Summary
Sungjin Kang is a software engineer with 11 years of experience who combines platform engineering and applied AI research, currently working in Samsung Electronics’ MX Division after earning an MS in Computer Science from Columbia with a 4.03 GPA. He has hands-on experience deploying computer vision and tracking systems for real-world public safety applications, built Open Banking backend services, and taught systems and vision courses at top universities. At Columbia he advanced AI for neuroscience research by adapting GAN architectures for multi-class animal behavior classification, demonstrating a knack for transfer learning and domain adaptation. Equally comfortable with cloud and data stacks (AWS, PostgreSQL, Express) and deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, Faster R-CNN, YOLO), he blends production-grade engineering with rigorous research. Based in Seoul, he brings a global perspective from UK and US academia to large-scale consumer electronics challenges.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.03 / 4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.03 / 4.0 at Columbia University
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, First Class Honours, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, First Class Honours at University of Bristol