Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Feb. 2024 β Feb. 2027
M.S. Student, Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence
Music and Audio Computing Lab Β· Advisor: Prof. Juhan Nam
Hello! I'm a M.S. student at Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI, KAIST (KAIST AI) in the Music and Audio Computing Lab, advised by Prof. Juhan Nam. I received a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Yonsei University, where I worked with Prof. Hong-Goo Kang.
My research focuses on generative models for affective speech with an emphasis on interactive spoken communication. I aim to build speech AI system can perceive, represent, and generate rich information in speech beyond text, with the goal of enabling natural and affective humanβAI interaction.
Research interests
π I am actively looking for a Ph.D. position for Fall 2027.
Seoul, South Korea
01 / Updates
Presented MeloDISinger at the Interspeech 2026 poster session π¨.
Our system ranked first in Track 2 of the VoiceMOS Challenge 2026 for predicting speech naturalness and emotion similarity in emotional TTS! π₯.
Research stay at Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, working on a survey of empathetic and conversational spoken language systems π©πͺ.
Gave a research talk on MeloDISinger at the AIR Lab Seminar, University of Rochester πΊπΈ.
MeloDISinger, my first M.S. work on singing voice editing, was accepted to Interspeech 2026 π.
Awarded a government-funded research training scholarship (USD 37K) and joined the University of Toronto as a visiting graduate student π¨π¦.
Volunteered at ISMIR 2025 and had a great time meeting the MIR community πΆ.
Served as student coordinator for the KSMI 2025 Founding Symposium π°π·.
CoT-Sep, my first paper, was accepted as an oral presentation at IEEE FLLM 2024. π
Started my M.S. at KAIST AI. π
02 / Background
Feb. 2024 β Feb. 2027
M.S. Student, Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence
Music and Audio Computing Lab Β· Advisor: Prof. Juhan Nam
Jan. 2026 β Apr. 2026
Visiting Graduate Student, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
IITP-affiliated collaborative AI research program at LG Electronics Toronto AI Lab
Mar. 2019 β Aug. 2024
B.S. in Computer Science
Overall GPA: 3.8/4.3 Β· CS GPA: 3.96/4.3
Jan. 2023 β Apr. 2023
Exchange Student, Computer Engineering
Relevant course: Topics in Computer Engineering β Deep Learning
03 / Selected work