Yongjoo Park
Co-founder And Chief Scientist at Keebo
Champaign, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolYongjoo Park is a co-founder and Chief Scientist at Keebo and an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UIUC, blending 14 years of industry and academic experience to build next-generation data analytics systems grounded in statistical and machine learning principles. His trajectory spans hands-on software engineering roles (from early work on banking and automotive systems to an Amazon internship) through a PhD and postdoctoral research at the University of Michigan, giving him deep expertise in both systems and theory. At Keebo he shifted from CTO to Chief Scientist, signaling a move from platform-building to research-driven product direction that bridges cutting-edge ML with practical analytics infrastructure. He is active in academia and entrepreneurship simultaneously, publishing research and recruiting talent to translate novel algorithms into production-ready systems. Based in Champaign, IL, he brings a pragmatic research mindset to startup challenges and a rare combination of low-level systems experience and advanced statistical modeling.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science and Engineering at University of Michigan - Rackham Graduate SchoolBS Electrical Engineering, BS Electrical Engineering at Seoul National University
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Github Skills (15)
approximate10
analytics10
mojo9
modular8
large-data6
machine-learning6
programming-language6
ml-project6
ai5
prediction5
python3
database3
max2
pypi2
sql2
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
verdict-project/docker-presto-with-hadoop
Aug 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:29 commits, 22 pushes in 2 months
verdict-project/verdict
May 2017 - Jul 2020
Interactive-Speed Analytics: 200x Faster, 200x Fewer Cluster Resources, Approximate Query Processing
Contributions:5 releases, 1249 commits, 148 PRs in 3 years 2 months
queryanalyticsspeedapproximate-query-processingfaster
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