RESEARCH INTERESTS 

  • Visual Computing ( Visualization, Computer Graphics, Image Processing, Computer Vision )
  • High Performance Computing ( Parallel Algorithms - Multi-Core and GPU Algorithms)
  • Algorithms and Data structures  ( Multidimensional Indexing, External Memory Algorithms )

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Designed a New Ray Casting Algorithm for the IBM Cell Processor, 2007
    - Winner, 3rd prize (US$5,000) IBM CELL/B.E. TOP INNOVATOR Worldwide Challenge, 2007 
    [1 Software Library, 1 Publication]
  • Designed and Implemented a 3-D Visualization-Supported Segmentation Software - visSeg - for 3-D confocal microscope data at National Institutes of Health, 2006 [1 Software Package, 2 Presentations] 
  • Designed and Implemented Multi-dimensional Indexing Structures and Data Layouts for Interactively Rendering Very Large 3-D/4-D volumetric data sets, 2005-2006 [3 Publications]
  • Designed and Implemented Indexing Structures and Serial/Parallel Algorithms for Querying Very Large Multi-Dimensional Time Series Data, 2004 [2 Publications]

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

  • 8 years of professional C/C++ development experience in Linux (5+ yrs) and Windows (4+ yrs).  
  • Development experience with Visual Computing libraries: OpenGL, VTK, Qt
  • Development experience with Parallel Computing libraries: MPI, OpenMP, Pthreads, Cell SDK

EDUCATION

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

  Industry

  • Rhythm & Hues Studios, L.A. USA, Jun 2008-Present
     - R&D for Production Renderer.
  • National Institutes of Health, MD USA, 2006 Summer
     - Designed and implemented a 3-D visualization-supported segmentation software - visSeg - for 
        3-D confocal microscope data. (Tool: C++, VTK, Qt)
  • Samsung SDS IT R&D Center, Seoul, Korea, 2002
      - Developed a software for analyzing microarray image in Bioinformatics Lab. (Tool: Java 2 SE)
      - Developed a software for face detection in Biometrics Lab. (Tool: Visual C++, MFC)
  • Co-founder and CTO, Bluenics Technology, Seoul Korea, 2001
      - Developed a commercial image processing software. (Tool: Visual C++, MFC) 
  • Seokgok Institute of Observational Science and Technology, Seoul Korea, 2000 Summer
      - Developed a software for satellite image management and analysis. (Tool: Visual C++, MFC)

  Academia

  •  Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, 2002-Present
    (Advisor: Prof. Joseph JaJa)

      - Designed and implemented volume rendering algorithms for multi-core architectures (Cell/B.E., GPU) 
        (Tool: C/C++, OpenGL, Cell SDK, CUDA, Pthreads)
      - Designed and implemented multidimensional indexing structures and data layouts for interactively
        rendering large scale 3-D/4-D volumetric data sets. (Tool: C/C++, OpenGL)
      - Designed and implemented indexing structures and serial/parallel algorithms for querying large scale
        multi-dimensional time series data. (Tool: C/C++, MPI)
  • Computer Vision Lab, Yonsei University, Seoul Korea, 2000-2001
    (Advisor: Prof. Jaihie Kim)

      - Designed and implemented real-time face detection and recognition algorithms. (Tool: Visual C++, MFC)

PUBLICATIONS

PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS ATTENDED

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

COURSE WORK

 In Ph.D. program at University of Maryland, College Park (2002-Present)

In Master program at Yonsei University, Seoul Korea (2000-2001)

  • Spring 2001
         Neural Networks
         Digital Signal Processing Application
  • Fall 2000
         Pattern Recognition
         Digital Signal Processing
         Wavelet Analysis
  • Spring 2000
         Digital Image Processing
         Digital Image Restoration
         Random Process

AWARDS & HONORS

  • Winner, IBM CELL/B.E. University Top Innovator Worldwide Challenge, 2007
  • NIH Predoctoral Fellowship, 2006 
  • National Scholarship, Ministry of Information and Communication, Korea, 2002~2006
  • Excellent new employee award, Samsung SDS, Korea 2002
  • Full Scholarship, LG Electronics, Korea 2000~2001
  • Full Scholarship, Yonsei University, Korea 1993~1996
  • The Highest Honor, Yonsei University, Korea 1996