Taemin Heo
Assistant Professor at Hongik University
Seoul, South Korea
Summary
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Top SchoolTaemin Heo is an assistant professor and computational scientist with 11 years of experience applying machine learning, reinforcement learning, and high-fidelity simulation to accelerate deployment of clean energy technologies. His work spans academia and national research institutes, including postdoctoral roles at MIT Energy Initiative and the Oden Institute, and focuses on predictive, efficient computational models for floating offshore wind, thermal storage, and climate-resilient infrastructure. Trained with a PhD in Civil Engineering from UT Austin and strong MS credentials from Seoul National University, he blends structural and geophysical domain knowledge with advanced data-science methods. He has a track record of translating research into practical decision tools—developing reliability-based life-cycle and near-future nonstationary climate models—helping prioritize which technologies to scale under tight resource and time constraints. Based in Seoul, he pairs interest in 3D graphics and ML with hands-on mentoring and teaching experience, having developed interactive R apps and supervised student research. Colleagues value his pragmatic focus on modeling efficiency and optimization to make net-zero strategies actionable rather than purely exploratory.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Civil Engineering, 4.20/4.30, Master of Science - MS, Civil Engineering, 4.20/4.30 at Seoul National UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering, 3.83/4.00, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering, 3.83/4.00 at The University of Texas at Austin
Github Skills (24)
git10
fundamentals10
javascript10
css10
http10
php10
html10
version-control10
web-development10
documentation10
data-science9
pytorch9
python9
gitignore9
machine-learning9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
taeminhong/dotfiles
Nov 2017 - Oct 2024
Contributions:199 pushes, 32 branches, 3 issues in 6 years 11 months
kovidev/sysadmin
Jul 2016 - Apr 2019
Contributions:44 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
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