Seoyun Baek

AI Researcher

ican0534@kaist.ac.kr

About

Currently a freshman at KAIST, passionate about Data Science and Computer Vision.

Work Experiences

PeoplesLeague R&D Center

Daejeon, South Korea

Researcher @ Software Department

Mar. 2025 - Now

  • Developed a deep learning model with a focus on image segmentation for an automatic cooking robot.

  • Enhancing model robustness for real-world deployment (ongoing)

    • Developing safety-critical error-handling algorithms to prevent operational failures.

    • Implementing functionality to detect the presence of new or unexpected ingredients.

    • Organizing and leading a data labeling team for additional annotation of cooking scene data.

Educations

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Daejeon, South Korea

B.S. Industrial & System Engineering (Expected, currently in School of Freshman)

Mar. 2025 - Now

  • Announcer @ KAIST Broadcasting System

  • Mentor: TBD

Korean Minjok Leadership Academy (민족사관고등학교)

Gangwon-do, South Korea

High School Diploma

Jan. 2022 - Feb. 2025

  • President of Student Council (Legislative) & Department of Student Guidance

  • Graduated with Domestic Track.

Awards

The 8th International Youth Research Paper Competition Excellence Award

International

  • Awarded 3rd Place among 300+ submissions worldwide.

Jul. 2024

International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Finalist

International

  • Participated in the world's largest science fair as a Representative of South Korea, organized by the Society for Science.

  • Project Category: Embedded Systems

Apr. 2024

The 4th Industrial Revolution POWER KOREA Scholarship for Talented

National

  • Selected as one of the top two national scholarship recipients for outstanding achievements in Science and Engineering.

Dec. 2023

Korea Science and Engineering Fair (KSEF) 1st Award

National

  • Awarded 1st Place at Korea’s largest national science fair.

  • Project Category: Invention.

Jan. 2023

7th Supercomputing Youth Camp Grand Award

National

  • Awarded 1st place among over 300 participants nationwide.

Jan. 2023

Certifications

Google Tensorflow Developer Certificate

Seoul, South Korea

TensorFlow Certificate Program

Nov. 2023

Publications

Dynamic Asset Allocation with Markowitz Theory and Proximal Policy Optimization

Jan. 2024

  • Published in KNOWLEDGE TO LEAD (ISSN: 2765-0626), Volume 5 Issue 1, pp. 17–22.

Emotion Recognition Device for the Visually Impaired

Jan. 2024

  • Published in International Journal of STEAM, vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 80–83.

Skills

Programming Languages

  • Python, JAVA, and C (Proficient)

  • C++, C# (Familiar)

Deep Learning Frameworks

  • TensorFlow

  • PyTorch

  • TorchVision

Data Processing & Analysis

  • NumPy

  • pandas

Visualization

  • matplotlib

  • seaborn

Development Environment

  • Jupyter Notebook

  • Google Colab

  • Ubuntu / Linux

  • CUDA / cuDNN

Languages

  • Korean (Fluent), English (Advanced).

Communication

Contacts

Email

ican0534@kaist.ac.kr

LinkedIn

seoyun-baek

GitHub

qortjdbs

Website

Portfolio