Nam Wook Kim
Research Scientist at Boston College
United States
Summary
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SeniorNam Kim is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and former Harvard Ph.D. candidate specializing in information visualization and human-computer interaction, with 16 years of experience spanning academia and industry. He combines deep research credentials from Harvard and Stanford with four years as a research engineer at Samsung and LG and internships at Microsoft, Adobe, and Disney Research, bridging applied R&D and academic inquiry. Based in Cambridge, he has built a track record of translating visualization research into practical systems, serving as a visiting scientist at MIT and progressing from assistant to associate professor at Boston College. Nam’s background in dual-degree undergraduate studies and industry research roles gives him uncommon fluency in both mathematical foundations and product-focused engineering.
16 years of coding experience
Github Skills (55)
html5-canvas10
scripting10
vector-graphics10
graph-layout9
react8
ranking8
aws-amplify8
javascript8
aws-s38
animation7
bootstrap7
popup7
in-progress7
react-components7
tooltip7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
namwkim/storycurve
Jul 2017 - Sep 2022
Contributions:31 commits, 27 pushes in 5 years 3 months
namwkim/dataselfie
May 2019 - Sep 2021
Designing Personal Visual Language
Contributions:2 PRs, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 5 months
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