About Me

I am a 3rd year Ph.D. student in Statistics at Colorado State University, co-advised by Dr. Andee Kaplan and Dr. Matthew D. Koslovsky. From 2016 to 2021, I worked for Korea Credit Bureau as a lead consultant and data scientist specializing in detecting financial fraud. Afterward, I worked as a fraud data analyst for Viva Repulica Inc. (Toss) 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, Bayesian statistics, Record linkage, Parallel computing, Streaming data analysis, Clustering, Markov-chain Monte Carlo, Machine learning, Rare events data analysis, Fraud detection, and Statistical software development.

Education

• Aug. 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