About Me

I am a 2nd year Ph.D. student in Statistics at Colorado State University. I worked for Korea Credit Bureau as a lead consultant and a data scientist specializing in detecting financial frauds from 2016 to 2021. Afterward, I worked for Viva Repulica Inc. as a fraud data analyst in 2021. I completed my M.S. in Statistics at Korea University (Advisor: Dr. Taeryon Choi) in 2016 and my B.E. in Statistics at Korea University in 2014.

Research Interest

Variational inference, Record linkage, Bayesian nonparametric models, Clustering, Machine learning, Rare events data analysis, Financial fraud detection, and Statistical software development.

Education

• Sep. 2022 - Present, Ph.D. Student in Statistics, Colorado State University

• Feb. 2016, M.S. in Statistics, Department of Statistics, Korea University (Advisor: Dr. Taeryon Choi)

• Feb. 2014, B.Econ. in Statistics, Department of Statistics, Korea University

Work Experience

• Jan. 2021 - Apr. 2021, Data Analyst @ Viva Republica Inc.

• Dec. 2016 - Jan. 2021, Lead Consultant & Data Scientist @ Korea Credit Bureau

• Mar. 2014 - Aug. 2015, Administrative Assistant @ Department of Statistics, Korea University