Curriculum Vitae


  • PERSONAL INFORMATION

    1. Name: Moojoong Ra (Family name: Ra)
    2. Email: moojoong.ra at gatech dot edu
    3. Homepage: http://moojoong.info
    4. Interest:
      • Financial Statistics
      • Empirical Asset Pricing
      • Pricing Methodology

  • EDUCATION

  • RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

    • Finance, Georgia Institute of Technology          Atlanta, USA (Oct. 2008 - Current)
      Graduate Researcher, Advisor: Professor Lee, Suzanne, Ph.D.
      • Conducted research on extreme volatility (jump) and jump correlation in financial market
      • Development of data process program for stock market prices
      • Used C++ MFC language on Windows XP
      • Refer: Jump Correlation  

    • High Speed Nanoelectronics Lab., KAIST          Daejeon, Korea (Jun. - Dec. 2004)
      Undergraduate Researcher, Advisor: Professor Yang, Kyoung-Hoon, Ph.D.
      • Conducted research on High Speed and Structure of DFF using HBT & HEMT
      • Refer: DFF 

    • Robot Intelligence Technology Lab.,KAIST          Daejeon, Korea (Sep. – Dec. 2004)
      Undergraduate Researcher, Advisor: Professor Kim, Jong-Hwan, Ph.D.
      • Conducted research on robot control systems
      • Development of robot control systems for 5vs5 MiroSot Games
      • Used Micro-controller 8051 as a main controller
      • Used C++ language on Windows XP
      • Refer: Robot Soccer

    • STAR-FLOWER (Astronomy), Gyeonggi Science High School          Suwon, Korea (Mar. 1999 – Feb. 2001)
      Student Researcher, Advisor: Lee, Suk-Hyoung, MS
      • Conducted research on the relation between luminous sources of society and the visibility of start clusters
      • Conducted research on the brightness magnitude of nebulas and cluster

  • EMPLOYMENTS AND WORK EXPERIMENT

    • Georgia Institute of Technology            Atlanta, USA (Jan. 2009 - Current)
      Graduate Teaching Assistant, Industrial & Systems Engineering
      • Theoretical Statistics (Fall 2009), Instructor: Professor Mei, Yajun, Ph.D.
      • Probability with Applications (Spring 2009), Instructor: Professor Mei, Yajun, Ph.D.

    • Piolink, Inc.          Seoul, Korea (Jun. 2006 - May. 2008)
      Research Engineer, Research & Development Division
      • Development of architectures of Switching system including 10 Gigabit ports as a Government Project
        • Used PADS-Designer and Mentor on Windows XP
        • Used Xilinx Programmable Logic Device (PLD) as a controller
      • Development of high performance Ethernet devices
        • Designed architectures using BCM 1125, BCM 1250 and MPC 8245 CPUs as a main processor
        • Used Xilinx Programmable Logic Device (PLD) as a controller
      • Development of Quality Control System (QC System)
        • Used PADS-Designer and PowerPCB on Windows XP
      • Refer: PAS3000GR, WEBFRONT

    • Jinyoung Precision Machine Co. Ltd.          Incheon, Korea (Jan. 2005 – Jun. 2006)
      Research Engineer,
      Research & Development Division
      • Development of a USB device driver and a module controller
        • Used Cypress-7C1019CV33 as a main processor
        • Used C++ language on Windows 2000
      • Development of a numerical processor
        • Used Digital Signal Processor (DSP) board including TI (Texas Instruments) TMS320C6711
        • Used C language on Windows 2000
      • Development of a motion controller
        • Used Delta Tau-PMAC (Motor Controller)
      • Development of a Computer Numerical Control(CNC) machine controller
        • Used C++ MFC language on Windows XP
      • Refer: JW60B & JW35

    • Jinyoung Precision Machine Co. Ltd.          Incheon, Korea (Jun. 2004 – Aug. 2004)
      Junior Research Engineer, Research & Development Division
      • Development of a USB device driver and a module controller
        • Used Cypress-7C1019CV33 as a main processor
        • Used C++ language on Windows 2000

    • Private Tutoring          Seoul, Korea (Mar. 2001 – Dec. 2004)
      Instructor, Gifted Youths Classes for Mathematics
      • Taught over 20 students for Korea Olympiads in Mathematics
      • Result of National Olympiads : 1 Gold Prize, 1 Bronze prize

  • ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

      • Samsung Scholarship (Nov. 2009)
        • granted full tuition scholarship with stipend for graduate studies (annually $50,000, 2010-2015)

      • Honor of Summa cum Laude, KAIST (Feb. 2005)
        • granted by President Robert B. Laughlin, Ph.D. in recognition of my outstanding academic achievement

      • Ministry of Science and Engineering Scholarship, KAIST (Mar. 2001 - Feb. 2005)
        • granted by Government including full tuition, fee and stipends

      • Entrance Scholarship, KAIST (Mar. 2001)
        • granted by President Duk-In Choi, Ph.D. in recognition of my outstanding academic achievement

      • Diploma of Excellence, The 3rd Korea Olympiad in Mathematics (Aug. 2000)
        • hosted by Ministry of Korea Society of Mathematical Education

      • Bronze Prize, The 2nd Korea Olympiad in Mathematics (Jul. 2000)
        • hosted by Korea University

      • Bronze Prize, The 12th Korea Olympiad in Mathematics (Jul. 2000)
        • hosted by Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education

      • 1st level, The 2nd Korea Mathematics Competition (Jun. 2000)
        • hosted by Korea Society of Mathematical Education

      • 1st level, The 1st Korea Mathematics Competition (Jun. 1999)
        • hosted by Korea Society of Mathematical Education

    • EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

      • Ski and Snowboard Group in KAIST (KAKI)          Daejeon, Korea (Mar. 2001 – Feb. 2005)
        Chief Director, Snowboard Team
        • Instructed the snowboard team as a training director

      • Pop Corus Music Group in KAIST (MUSE)          Daejeon, Korea (Mar. 2001 – Dec. 2004)
        Director, Department of Drum
        • Made concerts over 8 times as a singer and a drummer

      • Astronomy Group in KAIST          Daejeon, Korea (Mar. 2001 – Dec. 2004)
        Member
        • Participated in semiannual workshop

      • Flower Village (Welfare facilities for challenged people): KkotDongNae          Eumsung, Korea (Feb. 2001)
        Volunteer
        • Volunteer at intensive care unit for old people

      • Broadcast Interviewee          Seoul, Korea (Oct. 2004)
        Interviewee
        Appeared in Robot Soccer Competition aired by KBS TV

    • SKILLS

      • Language
        • Korean: Native Language
        • English: Fluent in writing, listening, translation, reading, and speaking (GRE 680/800/4.0)
        • German: Attended basic level course. Reading and writing basic sentences

      • Computing
        • Proficient and confident in all mathematics software (MATLAB, SAS, Minitab, Maple, R)
        • Proficient and confident in all programming languages (C, C++ MFC, Verilog, VHDL, PHP, HTML, CSS, Java, LaTeX)
        • Proficient and confident in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
        • Proficient and confident in all CAD software (Cadence, OrCAD, Multisim, Mentor, PowerPCB, PADs Designer)
        • Proficient and confident in all graphic software (Photoshop, Illustrator)
        • Proficient and confident in all server platform (MS-SQL, MySQL, Apache Web Servers)

      • Licenses