Haanju Yoo
Director Of Applied AI Group at Seoul National University
South Korea
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Top SchoolHaanju Yoo is a Director-level AI leader with a decade of experience translating research-grade machine learning into deployed products across healthcare and education. Currently leading NAVER’s Applied AI Group, he specializes in foundation model training, fine-tuning, and agentic workflows, and has a track record of taking models from lab to production in regulated verticals. He bridges academic rigor and industry delivery as a PhD-trained researcher and Visiting Associate Professor at Seoul National University College of Medicine, driving medical AI collaborations. His background spans research roles at Samsung Research and university labs, plus early-stage founder experience building consumer apps and payment services, giving him rare product and startup instincts alongside deep technical skill. Colleagues know him for combining hands-on engineering, product ownership, and strategic vision to create AI that users actually want. An underrated strength is his history of inventing practical sensing and interaction features (e.g., ultrasound-based proximity in mobile apps), showing a taste for inventive, user-centered solutions.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Seoul National University
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Github Skills (6)
multithreading6
python3
data-science2
machine-learning2
jekyll1
jekyll-theme1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
neohanju/AutoencodingTheWorld
Mar 2017 - Dec 2017
Contributions:118 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
neohanju/HYPERGRAPH_TRACKING
Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:17 commits, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 11 days
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