markets education covering Economics, Currencies, Fixed Income, and Equities.

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Leadership and Volunteer Experience

Tutor

Tutored KAIST freshmen in Calculus and Programming; mentored students for math olympiads.

Country Representative

Handled student finances and onboarding; facilitated communication with faculty and student body.

Other Interests

Competitive Chess

Top 1% on Chess.com; winner of national and regional tournaments.