Applied Statistics

Machine Learning

Artificial Intelligence

Quality Engineering

iStat Lab’s primary research goal is to advance statistical and machine learning methodologies, with a focus on addressing complex real-world challenges and improving the quality of industrial systems.

Associate Editor, Technometrics, January 2025- present

Associate Editor, IISE Transactions, November 2020- present

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, January 2021-December 2023

IISE Quality Control and Reliability Engineering (QCRE) Track Best Paper Competition Finalist, IISE Annual Conference, May 2025

KAIST Endowed Chair Professor, March 2025 (KAIST 지정 석좌교수) 

IISE Quality Control and Reliability Engineering (QCRE) Track Best Paper Competition Finalist, IISE Annual Conference, May 2024

Academic Excellence Award, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, KAIST, December 2023 

Editor's Choice for Featured Article, IISE Transactions (2022) 

KAIST Academic Excellence Award, (Outstanding Faculty Award in Commemoration of the 51st Founding Anniversary), KAIST, February 2022 (KAIST 학술상)

Technology Innovation Award, College of Engineering, KAIST, December 2019

Academic Excellence Award, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, KAIST, December 2019

KAIST TOP 10 Research  Achievements of 2018, KAIST, April 2019 (KAIST 대표연구 우수성과 10선) 

Editor's Choice for Featured Article, IISE Transactions (2018) 

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering (with specialization in Statistics), Georgia Institute of Technology, August 2011

M.S. in Statistics, Georgia Institute of Technology, May 2008

M.S. in Industrial Engineering, KAIST, February 2005

B. S. in Industrial Engineering, KAIST, February 2003

Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, KAIST, March 2018 - present

Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, KAIST, December 2013 - February 2018

Senior Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Labs (New Jersey, USA), September 2011-December 2013