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Hello, I am Gio Paik (백지오), CEO of Kitsch Labs, ML Engineer in Theta One AI and Community Lead of ROKAF ISMG Alumni.
I am interested in Multimodal AI and AI as entertainment. In Kitsch Labs, I am making AI lovable with high-quality speech AI and language models. I also do research and development for Speech Language Models at Theta One AI. Prior to Theta One, I contributed to the development of NAVER Cloud's Foundational Vision Language Model (HyperCLOVA X) as a research intern and served as a software specialist sergeant in the Republic of Korea Air Force.
I obtained my B.Eng. in Sejong University in 2025, where I was fortunate to meet my mentor, Prof. Yukyung Choi, and that sparked my journey as an engineer.
Publications
Publications
HiKE: Hierarchical Evaluation Framework for Korean-English Code-Switching Speech Recognition
HiKE: Hierarchical Evaluation Framework for Korean-English Code-Switching Speech Recognition
G. Paik*, Y. Kim, S. Lee, S. Ahn†, and C. Kim†, Findings of the European Chapter of the ACL (EACL Findings), 2026 [PDF] [Code] [Data] [Poster]
MMRefine: Unveiling the Obstacles to Robust Refinement in Multimodal Large Language Models
MMRefine: Unveiling the Obstacles to Robust Refinement in Multimodal Large Language Models
G. Paik, G. Kim, and J. Im*, Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL Findings), 2025 [PDF] [Webpage] [Code] [Poster]
Towards Truly Multilingual ASR: Generalizing Code-Switching ASR to Unseen Language Pairs
Towards Truly Multilingual ASR: Generalizing Code-Switching ASR to Unseen Language Pairs
G. Paik*†, H. Shin†, S. Lee, ICML 2026 Workshop on Machine Learning for Audio (ICMLw), 2026 [PDF] [Data]
Improving Fine-grained Visual Understanding in VLMs through Text-Only Training
Improving Fine-grained Visual Understanding in VLMs through Text-Only Training
D. Choi, G. Son, S. Kim, G. Paik, and S. Hong*, AAAI Workshop, 2025 [PDF]
ARIMA, Machine Learning Approach to Forecasting Empty Container Volumes
ARIMA, Machine Learning Approach to Forecasting Empty Container Volumes
G. Paik et al., Annual Conference of KIPS, 2020
(*: Corresponding Author, †: Equal Contribution)
Career
Career
CEO of Kitsch Labs (Jul. 2026 - Present)
CEO of Kitsch Labs (Jul. 2026 - Present)
MAKE AI LOVABLE
Research Engineer at Theta One AI (Feb. 2025 - Present)
Research Engineer at Theta One AI (Feb. 2025 - Present)
Developing speech recognition models for language education.
Research Intern at NAVER Cloud AI (Jul. 2024 - Jan 2025)
Research Intern at NAVER Cloud AI (Jul. 2024 - Jan 2025)
HyperCLOVA X Vision, Vision Understanding Team
Student Researcher at Sejong RCV Lab (Mar. 2023 - Apr. 2024)
Student Researcher at Sejong RCV Lab (Mar. 2023 - Apr. 2024)
Video Understanding Team, Advisor: Yukyung Choi
Software Specialist at Republic of Korea Air Force (Mar. 2021 - Dec. 2022)
Software Specialist at Republic of Korea Air Force (Mar. 2021 - Dec. 2022)
ROKAF HQ, Information System Management Group (ISMG, a.k.a. 체계단), Dept. of Software Developement (공군 정보체계관리단 체계개발대)
Education
Education
B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering (Mar. 2019 - Feb. 2025)
B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering (Mar. 2019 - Feb. 2025)
Magna Cum Laude, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea
Academic Excellence Scholarship (2024 Spring)
Founder of code_high (Problem Solving Club)
H.S. Diploma in Software Development (Mar. 2016 - Feb. 2019)
H.S. Diploma in Software Development (Mar. 2016 - Feb. 2019)
YangYoung Digital High School, Seongnam, Korea
Secretary-Treasurer, Student Council
Honors
Honors
2023 Sejong University Capstone Work Competition - 1st Place
2023 Sejong University Capstone Work Competition - 1st Place
TFDAN, State of The Art Typhoon Prediction Model with novel feature differential architecture [PDF(🇰🇷)]
2022 Future Defense System Idea Contest by ROK JCS - Awarded by President of Agency for Defense Development
2022 Future Defense System Idea Contest by ROK JCS - Awarded by President of Agency for Defense Development
Proposed novel concept of air defense system using swarm drone
2021 SW oriented University Joint Hackathon - Awarded by Minister of Science and ICT
2021 SW oriented University Joint Hackathon - Awarded by Minister of Science and ICT
DIVE IN, Online Study Platform with Concentration Evaluation Algorithm Using Pose Estimation
2021 ROKMND Online Hackathon - Awarded by Director of National IT Industry Promotion Agency
2021 ROKMND Online Hackathon - Awarded by Director of National IT Industry Promotion Agency
POOL, NLP-based Career Management SNS
Per Ardua, Ad Astra.
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