Minjoon Choi

About Me

Greetings! I’m Minjoon (Miles) Choi, an incoming Computer Science Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to that, I did my undergrad at Seoul National University, being advised by Prof. Lucy Lu Wang and Prof. Sang-goo Lee.

I work on natural language processing, and my research focuses on making language models (LLMs, VLMs) reliable and trustworthy. I have a deep interest on:

• How models handle knowledge in complex scenarios (e.g., knowledge conflicts, noisy contexts)
• The knowledge boundaries of language models (i.e., “knowing what models know”)
• Evaluating, improving the factuality & coherence of long-context LLM outputs

Previously, I have worked for 3 years as a software engineer at Dunamu, a Fin-Tech corporation that developed Korea’s #1 digital asset exchange Upbit.

Please check my CV for detailed information!

News

[Mar. 2026] I graduated from SNU, and will start my Ph.D. at UMD CS in August 2026!
[Jun. 2025] Started to work with Prof. Lucy Lu Wang at the UW iSchool. Grateful for this opportunity!
[Mar. 2025] I am attending the University of Washington as an exchange student! I am also thankful to receive the Korea & USA Advanced Field Student Exchange Scholarship.
[Jun. 2024] Started working as a research intern at SNU Intelligent Data Systems Lab.
[Nov. 2023] I am receiving the Semiconductor Specialized University Scholarship!
[Mar. 2021] Started working for Dunamu (Stockplus Backend Team) as a full-time SWE.

Publications & Posters

Other Facts About Me

• Proud to be a 10+ year supporter of the Los Angeles Dodgers ⚾️ So happy they are back-to-back champs!
• Golf enthusiast ⛳️  /  Love to watch Formula 1 🏎️
• Lived in Vancouver 🇨🇦 & Los Angeles 🇺🇸 for a total of 3 years in childhood

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