Bum Kwon
Research Scientist at Columbia University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBum Kwon is a Research Scientist at IBM Research’s Biomedical AI team with over a decade of experience applying data visualization, visual analytics, and human-centered AI to healthcare and interdisciplinary problems. He designs interactive, explainable AI tools that help clinicians and researchers explore and communicate complex data, and his work has produced multiple top-tier publications, patents, and research awards. In parallel he mentors and teaches visualization and data storytelling as an adjunct at Columbia, UC Berkeley, and UPenn, bridging academic training with industry-grade prototypes. His background spans from building head-tracking interfaces and temporal investigative visualizations in graduate research to securing grants and advising PhD students during a postdoc in Germany, reflecting a rare mix of hands-on system building and research leadership. Based in Cambridge, MA, he focuses on making AI models interpretable and actionable for real-world decision-making.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., School, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D., School, Industrial Engineering at Purdue UniversityBS, Systems Engineering, Economics, BS, Systems Engineering, Economics at University of Virginia
Korean, English
Github Skills (7)
survival-analysis6
machine-learning4
pytorch4
python4
deep-learning3
visualization2
xai1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bckwon/bckwon.github.io-hugo
Apr 2017 - Aug 2025
Contributions:80 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 5 months
bckwon/bckwon.github.io
Aug 2016 - Jul 2026
Contributions:86 pushes, 2 branches in 10 years
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