Sehoon Kim

Member of Technical Staff at xAI.
Contact: kssteven418 at gmail dot com
Research Interests: Efficient AI, AI Systems, Model Compression, Large Language Models

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science

UC Berkeley, 2020 - 2024

M.S. in Computer Science

UC Berkeley, 2020 - 2023

B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Seoul National University, 2015 - 2020

About


I am a member of technical staff at xAI. My research interests include efficient AI, AI systems, and model compression, with a focus on large language models. Before joining xAI, I was a Ph.D. student in Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) at UC Berkeley, where I was fortunate to work with Prof. Kurt Keutzer. During my time at Berkeley, I was selected as a MLCommons ML and Systems Rising Star and was a finalist for the NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship in 2024. Even before joining to Berkeley, I graduated from Seoul National University, where I was ranked 1st in the entire class of 2020 (overall GPA: 4.29/4.30, major GPA: 4.30/4.30). In my undergrad years, I was honored to work with Prof. Jangwoo Kim and Byung-Gon Chun.

Honors and Awards


MLCommons ML and Systems Rising Star | 2024
41 Ph.D. students worldwide in the fields of ML System

NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program Finalist | 2024
15 Ph.D. students worldwide in the fields of computing innovation

KFAS Doctoral Study Abroad Scholarship | 2020
Around 40 students selected nationally

Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Scholarship | 2017


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