Education
Sep. 2013 – Aug. 2018 Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA (Advisor: Prof. Aggelos. K. Katsaggelos)
Sep. 2005 – Aug. 2007 M.S. in Electronic Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea (Advisor: Prof. Rae-Hong Park)
Mar. 2000 – Aug. 2005 B.E. in Electronic Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea
Industrial Experience
Sep 2018 – Present Imaging Algorithm Engineer, Motorola Mobility, Chicago, USA
· Develop mobile imaging algorithms such as panorama, face beautification, super-resolution, HDR
· Perform IQ evaluation and troubleshooting for imaging system including ISP and 3A algorithms
· Developed factory test SW for optical image stabilization and LED flash calibration.
June 2015 – Sep 2015 Intern, Dolby Laboratory, Sunnyvale, USA
· Worked on light field rendering and depth-based image rendering
June 2014 – Sep 2014 Intern, StatDNA, Chicago, USA
· Worked on object detection algorithm and developed the image analysis software
Aug 2007 – Sep 2011 Software Engineer, LG Electronics, Seoul, Korea
· Developed mobile phone software based on Android and LG mobile platforms (10 projects)
· Worked on application layer (SMS/MMS, FM radio, voice command, etc.)
Aug 2004 – Dec 2004 Intern, Robert Bosch GmbH, Reutlingen, Germany
· Analyzed the performance of a visual inspection machine for analysis of wafer scrub mark
· Developed several Excel tools using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)
Research Experience
Sep 2013 – Current Research Assistant, Image and Video Processing Lab, Northwestern University
- Poisson noise modeling and ADMM-based 3D image reconstruction for multi-focus microscopy
- Bayesian approach for joint estimation of 3D image and model parameters for multi-focus microscope images
- 3D image reconstruction for multi-focus microscopy using multiple-frame processing
- Alignment and image reconstruction for uncalibrated tomography
- 3D image reconstruction of incoherent holographic microscopy
- Multi-frame super-resolution using convolutional neural network
- Multi-frame super-resolution using dictionary learning
Jun 2017 – Aug 2017 Research Assistant, Argonne National Laboratory
- Sinogram image completion for limited angle tomography with deep neural networks
Jan 2013 – Aug 2013 Research Intern, Image and Video Processing Lab, Northwestern University
- Visual search algorithm for Northwestern University buildings
· Geometric verification algorithm
· Development of the Android mobile application
Aug 2005 – July 2007 Research Assistant, Image Processing Lab, Sogang University
- Face recognition in different color spaces
- Design and analysis of decoder of H.264 and MPEG-2 in multi-core system
- Automatic red-eye removal using inpainting in digital photograph
Teaching Experience
2014 – 2015 Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University
· Engineering Analysis (Fall 2015-16)
· Fundamentals of Computer Programming II (C++) (Spring 2014-15)
· Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (Winter 2014-15)
2005 – 2006 Teaching Assistant, Sogang University
· Signal and System (Fall 2006)
· Digital Logic Circuit Experiment (Fall 2005)
Honors and Scholarship
Spring 2007 Scholarship, Korea Research Foundation, South Korea
Feb. 2007 Scholarship, Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), South Korea
Fall 2006 Dean’s Scholarship, Sogang University, South Korea
Aug. 2005 B.E. with Magna Cum Laude, Sogang University, South Korea
Feb. 2005 Excellent Engineering Student Scholarship, Qualcomm, South Korea
Spring 2005, Fall 2000 Academic Scholarship, Sogang University, South Korea
Spring 2001 – Spring 2003 Scholarship, Silla Cultural Scholarship Foundation, South Korea
Related Coursework
From Northwestern University
Intermediate Statistics, Mathematical Programming II (Nonlinear Optimization), System Theory, Random Processes, Digital Image Processing, Statistical Pattern Recognition, Digital Signal Processing, Neural Networks, Sparse and Low-Rank Problems in Machine Learning, Intro to Computational Photography
From Sogang University
Signal and System, Linear Algebra, Pattern Recognition, Intro to Digital Signal Processing, Random Processes, Computer Vision, Digital Image Restoration and Deconvolution, Estimation Theory, 3D Image Information Processing, Medical Imaging System, Topics in Computational Intelligence Optimization
Skills
Programming
· C/C++, MATLAB, Python, C#, Java, SQL
Platform
· Windows, Linux, Android
Language
· Korean, English