CV
General Information
| Full Name | Yejin Kim (김예진) |
| yjkim.stat@yonsei.ac.kr | |
| Phone | +82-10-6201-6009 |
| Location | Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| Homepage | yejin109.github.io |
| GitHub | github.com/yjkim-stat |
| Study Archive | Notion |
Education
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2023.09 - Present Ph.D. in Statistics and Data Science
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea - Advisor: Jy-yong Sohn
- GPA: 4.14 / 4.3
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2017.03 - 2023.08 B.S. in Applied Statistics and Data Science
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea - GPA: 3.83 / 4.3
Experience
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2026.02 - Present Research Intern
Krafton, Seoul -
2024.01 - 2024.02 Research Intern
Linq, Seoul - Developed a text embedding model using Mistral 7B
- Conducted experiments on MTEB benchmark dataset
- Contributed to a technical report
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2022.07 - 2023.08 Research Intern (Vocational Training Program)
SAP Labs Korea, Seoul - Implemented Neurocard, a data-driven cost estimation model for query optimization
- Built APIs to be incorporated in the database system
Research Experience
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2025.05 - Present Ph.D. Student
IITP — AGI Project for the Era of Human-AI Companions, Seoul - Developed APIs supporting RAG and Multi-Agent Debate system
- Conducted experiments on the AGIEval benchmark, achieving performance comparable to GPT-4 on the LSAT domain
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2021.07 - 2022.06 Undergraduate Researcher
MIDaS Laboratory, Yonsei University, Seoul - Researched data importance-aware scheduling to exploit diversity in distributed data settings
- Designed and evaluated scheduling algorithms
Teaching Experience
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2024.09 Teaching Assistant — Introduction to Information Theory for Data Science
Yonsei University -
2023.09 Teaching Assistant — Introduction to Optimization for Data Science
Yonsei University -
2022.07 Academic Affairs Chair, Data Science Lab (Undergraduate Academic Society)
Yonsei University
Publications
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2025 Measuring Representational Shifts in Continual Learning: A Linear Transformation Perspective
ICML - Joonkyu Kim, Yejin Kim, Jy-yong Sohn
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2025 Aligning large language models for cognitive behavioral therapy: a proof-of-concept study
Frontiers in Psychiatry - Yejin Kim, Chi-Hyun Choi, Selin Cho, Jy-yong Sohn, Byung-Hoon Kim
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2024 ERD: A Framework for Improving LLM Reasoning for Cognitive Distortion Classification
ClinicalNLP - Sehee Lim, Yejin Kim, Chi-Hyun Choi, Jy-yong Sohn, Byung-Hoon Kim
Conference Presentations
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2024 ERD: A Framework for Improving LLM Reasoning for Cognitive Distortion Classification
NAACL'24, Mexico City
Projects
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2022 -
2023 GPT Prompt for Domain-Specific Tasks
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2023 Data-driven Query Optimization (Neurocard)
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2023 Federated Learning
Research Interests
- Inference algorithms for large language models
- Multi-agent systems
Technical Skills
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Machine Learning / Deep Learning
- PyTorch
- HuggingFace Transformers
- Embedding Models
- Inference optimization
- Prompt engineering
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Programming & Tools
- Python
- Flask
- Git
- Linux
Languages
| Korean | Native |
| English | Fluent |