Hwaran Lee
Assistant Professor at Sogang University
South Korea
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Top SchoolHwaran Lee is an assistant professor and AI researcher with a decade of experience leading applied research teams in Korea, focused on language models, safety, and ethics. He has held leadership roles at NAVER and NAVER Cloud—spearheading safety work for HyperCLOVA X and directing language research—before transitioning to academia to run HAILO Lab at Sogang University. His background blends a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from KAIST with hands-on industry R&D in task-oriented dialog, AutoML for NLP, and human-computer interaction. Known for bridging rigorous research and production AI, he frequently moves between industrial-scale model safety challenges and exploratory academic projects. Based in South Korea, he combines deep technical expertise with practical leadership in deploying responsible large-scale language systems.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange student program, Exchange student program at The University of QueenslandHansung Science High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Korean, English
Github Skills (36)
python10
machine-learning10
deep-learning10
gpu10
numpy9
datasets9
acceleration9
autograd9
tensorflow9
neural-network9
tensor9
gpu-acceleration9
nlp8
dialogue-systems7
natural-language-processing5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
hwaranlee/kaldi-cnn
Mar 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:11 commits, 14 pushes, 3 branches in 8 months
hwaranlee/SUMBT-LaRL
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:8 commits, 1 push in 1 day
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