Seungjun Chu

Curriculum vitae

Seungjun Chu

School of Industrial and Management Engineering, Korea University, Seoul. Publications are listed in full on the publications page.

Education

  • Korea University B.Eng. in Industrial and Management Engineering — Seoul, South Korea Expected 2029 Semester High Honors (Spring 2025, Spring 2026); Semester Honors (Fall 2025)
  • Busan Il Science High School High school diploma — Busan, South Korea February 2025

Research experience

  • Dartmouth College — LISP Lab, Thayer School of Engineering Undergraduate researcher February 2026 – present
  • Korea University — SIA Lab, School of Industrial and Management Engineering Undergraduate researcher November 2025 – present
  • University of Seoul — research group of Prof. Jaehoon Jeong, School of Business Administration Undergraduate researcher August 2025 – present
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — research group of Prof. Nicolas Federico Martin Student researcher, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences December 2023 – August 2024
  • Dong-Eui University — research group of Prof. Youngwoon Woo Student researcher, Department of Applied Software Engineering March 2023 – February 2024
  • Pusan National University — research group of Prof. Kyungmin Kim Student researcher, Software Education Center March 2022 – February 2023

Policy & applied research

  • Seoul Metropolitan Government Research assistant on commissioned policy research, via the University of Seoul 2025

Scholarships

  • Presidential Science Scholarship — full tuition and academic grant, four years
  • Fourth Industrial Revolution Gifted Scholarship, 2023
  • Busan Machinery Industry Cooperative Scholarship, 2022

Awards

  • Talent Award of Korea — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Award
  • Finalist, 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)
  • Best Paper Award, 2026 Spring Conference, Korean Society of Supply Chain Management
  • Outstanding Student Paper Award (two 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
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  • 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
  • A-Grade Outstanding Idea Selection, 2025 Innovation Demand Idea Competition, Public Procurement Service (PPS)
  • Best Project Award, 2025 SNU–KU–Yonsei Industrial Engineering Academic Exchange
  • 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

Activities & service

  • Young Engineers Honor Society (YEHS), National Academy of Engineering of Korea Selected member, on the recommendation of the Dean of Engineering, Korea University 2026 – present
  • Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA) Invited mentor, 2026 — hosted by ICANN and the Korea Internet & Security Agency. Youngest fellow of the 2025 cohort. 2025, 2026
  • Youth Scientific Expedition Invited mentor — hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Foundation for Science and Creativity 2025, 2026
  • SNU–KU–Yonsei Industrial Engineering Academic Exchange Organizing committee, academic team — designed the evaluation metrics for the joint competition 2026
  • Roundsquare Prize Youth Food-Tech Competition Invited mentor — one of three, alongside a Kyung Hee University faculty member and a KISTI senior researcher. Research mentorship for award-winning teams. 2025
  • Global ICT Standards Conference Conference ambassador 2024
  • JENESYS Korea–Japan Youth Delegation, 5th cohort Student representative — hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 2024
  • Youth Global Science Expedition (Western U.S.) Student representative 2024

Public lectures

  • 2025 Science & Technology Talent Networking Party Invited speaker, outstanding performance presentation — Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Foundation for Science and Creativity, Science and Technology Convention Center, Seoul 2025
  • Busan Education Expo — Shaping the Future Invited speaker — Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, BEXCO, Busan 2021
  • SW Education Festival — 100°C Youth Talk Student speaker — BEXCO, Busan 2018

Media

  • BeFM Busan Worldwide — “The Interview” Guest interviewee, FM 90.5 / 103.3 2 January 2025