I became interested in the field of computer science in my sophomore year of college. Ever since, I've been a nerdy programmer, researcher, and builder.

Education

Doctoral Degree in Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park (2004~2011 Summer graduation expected)
Masters Degree in Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park (2004~2006)
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University (1999~2003)

Programming+Building Skills

My experience in programming spans from general language programming (C++, C#, C, Java) to specialized scripting languages (Python, Perl, Ruby).

During undergrad and grad school, I had to administer several Unix and Linux servers (for the Korean computer science graduate association and my research group) which led me to experience different operating systems. Another domain of experience that I have is in Numerical Analysis, Computer Graphics and Computer Vision libraries (matlab, opencv, gpu programming, vtk, itk) from either being a teaching assistant (Numerical Analysis) or taking a class.

Later in my program, I helped Professor Guimbretière set up and run the Fabrication Lab at the University of Maryland. Among the many rapid prototyping devices, I was the admin support for the Versa laser cutter and the ZCorp 3D Printer and two types of eye trackers (ISCAN and Tobii). Some of my published work uses these devices.

While I was visiting Autodesk Research for two summers, I also had opportunity to experience many image, vector editing, and 3D modeling software packages (AutoCAD, Inventor, SolidWorks, Rhino, Maya). In particular I enjoy creating conceptual sketches using Autodesk SketchBook and vector graphics using InkScape.

Technical Paper Reviewer  

CHI, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2011-2008)
UIST, ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (2010-2008)
TableTop, IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems (2010-2009)

More Personal Stuff

Aside from research, I actively participate in social networking sites ( , ) and post photos and videos ( ) on the web. If you know me personally and if we are still not connected, request to be my friend~! I'd love to know you too. ^_^

I also maintain two blogs. One is in Korean and the other is in English