Seonghun Cho
Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics, Inha University, 2023 - Present

Seonghun Cho develops statistical methods for multivariate and high-dimensional data, with particular interests in covariance inference, multiple testing, missing data, and censored data. Before joining Inha University, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Statistics at Iowa State University.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Statistics, Seoul National University, 2021

• M.S. in Statistics, Seoul National University, 2018

• B.S. in Mathematical Sciences, Seoul National University, 2015

EXPERIENCE & RECOGNITION

• SAS Young Statistician Paper Award, Korean Statistical Society, 2024

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Aug 2021 - Feb 2023

• Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Korean Statistical Society, 2021

Master’s program students

Undergraduate research students

• Park Sangwoo

• Yoon Hosang

ALUMNI

• Kim Sieun

  • Intern, flex (Aug 2026 - Present)

  • M.S. in Statistics, Inha University (Sep 2024 - Aug 2026)

    • Portfolio: https://siuunni.github.io/

    • 우수학술상, 한국데이터정보과학회 (Aug 2026)

    • EcoSta 2026 Poster presentation, Kyoto, Japan (Aug 2026)

      • Distribution-free finite-sample inference for pre-trend testing in difference-in-differences estimation with panel data

    • Inha AI Challenge Image Colorization Track (Aug 2025)

    • ‘데이터 문제해결은행' 경진대회 데이터 레시피 개발 부문 최우수상

• Kim Sehee

  • Ph.D. Student, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University (Aug 2026 - Present)

  • M.S. in Statistics, Inha University (Mar 2025 - Aug 2026)

    • EcoSta 2026 Oral presentation, Kyoto, Japan (Aug 2026)

      • Conformal Inference for Multi-Horizon Forecasting in Financial Panel Data: A Block-Wise Segmentation Approach

    • Inha AI Challenge Image Colorization Track (Aug 2025)

    • Incheon Public Enterprises ESG Management Innovation Idea Contest (Dec 2023)

    • 2023 Samsung Fire & Marine Institution Data-Based Risk Management Competition (Nov 2023)