Jaewoong Choi (최재웅)

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU). My research interests lie in statistical and mathematical approaches to analyzing, understanding, improving, and developing AI. In particular, I focus on optimal transport theory and its applications in machine learning, especially in generative modeling. These  include optimal transport maps, diffusion models, flow matching, and Schrödinger bridges. Additionally, I am interested in understanding AI models through geometrical analysis, with a focus on the structure of latent spaces.

Here are my Google Scholar and Linkedin.

Education and Experience

• Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Seoul, Korea.

-  Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics (Mar 2025 - Present)

• Korea Institute Advanced Study (KIAS), Seoul, Korea.

- Project Research Fellow (Sejong Science Fellowship) (May 2024 - Feb 2025)

- AI Research Fellow (Mar 2022 - April 2024)

• Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul, Korea.

- Ph.D in Mathematical Sciences (Advisor: Myungjoo Kang) (Mar 2016 - Feb 2022)

- B.S. in Mathematical Sciences (Major) and Mechanical Engineering (Minor) (Mar 2011 - Feb 2016)

Upcoming event

• [2025.10.22 - 10.24] 2025 KMS Annual Meeting, Seoul, Korea

• [2025.10.31] Department of Mathematics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

• [2025.11.18] Department of AI, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.

• [2025.11.24] Department of Statistics, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea.

• [2025.11.27 - 11.30] KSIAM 2025 Annual Meeting, Gyeongju, Korea

• [2025.12.02 - 12.07] NeurIPS 2025, San Diego, USA.

• [2025.12.19 - 12.20] KSS Winter Conference 2025, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

• [2026.01.05 - 01.08] KIAS Center for AI and Natural Sciences 2026 Winter Workshop, Goseong, Korea.

• [2026.03.26 - 03.29]  Workshop on Scientific Machine Learning, KIAS, Seoul, Korea.

Awards and Grants

• Sejong Science Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea, 2024 - 2029.

• KIAS Academic Award, 2023.

• NeurIPS Travel Award, 2023.

• Samsung AI Forum – Poster 3rd Prize, 2022.

• Outstanding TA Awards, SNU, 2017.

• National Excellence Scholarship (Natural Sciences and Engineering), Korea Student Aid Foundation, 2011-2015.

Academic Services

• Served as an Area Chair for NeurIPS (2025).

• Served as a conference reviewer for NeurIPS (2023, 2024), ICLR (2024, 2025, 2026), ICML (2024, 2025), AAAI (2025, 2026), CVPR (2025), ECCV (2024).

• Served as a journal reviewer for Pattern Recognition (2025-).

• Organized 2024 KIAS CAINS Workshop, Busan, South Korea.

• Organized CM2LA Seorabeol Research Station: AI for Science and Numerical Analysis, POSTECH, Korea, 2025.

Contact

Office: 4F Room No. 32406, Dasan Hall of Economics , 25-2, Sungkyunkwan-Ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea

E-mail: jaewoongchoi [AT] skku [DOT] edu

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