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🎓 EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Science in School of Integrated Technology (Expected Graduation: Aug. 2027)

• GPA: 4.11/ 4.3 (Ranked 1st/21 in Department)

🏆 AWARDS AND HONORS

• Presidential Science Scholarship (Information Science Track), President of South Korea (2024 – Present)
• A prestigious, nationally competitive scholarship awarded to only 10 undergraduate students in the Information Science track.
• Provides a full tuition waiver (~$10,000/year) and a cost-of-living stipend (~$3,500/year).

• High Honors for Academic Excellence (Fall 2025), Yonsei University (2025)

• Excellence Award, AI Ideathon (Hosted by Yonsei University Lirbrary) (2025)

• Top Excellence Award, 2025 LLM Query Hackathon (Hosted by YBIGTA, Upstage) (2025)

• Excellence Award, AGE Agent Hackathon (Hosted by YBIGTA, Upstage) (2025)

• Excellence Award, Pre-Incubating Y-STAR Program (Yonsei Enterprise Support Foundation) (2024)

• High Honors for Academic Excellence (Fall 2024), Yonsei University (2024)

• Grand Prize (2nd Place of 30 teams), Yonsei-Nexon Root i RC Creative Platform (2024)
• Received a $3,500 grant for an academic visit to exchange research ideas with the ROSA team at Singapore Management University (SMU).

• Grand Prize (2nd Place of 40 teams), Asan Doers University Startup Bootcamp (2024)
• Awarded a $1,500 prize for an innovative startup idea.

• High Honors for Academic Excellence (Spring 2024), Yonsei University (2024)

• Grand Prize, 11th Everyday Invention Idea Competition, Busan National University of Education (2021)

• Silver Prize, Korea International Youth Olympiad 4i (2021)

• Encouragement Award, 3rd Yonsei University PPT Template Competition, Yonsei University (2025)
• Awarded $150 for creating an AI-generated presentation template leveraging generative AI for design and content generation.

🔬 RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Agentic AI & Autonomous Systems: Designing and developing AI agents capable of complex reasoning, planning, and tool use.

• Long-term Memory in LLMs: Enhancing the ability of Large Language Models to retain and recall information over extended interactions, particularly through Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

💻 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate Researcher Computational Optics / Metagrating Waveguide Design, Yonsei University

• Developing a differentiable RCWA-plus-ray-tracing framework for robustness-aware metagrating waveguide optimization in augmented reality displays.

• Jointly optimized viewing-position and fabrication-tolerance variations across 18 sampled conditions, improving detection-plane spatial uniformity under eye movement and nanofabrication perturbations.

• Preparing a first-author manuscript on differentiable joint optimization of metagrating waveguides for AR displays.

Research Intern | Team for AI, AlgoLab Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea

• Developed a predictive fine-tuned Llama-3.1-8B that integrates RAG using FAISS and GraphSAGE to forecast optimal delivery methods based on customer order data.

• Researched and implemented advanced prompting techniques to enhance the long-term memory and contextual understanding of LLMs.

• Engineered a custom Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) engine that incorporates real-time South Korean traffic data for dynamic route optimization.

• Designed and applied a PMI-based agglomerative clustering algorithm to group delivery orders for improved logistical efficiency.

📝 PUBLICATIONS

• Jaewan Shin, Changhyun Kim. “Differentiable Joint Optimization of Viewing and Fabrication Tolerances in Metagrating Waveguides for Augmented Reality Displays.” Manuscript in preparation. (2026)

• Kihoon Kim, Jaewan Shin. "HyperPrompt: Personalized Language Modeling via Hierarchical User Embeddings and Query-Conditioned Soft Prompts." Manuscript in preparation. (2025)

🚀 SELECTED PROJECTS

Focus Royale: Gamified Focus Management App | Google Play Store Release

• Launched a gamified focus management app on the Google Play Store as a solo developer, building the mobile app, web interface, backend server, database, and game mechanics end-to-end.

• Selected for the Yonsei University Institute for Higher Education Innovation Workstation Program and received a $800 development grant.

YeYa: AI Agent for Digital Inclusion | Grand Prize Winner, Yonsei-Nexon Creative Platform

• Achieved a 76% increase in task speed and a 500% boost in digital capability for senior citizens by developing an AI-powered Android agent. The agent assists users by executing tasks through voice commands, autonomously navigating and operating third-party applications.

• Implemented a real-time detection system to identify and warn users of potential phishing text messages and malicious websites with 95% accuracy.

Crypto AI Agent | Excellence Award, AGE Agent Hackathon

• Built an autonomous trading agent that interacts with the Upbit exchange API to perform cryptocurrency trades based on real-time market analysis and predefined strategies.

Noxionite: Knowledge Management Engine [https://noxionite.vercel.app/]

• Created a personal knowledge management engine that transforms Notion pages into a dynamic, interactive blog featuring graph-based content views and an infinite folder structure for intuitive navigation.

Shelvas: Web-based Publishing Platform | Excellence Award, Y-STAR Pre-Incubating Program

• Led the development of a collaborative web platform for authors to write, edit, and publish books.

📈 ENTREPRENEURIAL EXPERIENCE

Founder & Author | JW Publishing (2024)

• Authored and self-published a two-book series, The YPJR Guide to Yonsei Admissions, which has sold over 1,800 copies.

• Managed the entire publication process, including writing, editing, marketing, and distribution.

🛠️ SKILLS

• Languages: English (Fluent), Korean (Native)

• Machine Learning: Python (Proficient), PyTorch (Intermediate), Pandas (Intermediate), NumPy (Intermediate), GeoPandas (Intermediate)

• Programming: Next.js (Proficient), Kotlin (Intermediate), Git, Docker

👨‍🏫 LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Development Team Lead | TeamCodeBridge

• Lead a team of developers to create and deliver AI and software engineering lectures and hands-on educational programs for elementary, middle, and high school students.

🪖 MILITARY SERVICE

Republic of Korea Army | Cryptologic Specialist

• Serving mandatory military duty in secure military communications and cryptographic operations.