Sejoon Oh is a GenAI ML Research Scientist at Netflix with nine years of experience bridging academic rigor and product-focused AI research. He holds a PhD from Georgia Tech and has a strong publication record in recommender systems, adversarial ML, and generative models developed during graduate research and multiple industry internships. At Netflix he works on foundation models for personalization, intent prediction, and knowledge transfer via distillation, building systems that align large language models with user taste. His background includes scalable tensor factorization and high-performance data mining from earlier projects, bringing a systems-aware perspective to model design and deployment. Sejoon’s blend of academic depth, production internships at industry leaders (Adobe, Home Depot, Watcha), and even prior service as a KATUSA translator highlights both technical versatility and cross-cultural communication skills. He is known for translating complex research into practical recommender and personalization features that measurably improve user intent prediction.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science & Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science & Engineering at Seoul National University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Hansung Science High School
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computational Biology at Carnegie Mellon University
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