Career
Apr 2026–Apr 2027
Speech AI Research Intern, Qualcomm AI Research · current
Oct 2025–Apr 2026
WBL Residency, Foundation Research Team, NAVER Cloud
Sep 2025–Present
Integrated M.S. & Ph.D., KAIST AI, DAVIAN Lab · current
Jun 2025–Aug 2025
DL Research Engineer Intern, AI Audio Gen Team, KRAFTON Inc.
Mar 2022–Aug 2025
B.S. in Mathematics, B.E. in Next-generation Semiconductor
Chung-Ang University, Magna Cum Laude
Chung-Ang University, Magna Cum Laude
Selected Publications
OmniACBench: A Benchmark for Evaluating Context-Grounded Acoustic Control in Omni-Modal Models
EMNLP 2026 Main (Oral)
SLICE: Speech Enhancement via Layer-wise Injection of Conditioning Embeddings
INTERSPEECH 2026
More
HiPLEX: Hierarchical Policy Factorization for Full Duplex Speech Language Models
Under review, ICLR 2027.
Tracing and Relearning Detection Evidence in Text-to-Speech Systems
Under review, ICASSP 2027.
Hiding Tool Latency in On-Device Environments with Speech-Conditioned Speculative Execution
Under review, ICASSP 2027.
Joint Analysis of Latent Dimensionality and Frame Rate in Continuous Audio Encoders
Under review ICASSP 2027
Localizing Zero-Shot TTS Traces in Self-Supervised Speech Representations
Under review, ICASSP 2027.
Seed-Encoded Random Quantized Linear Layers for Low-memory bandwidth ASR
Under review, ICASSP 2027.
EditPPT: Faithful Long-Deck Slide Editing via Structured Tool-Using Multi-Agent with Dual-Modal Validators
arXiv
SNAP: Speaker Nulling for Artifact Projection in Speech Deepfake Detection
arXiv preprint
HyperCLOVA X 32B Think
arXiv 2026
HyperCLOVA X 8B Omni
arXiv 2026
Fast Fourier Transform-Based Spectral and Temporal Gradient Filtering for Differential Privacy
Enhancing ASR and TTS Models with LLM for Accessible Mathematical Learning
NVIDIA GTC 2025
TeXBLEU: Automatic Metric for Evaluating LaTeX Format
MathSpeech: Leveraging Small LMs for Accurate Conversion in Mathematical Speech-to-Formula
MathReader: Text-to-Speech for Mathematical Documents
MathBridge: A Large Corpus Dataset for Translating Spoken Mathematical Expressions into LaTeX Formulas
arXiv preprint
Analysis of Transformer Decoder Architecture and KV Cache Behavior During LLM Inference
ICEIC 2025
Intuitive Robot Arm Control System based on HMD Hand Tracking
ICEIC 2025
Oral
Enhanced Electrical Performance in SiC Double-Trench MOSFETs through Optimization Techniques
ICCE Asia 2024
Analysis and Lineage of the GPT-3 Transformer Decoder Architecture
IEIE Fall 2024
Semiconductor Photovoltaic Sorting via Weighted Neural Networks (Korean)
IEIE Fall 2024
A Whisper-based Approach to Enhancing Multilingual and Code-Switching ASR
IEIE Summer 2024
Analysis about Theoretical Foundations for Method to Enhancing ASR Performance using OCR Word Frequency Differences
Matrix Decomposition and Transformation Techniques for Semiconductors in AI Applications (Korean)
IEIE Summer 2024
Enhancing ASR Performance through Relative Word Frequency in OCR and Normal Word Frequency Analysis
Improving ASR Performance with OCR Through Using Word Frequency Difference
News
Sep 2026
OmniACBench selected for an oral presentation at EMNLP 2026 Main.
Sep 2026
Kyudan will work at Qualcomm AI Research for one more 6 months!
Aug 2026
OmniACBench accepted at EMNLP 2026 Main.
More
Jun 2026
SLICE accepted at INTERSPEECH 2026.
Apr 2026
SOMMELIER accepted at ACL 2026 Industry.
Apr 2026
Talk to Your Slides accepted at ACL 2026 Findings.
Mar 2026
Starting internship at Qualcomm AI Research.
Jan 2026
HyperCLOVA X 8B Omni and HyperCLOVA X 32B Think papers released.
Nov 2025
Grand Prize (2nd overall) at the 1st Korean AI Society AI Frontier Speech Enhancement Challenge.
Oct 2025
Excellence Scholarship for Master's Students.
Oct 2025
Started Residency program at NAVER Cloud.
Sep 2025
Paper accepted at NeurIPS 2025.
Experiences
2026.04 – 2027.04
Research Intern, Qualcomm
Speech AI
Speech AI
2025.10 – 2026.04
Foundation Researcher, NAVER Cloud
WBL Residency program
WBL Residency program
2025.06 – 2025.08
Deep Learning Research Engineer Intern, KRAFTON, AI Audio Gen Team
advised by Taehong Moon
advised by Taehong Moon
More
2025.01 – 2025.08
Undergrad Intern, KAIST AI, DAVIAN Lab
Prof. Jaegul Choo
Prof. Jaegul Choo
2024.11 – 2024.12
DRAM Circuit Design Study, CAU
Prof. Donghyeon Han
Prof. Donghyeon Han
2023.03 – 2024.11
Undergrad Intern, SNU
Prof. Nam-Joon Kim & Hyungon Ryu (NVIDIA)
Prof. Nam-Joon Kim & Hyungon Ryu (NVIDIA)
2024.06 – 2024.08
Natural Language Processing Study, CAU
Prof. Hwan-hee Lee
Prof. Hwan-hee Lee
2024.06 – 2024.08
Measure Theory Study, CAU
Prof. Young-hoon Hong
Prof. Young-hoon Hong
2023.06 – 2023.08
Research Intern, Neowine Co., Ltd.
Designed circuit-design lecture materials with LLM
Designed circuit-design lecture materials with LLM
Awards
2025
Grand Prize (2nd overall), AI Frontier Speech Enhancement Challenge
Korean AI Society · KRW 5,000,000
Korean AI Society · KRW 5,000,000
2025
Excellence Scholarship for Master's Students
Science & Engineering · ~$1,800/semester × 4 semesters
Science & Engineering · ~$1,800/semester × 4 semesters
2024
Chairman's Award, The National Research Foundation of Korea
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2024
Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Scholarship
19th cohort undergraduate scholar · ~$17,000
19th cohort undergraduate scholar · ~$17,000
2024
Chung-Ang University Alumni Foundation Scholarship
2023
Minister of Education Award
Academic Services
2026
Conference Reviewer, ICLR 2027
2026
Program Committee, AAAI 2027
2026
Workshop Reviewer, IEEE SLT 2026
More
2026
Conference Reviewer, INTERSPEECH 2026
2025
Program Committee, AAAI 2026 Alignment Track
2025
Program Committee, AAAI 2026 Main Track