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Name Joon Kim
Status Undergraduate
Email joonkim1@berkeley.edu
Phone (510) 529-6091
Url https://joonkim2684/github.io/

Education

  • 2021 - 2027(EXP)

    Berkeley, CA

    Undergraduate
    UC Berkeley, College of Engineering
    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Publications

Work

  • 2025.09 - Current
    LBNL - Perlmutter Group
    Undergraduate Researcher
    Modeling the Carousel Lens to constrain cosmology using the multi-GPU node implementation of GIGA-Lens, an ML pipeline; Implementing Dirichlet Process to optimize Gaussian Mixtures for Variational Inference; advised by Professor Xiaosheng Huang
    • Statistical Modeling
    • Strong Lensing
    • Computational Physics
  • 2025.05 - 2025.08
    Rising Lab (University of Florida)
    Undergraduate Researcher
    Explored network-level bit flipping attacks on 5G Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV). Identified vulnerabilities and proposed defense based on Forward Error Correction.
    • Connected and Automated Vehicles
    • Computer Security
    • Simulation
  • 2024.07 - 2025.02
    C.H.E.N. Lab (BAIR, CPH)
    Undergraduate Researcher
    Designed zero-shot LLM pseudo-labeling pipeline to improve semi-supervised learning accuracy. Worked on RadQA dataset; implemented FixMatch on a non-inference task for baseline comparison.
    • Self-Supervised Learning
    • Machine Learning
    • Large Language Models
    • Zero-Shot Inference
  • 2024.02 - 2024.05
    JLK Inc.
    Research Intern
    Developed Federated Learning models reaching near identical performance to commercially deployed U-Net models using Python. Collaborated with four M.D. professionals to investigate the use of Federated Learning in medicine.
    • Federated Learning
    • Machine Learning
    • Medical Imaging
  • 2022.07 - 2022.08
    Impact AI
    Data Engineering Intern
    Developed a data preprocessing pipeline to pattern-match raw datasets of various formats from multiple companies using Python. Researched and presented eight AI-based B2B SaaS business case studies, showcasing their strengths, weaknesses, and outlooks.
    • Data Preprocessing
    • Commercial Budgeting
    • Business Analytics
  • 2022.02 - 2022.05
    Studio.geo @ UC Berkeley
    Undergraduate Researcher
    Experimented Progressive-GAN on the Savio cluster to generate artificial maps using Python.
    • Generative Adversarial Network
    • Machine Learning
    • Map Generation

Awards

  • 2025.08
    Korean Honor Scholarship
    Issued by the South Korean Government
    Received $1500, selected 71 out of 356 students based on academic achievements

Interests

Theoretical CS Toolbox
Combinatorial Algorithms
Randomized Algorithms
Approximation Algorithms
Spectral Graph Theory
NP-Optimization
Heuristics
Constraint Programming
Machine Learning/Decision Theory
Algorithm Engineering
Real Data Inputs
Beyond Worst-Case Analysis
Performance Evaluation
Scientific Modeling/Computing
Bioinformatics
Probabilistic/Statistical Models
Formal Methods

Skills

Machine Learning
PyTorch
Tensorflow
flwr (Federated Learning Framework)
Programming
Python
Java
C

Languages

Korean
Native speaker
English
Fluent