• Together with Inwon Kim (UCLA), In-Jee Jeong (KIAS), and Nam-Gyu Kang (KIAS), I am organizing a workshop titled “PDEs in Motion” at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The workshop will take place from Monday, September 7, to Saturday, September 12, 2026.

Conferences/Sessions/Seminars Organized

• PDE in Motion, Sep 8-11, 2026, KIAS [Link]

• Mathematical and Computational Theory of Foundation Models, July 2-3, 2026 (tentative, as an organizer, scheduled)

• Special Session on Mathematics of Machine Learning, International Conference for the 80th Anniversary of Korean Mathematical Society, June 22 - 25, 2026

• Special Session on Optimization and AI, KSIAM Spring Meeting, UNIST, Ulsan, May 15-17, 2026

• KIAS Center for AI and Natural Sciences Workshop, Jan 5-8, 2026 [Link]

• Special Session on Mathematics of Machine Learning, KMS Fall Meeting, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Oct 22 - 24, 2025

• KMS-KSIAM Joint Focus Session on Math for AI, KMS Fall Meeting, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Oct 22 - 24, 2025

• Posco Science Fellowship Annual Workshop, Aug 28, 2025

• Posco Science Fellowship Annual Workshop, Nov 15, 2024

• KIAS Center for AI and Natural Sciences 2024 Fall Workshop, Nov 5-8, 2024 [Link]

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• KIAS Center for AI and Natural Sciences Seminar, 2024 - present [Link]

Appointments

• School of Mathematics & Computing (Computational Science & Engineering), Yonsei University, Mar 2026 - present
  Assistant Professor

• University of Seoul, Department of Mathematics, Republic of Korea,  Mar 2023 - Feb 2026
  Associate Professor (Sep 2025 – Feb 2026)
  Assistant Professor (Mar 2023 – Aug 2025)

• Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Center for AI and Natural Sciences, Republic of Korea, Mar 2024 – present
  Affiliate Professor

• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Mathematics, United States, Aug 2020 – Feb 2023
  Van Vleck Visiting Assistant Professor

• National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Republic of Korea, Sep 2013 – Sep 2016
  Researcher

Selected Committee Services

• June E Huh Center for Mathematical Challenges, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Republic of Korea

• National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Republic of Korea

• Korean Mathematical Society, Republic of Korea

Math Outreach Activities

• Public Talk, Suseong District Gosan Library, Daegu, Sep 12, 2025

• Public Talk, National Research Foundation of Korea, Seoul Science Center, Sep 6, 2025

• Lecturer & Panel, KAOS Lecture Series, KAOS: Knowledge Awakening on Stage, 2024
  2024 카오스강연 '세상에 나쁜 수학은 없다' 시즌2
  8강 최적화 이론, 인공지능 시대에 비상하다 [Lecture 1] [Lecture 2]
  9강 다시 돌아본 2024년 "세상에 나쁜 수학은 없다" - 열방정식 소개 [Lecture]

• Talk Show, Workshop for Young Mathematicians in Korea, SNU, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Aug 13, 2024

• Workshops for Math Teachers, KOFAC, Honam University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, Aug 2016

• STEAM Training, Global Institute for Talented Education, KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, Aug 2016

• Junior Doctor, KBSI, Cheongju, Republic of Korea, Jul 2016

• Yongsung Math Festival, Yongsung Middle School, Republic of Korea, Jul 2016

• Andong High School, Andong, Republic of Korea, Jul 2016

• Unlimited Imagination Math Exhibition, National Science Museum, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, May 2016

• NIMS-IMAGINARY Exhibition, Republic of Korea, 2015 – 2016