Sooheon Kim
Head Of Strategy
Seoul, South Korea
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Top SchoolSooheon Kim is a Head of Strategy with 11 years of machine learning and AI experience, currently focused on training virtual cells using in-house proteomics at PanThera. He blends hands-on ML engineering — from Korean NLP and productionized inference pipelines to graph neural network contributions in JAX — with strategic leadership across academia, startups, and public sector projects. His background spans drug discovery AI, cancer research, and applied ML for government and ad-tech, giving him a rare perspective on both scientific and product-facing ML workflows. An active contributor to the google-deepmind jraph library, he implemented attention normalization parameterization and rigorous tests, signaling a commitment to robust, reusable ML tooling. Fluent in cross-disciplinary collaboration, he also brings international experience from service as an interpreter with NATO-awarded deployment.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, International Studies / Business, Bachelor's degree, International Studies / Business at Korea University
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Github Skills (6)
machine-learning10
jax10
graph-neural-network10
python10
numpy9
testing8
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
google-deepmind/jraph
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
A Graph Neural Network Library in Jax
Role in this project:
ML Engineer
ML EngineerContributions:3 reviews, 5 commits, 2 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Sooheon contributed to the JAX-based graph neural network library by adding new utility functions for segment-wise variance and normalization operations. They also introduced a parameterization for the attention normalization function, enabling the use of alternatives to the default softmax. Furthermore, the user implemented tests to ensure the correctness of these new functionalities and provided code formatting fixes.
deep-learningneural-graphgraph-neural-networkmachine-learninggraph-neural-networks
sooheon/hangul-utils
Sep 2019 - Nov 2021
A Clojure library for deconstructing Korean unicode syllable characters into alphabet characters
Contributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 29 pushes in 2 years 2 months
alphabetclojure-librarykoreanclojureunicode
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