Employment

Research & Professional Experience

Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA
Graduate Student Researcher GT Visualization Lab Advisor: Cindy Xiong Bearfield
2026 - Present
  • Research on human-AI interaction and AI interface design, with a focus on how information visualization choices shape people's cognition, perception, and trust when interacting with AI systems

Hyundai Motor Group

Seoul, Korea
Data Scientist Data Insight Team, ICT Division
2025 - 2026
  • Cross-domain data analysis (e.g., vehicle, customer, sales, production), metrics development, dashboard visualization
  • Optimization and automation of ML models and data pipelines for scalable deployment
Research Engineer Infotainment Development Center, Advanced Vehicle Platform (AVP) Division
2023 - 2025
  • Large-scale in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) data analysis for modeling user behavior and metrics development
  • Machine Learning model and Human-Machine Interface design for personalized IVI recommendation systems

Korea University

Seoul, Korea
Graduate Student Researcher Human Performance Lab, School of Psychology Advisor: Yang-Seok Cho
2021 - 2023
  • Visual complexity of automotive head-up displays and attentional tunneling in driving
  • Exploration for reward information in modulating Value-Driven Attentional Capture (VDAC)
  • Computational simulation of associative learning models in VDAC
Research Assistant Human Performance Lab, School of Psychology
2020
  • Behavioral experiments (keypress, mouse-tracking, neuroimaging), statistical analysis

L'Oréal Korea

Seoul, Korea
Data Analyst Intern Human Resources
2019
  • Company-wide data analysis to support HR and operations decisions