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General Information
| Full Name | Mijin Koo |
| Languages | Korean (Native), English (Professional Working Proficiency) |
Education
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2024.09 - Present M.S. in Intelligence and Information
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea - Advisor: Prof. Nojun Kwak
Machine Intelligence and Pattern Recognition Lab (MIPAL)
- Advisor: Prof. Nojun Kwak
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2020.03 - 2024.08 B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Experience
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2026.01 - Present Research Intern
AIM INTELLIGENCE - Research Focus: Physical Agent Safeguard.
- Conducting research and development on safeguarding mechanisms for physical agents.
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2024.01 - Present Graduate Researcher
Machine Intelligence and Pattern Recognition Lab (MIPAL), SNU - Research Focus: Generative AI, Trustworthy AI, Computer Vision.
- Developing robust and secure generative vision models, with a primary focus on data protection, adversarial defense, and model provenance against potential misuse.
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2023.06 - 2023.12 Undergraduate Research Intern
AI and Robotics Institute, KIST - Advisor: Dr. Suhyun Kim
- Developed adversarial defense mechanisms utilizing Diffusion and Super-Resolution models.
- Conducted comparative analysis on purification performance against diverse adversarial attacks.
Projects
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2025.03 - 2025.06 A Single Word Bypass - How Name Tokens Break Data Protection [PDF] [Video]
Machine Learning for Visual Understanding @ SNU - Proved via mechanistic analysis that token choice bypasses existing diffusion personalization safeguards.
- Proposed a token-agnostic defense strategy and established robust evaluation protocols for realistic threats.
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2023.02 - 2023.06 CareSpoon - AI-based Nutrition Monitoring Service for Seniors [GitHub]
Capstone Design @ Ewha Womans Univ. - Engineered an Object Detection pipeline (PyTorch) for food recognition and deployed a FastAPI server.
- Built a custom food image dataset via AI HUB to enhance model accuracy for Korean cuisine.
- Selected as the University Representative Team for the National SW Talent Festival.
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2021.07 - 2021.08 Smart Bakery - Self-Order Kiosk Web Service [GitHub]
Undergraduate Course Project - Developed a full-stack prototype integrating Vanilla JavaScript frontend with an AI inference backend.
- Implemented an Image Classification model (PyTorch) to automate bakery product checkout.
Extracurricular Experience
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2023.02 - 2024.02 President
SK LOOKIE (Social Venture Club) - Directed the university chapter, overseeing social impact projects and sustainable business modeling.
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2021.03 - 2022.08 Manager / Academic Lead
AI Club Euron - Curated the curriculum for Computer Vision (CS231n) study sessions and led technical seminars.
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2021.07 - 2022.07 Core Member
Google Developer Student Club (GDSC) - Active participant in MLOps and Mobile Dev (React Native) tracks; solved algorithmic challenges.
Honors & Awards
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2023.11 Selected as University Representative Team
SW Talent Festival -
2023.05 Excellence Award
Capstone Project Poster Session, Ewha Womans University -
2023.02 2nd Place (Excellence Award)
SK Telecom AI Tech Academy -
2022.11 3rd Place
SW Start-up Competition, Ewha Womans University