Minju Hong

About

I am a Master's Student in the IIDS Lab at KAIST EE, fortunate to be advised by Hyewon Chung. I received my B.S. in Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering (Double Major) at KAIST in 2024.

My research interests are focused in leveraging mathematical tools to explain real-world phenomenons. I am particularly interested in deep learning theory, in which I work on understanding the working mechanisms of large language models.

Education

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Mar. 2024 - Present

M.S. Student in Electrical Engineering
Advisor : Hyewon Chung

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Mar. 2019 - Feb. 2024

B.S. in Mathematical Sciences & Electrical Engineering (Double Major)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Apr. 2023 - Oct. 2023

Exchange Student in Mathematics

Hansung Science High School

Mar. 2016 - Feb. 2019

Research Experience

KAIST Inference and Information for Data Science Lab

Mar. 2024 - Present

Graduate Student
Explaining in-context learning in large language models from a mathematical viewpoint

TUM Theoretical Foundations of Artficial Intelligence Group

Apr. 2023 - Sep. 2023

Undergraduate Researcher
I worked on the misinformation mitigation problem: how information spreads in a community, mathematically in a graph network. I focused on misinformation blocker selection algorithms, showing the submodularity of the modified greedy algorithm.

MAS467 Introduction to Mathematical Biology

Sep. 2023 - Dec. 2023

Course Term Project
I worked on explaining combined multiple transcriptional repression mechanisms with cell cycle dynamics. Using a --framework, . Through simulations, ...

KAIST Inference and Information for Data Science Lab

Mar. 2021 - Dec. 2022

Undergraduate Researcher
I did a reading course on random graphs: Erdos-Renyi and stochastic block models. Based on this, I researched on building exact matching algorithms for stochastic block models.

Publications

^‡ indicates equal contribution.

Selected
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Regularized Online RLHF with Generalized Bilinear Preferencesg

Junghyun Lee, Minju Hong, Kwang-Sung Jun, Chulhee Yun, Se-Young Yun

Arxiv'26: arXiv preprint. 2026.

Code

Regularized Online RLHF with Generalized Bilinear Preferencesg

Junghyun Lee, Minju Hong, Kwang-Sung Jun, Chulhee Yun, Se-Young Yun

Arxiv'26: arXiv preprint. 2026.

Code

Vitæ

Full Resume in PDF.

KAIST 2024 - 2026

M.Sc. Student
Electrical Engineering
KAIST 2019 - 2024

B.Sc. Student
Mathematical Sciences & Electrical Engineering

Miscellaneous

I enjoy planning and organizing social events! I organized the GRAFFITI Startup Festival in 2021, and designed social events for students at the Student Council of Mathematical Sciences (2021 - 2022) and Electrical Engineering (2024). I also coordinated and managed student-participating concerts and orchestra programs at KAIST Concert Hall (2022 - 2024).

I also love playing the violin and piano in my free time. I have performed in 20+ amatuer orchestra performances and chamber music concerts. Our team, the Ama Quartet, placed 3rd place in the 3rd Hanbyeol Competition! (Video)