UK Jo is an AI/ML tech lead and research engineer based in Seoul with 11 years of experience building production-ready intelligent systems and architecting enterprise software. Currently leading AI/ML efforts at Dataknows, he previously drove multi-agent reinforcement learning research and was a main contributor to the StarCraft I SAIDA_RL platform at Samsung SDS. His background spans hands-on DevOps, CI/CD pipeline development, large-scale government systems, and incubating analytics and APM solutions, demonstrating a rare blend of research depth and operational delivery. He’s pursuing a PhD in AI while mentoring teams to turn RL research into real-world applications, and his career shows a consistent pattern of shipping extensible platforms rather than one-off models. A pragmatic entrepreneur and developer, he pairs system-level architecture skills with applied reinforcement learning expertise to solve complex, high-scale problems.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Candidate, Artificial Intelligence, PhD Candidate, PhD Candidate, Artificial Intelligence, PhD Candidate at Korea University
Deep Learning College, Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning College, Reinforcement Learning at 모두의연구소
bachelor, Computer Science Engineering, bachelor, Computer Science Engineering at 한양대학교
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