Ayoung Lee

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Ayoung Lee (이아영)

Ph.D. Student
Computer Science & Engineering
University of Michigan

Hi, I am a 1st-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at University of Michigan. I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Lu Wang. My current interests are, but not limited to:

I aim to bring convenience to people's lives with innovative work. Feel free to contact me for collaboration or questions!

(Last updated on Oct 24)

News

  • (07/2024) I was selected as the recipient of the scholarship from Kwanjeong Educational Foundation(KEF), a merit-based prestigious scholarship in South Korea!
  • Education

    University of Michigan (08/2024 ~ Present)

    Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering (Advisor: Lu Wang)

    Seoul National University (03/2020 ~ 02/2024)

    B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering
    GPA: 4.18/4.3 (cumulative), 4.17/4.3 (major)
    Summa Cum Laude, Rank: 1st in the department

    Seoul Science High School (03/2017 ~ 02/2020)

    The school for gifted students in mathematics and science, teaching college-level math and science
    GPA: 4.18/4.3 (cumulative)

    Work Experience

    Naver Cloud HealthCare AI (03/2024 ~ 06/2024)

    Research Intern
  • Contributed to the curation of an EMR note retrieval dataset using entity linking algorithms
  • Language and Data Intelligence Lab (03/2023 ~ 02/2024)

    Undergraduate Research Intern (Advisor: Prof. Seung-won Hwang)
  • Participated in improving language-based image editing interface using cycle consistency
  • Published in the IJCNLP-AACL workshop as a co-first author
  • DeepMetrics (06/2022 ~ 01/2023)

    Machine Learning Engineering Intern (Advisor: Prof. Hyun Oh Song)
  • Participated in medical data preprocessing & developed algorithms for autonomous ventilator manipulation
  • Samsung Device Solutions Memory (07/2021 ~ 08/2021)

    Software Intern
  • Participated in semiconductor wafer anomaly detection using machine learning algorithms
  • Honors and Awards

    Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Scholarship (08/2024 ~ Present)

    Outstanding Student Commendation from the Alumni Association (02/2024)

    Excellent Bachelor's Thesis Presentation Award (02/2024)

    SNU Tomorrow's Engineers Membership (03/2022 ~ 08/2022)

    Outstanding Tutor Award (08/2021)

    Presidential Science Scholarship (03/2020 ~ 02/2024)

    Publications

    On Consistency Training for Language-Based Image Editing Interface
    Youngwon Lee*, Ayoung Lee*, Yeonjoon Jung, Seung-won Hwang (* denotes equal contribution)
    IJCNLP-AACL 2023, Second Workshop on Natural Language Interfaces (Oral) [paper] [code]

    Talks

    Injecting Math Reasoning Abilities in Language Models @ Deepest, Seoul National University (06/2024)

    Study Abroad Presentation for Students @ Seoul Science High School (05/2024)

    Teaching

    (M1522.000700) Logic Design @ Seoul National University (09/2021 ~ 12/2021)

    Teaching Assistant (Instuctor: Prof. Jihong Kim)

    (034.005) Foundation of Physics 1 @ Seoul National University (03/2021 ~ 08/2021)

    Peer Tutor

    (M1522.000700) Logic Design @ Seoul National University (03/2021 ~ 08/2021)

    Tutor