Kangwook Lee
Corporate Vice President
Seoul, South Korea
Summary
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Top SchoolKangwook Lee is a Corporate Vice President at Samsung Research in Seoul, leading a specialized unit dedicated to pioneering future AI technologies with a focus on Generative AI and Large Language Models. With a decade of experience spanning NLP, information retrieval, machine learning, and HCI, he has progressed from KAIST research roles and a PhD in computer science to senior engineering and leadership positions at Samsung. He combines deep research credentials with practical product delivery, having driven advanced features and user-facing improvements as a hands-on developer. An active open-source contributor who has implemented multilingual mission briefing and UI enhancements for the popular DCS Liberation project, he brings systems-level thinking across full-stack and research pipelines. Known for thinking with Rust, he blends experimental research rigor with pragmatic engineering to move LLM innovations toward real-world impact.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science Electronic Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Science Electronic Engineering at Handong Global UniversityMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at KAISTDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Korean, English, Japanese
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Github Skills (5)
python10
jinja210
yaml6
github-ci4
githubaction-workflow4
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
dcs-liberation/dcs_liberation
Aug 2021 - Aug 2021
DCS World dynamic campaign.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 16 commits, 9 PRs in 6 days
Contributions summary:Kangwook primarily contributed to the DCS Liberation project by implementing features related to the mission briefing generation and in-game functionality. They added flight intra-radio channel information to the briefing templates in multiple languages and incorporated a new JTAC task, including FAC functionality within the mission. The user also integrated a logs window within the Qt UI, fixed kneeboard formatting, and updated radio frequency lists, improving the user experience and mission generation capabilities.
world-of-warcraftinternaldcsdcs-world
pbzweihander/daumdic-rs
Jan 2018 - Jul 2024
Daum Dictionary API with Rust
Contributions:19 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 7 months
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