CV
Contact Information
| Name | Sangmin Lee |
| sm.lee@kaist.ac.kr | |
| Website | https://sangmin1208.github.io |
Experience
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2026 - 2026 Ulsan, Korea
Undergraduate Researcher
Vision and Learning Lab (UVLL), UNIST
Advised by Prof. Seungryul Baek
- Focused on 3D vision, human mesh recovery (HMR), and Vision-Language-Action (VLA)
- Studied SMPL-based human mesh recovery and motion reconstruction
- Surveyed and presented recent research trends in egocentric vision and VLA at lab seminars
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2025 - 2025 Jeonju, Korea
Undergraduate Researcher
Multiscale Lab, Jeonbuk National University
Advised by Prof. Guebin Choi
- Focused on data-adaptive approaches in multiscale analysis
- Studied deep learning applications in NLP and computer vision
- Prepared a research poster and participated in an academic conference
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2025 Jeonju, Korea
Teaching Assistant, Statistical Thinking and Society
Jeonbuk National University
- Prepared and reviewed instructional materials
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2025 - 2025 Jeonju, Korea
Participant
LG Aimers (6th)
- Completed coursework on Artificial Intelligence and Linear Algebra
- Participated in a data competition using infertility-related medical data
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2024 - 2024 Jeonju, Korea
Member
JBNU Big Data Club (JBIG)
- Participated weekly in Dacon and Kaggle competitions, followed by code presentations during club seminars
Education
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2027 - 2029 Daejeon, Korea
M.S.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Graduate School of Data Science (GSDS), KIRC Lab
- Incoming M.S. student (starting March 2027)
- Research interests: fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs) specialized for the medical domain
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2021 - 2027 Jeonju, Korea
B.S.
Jeonbuk National University
Statistics, College of Natural Sciences
- Total GPA: 4.40 / 4.5, Major GPA: 4.47 / 4.5
Projects
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2025 - Present Medical Image Analysis
- Collaborating with a university hospital on deep learning-based medical image analysis
- Developing AI models for clinical data analysis and diagnostic support
- Working on improving the accuracy and efficiency of medical imaging workflows
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2025 - 2025 Deep Neural Networks for Protein Function Prediction
- Developed and benchmarked deep learning approaches for enzyme function prediction using the ESM-2 protein language model
- Implemented ESM-2 + Random Forest and ESM-2 + Multi-Layer Perceptron architectures to predict Enzyme Commission (EC) numbers
- Achieved the best performance with the MLP approach (Micro F1: 0.89, Macro F1: 0.77), improving over similarity-based methods
- Applied hyperparameter optimization and class imbalance handling to improve performance on rare enzyme classes
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2025 - 2025 Deep Learning-based Neural Granger Causality for Solar Radiation Data
- Addressed the limitations of traditional VAR models in capturing nonlinear dependencies in time series data
- Implemented component-wise MLP (cMLP) and LSTM (cLSTM) models, assigning an independent network to each variable
- Analyzed Granger causal relationships between solar radiation in Jeonju and key meteorological variables
- Identified causality structures consistent with established relationships in solar meteorology
Honors and Awards
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2026 Academic Excellence Scholarship, Sancheong-gun Local Scholarship
Sancheong-gun
Received in 2021.05, 2024.05, 2024.11, 2025.05, 2025.11, and 2026.05
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2025 Challenge Award, J-Point Scholarship Program
JBNU SW-Center
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2025 First Prize, 2024 Big Data Camp - Prompt Engineering Competition
COSS
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2024 Yellow Belt, Keun-Saram (Great Person) Project
Jeonbuk National University
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2024 Grand Prize, 2024 Jeonbuk National University AI Competition
Jeonbuk National University
Presentations
- Poster: Deep Learning-based Neural Granger Causality for Solar Radiation Data, The 2025 Summer Conference of the Korean Statistical Society, Gyeongju, Korea (Jun. 2025)
Certificates
- SQLD: SQL Developer - Korea Data Agency (2025)
- ADsP: Advanced Data Analytics Semi-Professional - Korea Data Agency (2025)
- Computer Specialist in Spreadsheet & Database Level-1 - Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2022)
Skills
Programming: Python, R, C, C++
APIs & Frameworks: PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Transformers, Hugging Face