Kuk Jang
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolKuk Jang is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania with 11 years of experience advancing trustworthy AI for healthcare and robotics. He combines a strong foundation in ML and algorithm development with practical skills in Python-based deep learning to improve classification accuracy and motion prediction in real-world systems. Author of 30+ publications and a decorated researcher, he now focuses on generative AI (LLMs, VLMs, diffusion) with emphases on uncertainty quantification, multimodal learning, and compute-efficient methods for real-time deployment. His training spans PhD-level electrical and systems engineering, MA statistics at Wharton, and engineering degrees from Princeton and Brown, giving him both theoretical rigor and applied insight. Notably, he has translated academic research into applied projects throughout extended tenures at UPenn and KETI, making him adept at bridging lab advances and engineered systems. He is motivated to apply his research-driven engineering to build reliable, real-time AI solutions in safety-critical domains.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Statistics, Master of Arts - MA, Statistics at The Wharton SchoolMaster of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Master of Engineering, Electrical Engineering at Princeton UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering at Brown UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Systems Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Systems Engineering at University of Pennsylvania
Korean, English
Github Skills (55)
pytorch10
parallel10
python10
reinforcement-learning10
java10
ray10
optimization10
data-science9
rendering9
scaling9
llm-inference9
llm9
large-language-models9
odometry9
machine-learning9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mlab-upenn/VHM_PMT_public
Aug 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:6 commits in 14 days
jangkj09/jangkj09.github.io
Dec 2024 - Dec 2024
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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