Hwikook Choe
Senior Professional at Samsung Card
Seoul, South Korea
Summary
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Top SchoolHwikook Choe is a Ph.D. economist turned senior research engineer and data scientist with nine years of experience applying econometric rigor to real-world credit and product analytics. Based in Seoul, he currently builds credit scoring and risk solutions at Samsung Card, blending dynamic discrete choice models and causal inference developed during his doctoral research at the University of Chicago. His background spans startup data engineering—integrating WMS/OMS/ERP for large e-commerce clients—to academic work on forward-looking consumer behavior and rational addiction, giving him a rare mix of production-focused engineering and deep economic modeling. Known for translating complex theory into scalable pipelines, he brings both teaching experience and hands-on systems delivery to cross-functional teams.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. & B.S., Economics and Mathematics (Double Major), B.A. & B.S., Economics and Mathematics (Double Major) at Korea UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Economics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Economics at University of Chicago
Github Skills (31)
json-api10
c1110
defaults10
spotbugs9
json-data9
json9
java9
python9
security9
android-applications9
findbugs9
bytecode9
code-analysis9
cpp9
kotlin8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Suresoft-GLaDOS/cxbuild
Nov 2021 - Oct 2022
Build capture utility for Linux
Contributions:24 commits, 6 PRs, 74 pushes in 11 months
linux
HansolChoe/defects4cpp
Sep 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:21 PRs, 39 pushes, 27 branches in 3 years 6 months
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