Experience
Experience
Education
PhD in Mathematics, University of Illinois at Chicago (In Progress)
MS in Applied Statistics, California State University, Long Beach
BS in Economics & BA in Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Research Interests
My research interests lie in applied and theory-hybrid statistics and I am currently studying these areas at UIC. I'm focusing on these following areas
Linear Models / Generalized Linear Models
Statistical Machine Learning
Time Series Data
and other related areas.
Projects
[In Progress] Spline-Based Interaction Effect Selection in Semiparametric Linear Models with Dr. Wang, Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2026-
Breast Cancer Lymph Node Metastasis Detection via Fluorescence Imaging, collaborated with Dr. Yamada, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2025-2026
Game Theory: The Interpretation of Colonel Blotto Game in Probability Theory, advised by Dr. Weimerskirch, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Senior Project, 2017
and various other economics and applied statistics projects.
Publications
In preparation
Kong, D. and Kim, S. (Manuscript in revision for resubmission). Forecasting Comparison between Dynamic Regression Model and Recurrent Neural Networks with Keras and Analysis of Dropout Regularization Effects.
Kim, S., Krinik, S., and Kong, D. (In Revision). Cointegration Analysis of Ambient Ozone on Respiratory Disease Prevalence in Southern California. Submitted to Journal of Applied Statistics: Environmental Statistics and Data Science. Preprint available at [Research Square]
Teaching Experience
Spring 2026: STAT 101 - Introduction to Statistics (Teaching Assistant)
Fall 2025: MATH 180 - Calculus 1 (Teaching Assistant)
Spring 2025: MATH 181 - Calculus 2 (Teaching Assistant)
Fall 2024: MATH 180 - Calculus 1 (Teaching Assistant)
Work Experience
Several unrelated work experiences (as an artillery drill instructor in the Army, product manager, etc.)