🎓 Korea University — Industrial & Management Engineering

SeungJun Chu

Operations Research & Management Science

SeungJun Chu is an undergraduate student in the School of Industrial & Management Engineering at Korea University. He is broadly interested in data-driven problem-solving and interdisciplinary approaches to addressing complex challenges across industry and society. Throughout his undergraduate studies, he has collaborated with scholars and institutions both in Korea and abroad, engaging in projects that aim to generate meaningful insights and practical contributions.

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CV last updated: 06 Jan 2026

About

Education & Experience

A quick snapshot of my academic background and research / policy experience.

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Education

Korea University — B.Eng. in Industrial & Management Engineering (Expected 2029)

Semester High Honors (Spring 2025)
Semester Honors (Fall 2025)

Busan Il Science High School — Graduated (Feb. 2025)

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Research Experience

Korea University, System Intelligence & Analytics (SIA) Lab — Student Researcher (Dec. 2025 – Present)
University of Seoul, School of Business Administration — Student Researcher (Aug. 2025 – Present)
UIUC, College of ACES — Student Researcher (Dec. 2023 – Aug. 2024)
Dong-Eui University, Dept. of Applied Software Engineering — Student Researcher (Mar. 2023 – Feb. 2024)
Pusan National University, Software Education Center — Student Researcher (Mar. 2022 – Feb. 2023)

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Policy & Applied Research

Seoul Metropolitan Government (commissioned policy research via University of Seoul)

Research Assistant (2025)

Empirical modeling and report writing using large-scale administrative data

Research

Papers & Presentations

Working papers, a peer-reviewed journal publication, and conference presentations (selected).

WORKING PAPER

Healthcare accessibility modeling

Collaboration with University of Seoul; in preparation for submission to Management Science (first author).

WORKING PAPER

Wafer defect classification

In preparation for submission to IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) (first author).

WORKING PAPER

Weakly-Supervised Semantic Segmentation

Collaboration with Dartmouth College; in preparation for submission to European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) (co-first author).

JOURNAL

Analysis of Determinants of 5 Major Crimes in Seoul using Spatial Big Data

S. Chu and K. Kim, Journal of the Korea Institute of Information & Communication Engineering, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 369–378, Apr. 2024. DOI: 10.6109/jkiice.2024.28.4.369

CONFERENCE

Application of Geographically Weighted Principal Component Analysis to Domestic Administrative Data

Proc. 2024 Spring Conf. Korea Institute of Information & Communication Engineering (KIICE), Oral Session (2024).

CONFERENCE

Collaboration Trends in JKIICE via Co-authorship Networks

S. Chu, Y. Koh, M. Kim, and T. Kim, Proc. 2024 Spring Conf. KIICE, Oral Session (2024).

CONFERENCE

Comparing Regression Models for Determinants of 5 Major Crimes

Proc. 2023 Fall Conf. KIICE, Oral Session (2023).

Scholarships

Selected Scholarships

Merit-based scholarships and competitive selections (selected).

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Presidential Science Scholarship

Full tuition and academic grant for 4 years

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Fourth Industrial Revolution Gifted Scholarship

Selected (2023)

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Busan Machinery Industry Cooperative Scholarship

Selected (2022)

Awards

Selected Awards

Talent Award of Korea – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Award
Finalist, 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)
Outstanding Student Paper Award (2 papers), 2024 Spring Conference, KIICE
Outstanding Student Paper Award, 2023 Fall Conference, KIICE
Grand Award, 2023 National Research and Education (R&E) Project Presentation Competition (Minister of Science and ICT Award)
Excellence Award, 69th National Science Contest – Industry & Energy Division (Minister of Science and ICT Award)
Grand Award, 2023 National SW·AI Education Essay Contest (Minister of Science and ICT Award)
Grand Award, 39th National Youth Science Exploration Competition (Minister of Science and ICT Award)
Gold Award, 21st Korea Science and Engineering Fair (KSEF)
Gold Award, 14th National Creative Problem-Solving Competition
Silver Award, 25th National Student Statistics Utilization Competition
Excellence Award, 2025 Data Creator Camp
Excellence Award, 2023 AI Hub Data Utilization Idea Contest
Excellence Award, 2023 Hello New World Hackathon
Special Award, 2022 National Data Analysis and Application Contest – Analytics Division
Excellence Award, 5th National Educational Public Data Analysis and Utilization Competition
Silver Award, 2022 National Youth Science Fair
Encouragement Award, 2022 National Research and Education (R&E) Project Presentation Competition
KFICT President's Award, 2025 National AI·Digital Native Debate Competition
Best Project Award, 2025 SNU--KU--Yonsei Industrial Engineering Academic Exchange (Seoul National University, Korea University, Yonsei University)
Top Award, 60th Busan Science Exhibition – Industry & Energy Division
Excellence Award, 2022 Busan Future Scientist Award – Mathematics Division
Grand Award, 2022 Busan Youth Scientific Exploration Competition
Grand Award, 38th Busan Youth Scientific Exploration Competition

Engagement

Activities, Talks & Media

Selected engagements and outreach activities (selected).

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Activities & Engagements

Invited Mentor, 2025 Roundsquare Prize Youth Food-Tech Competition
Participant (Youngest), 2025 Asia-Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA)
Invited Mentor, 2025 Youth Scientific Expedition (MSIT & KOFAC)
Student Representative, JENESYS Korea–Japan Youth Delegation (5th Cohort), 2024
Student Representative, 2024 Youth Global Science Expedition (Western U.S.)
Supporter, 2024 Global ICT Standards Conference
Participant, 2023 Taiwan International Academic Delegation

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Public Lectures

Invited Speaker, Outstanding Performance Presentation — 2025 Science & Technology Talent Networking Party (Seoul)
Invited Speaker, 2021 Busan Education Expo – Shaping the Future (BEXCO, Busan)
Student Speaker, 2018 SW Education Festival – 100°C Youth Talk (BEXCO, Busan)

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Media

Guest interviewee, BeFM Busan Worldwide — “The Interview” (FM 90.5 / 103.3), Jan 2, 2025