Education

• Ph.D. in AI, KAIST, 2023-Present
  • Advisor: Kijung Shin, Ph.D.
  • GPA: 3.62/4.30
• M.S. in AI, KAIST, 2021-2023
  • Advisor: Kijung Shin, Ph.D.
  • GPA: 3.61/4.30
• B.S. in Psychology, UCSD, 2013-2016
  • Advisor: Sidney Zisook, M.D.
  • GPA: 3.84/4.00 (magna cum laude)

Awards

• Best Reviewer of KDD 2024 (top 1.2%; 30/2558)
• Outstanding Reviewer of KDD 2025 (top 10%)

Contacts

• Email: [email protected]
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Featured Work.

Emergence of psychopathological computations in large language models [link]

TL;DR. We present the first mechanistic evidence of emergent computational processes of psychopathology (mental disorders) in LLMs.

• [Objective]. We require rigorous theoretical and empirical analyses.
• [Theory]. Our computational interpretation of the network theory of psychopathology allows its application to AI systems.
• [Finding 1]. LLMs encode a computational structure that parallels human psychopathology.
• [Finding 2]. Executing the computations results in dysfunctional behaviors.
• [Finding 3]. The computations of psychopathology emerge over LLM size.
• [Implication]. Our work has a significant, interdisciplinary impact.

Career History.

Career History