Sangmin Hwang

M.S. student at KAIST AI

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I am an M.S. student at KAIST AI, working as a research assistant in the OSI Lab advised by Prof. Seyoung Yun.

I am interested in building AI systems that support people in real-world workflows. My current interests include (1) improving the efficiency of AI models, (2) developing agents capable of handling long-horizon tasks, and (3) designing scalable methods for AI alignment.

Before joining the lab, I worked as a machine learning engineer at Daangn Market and Corca, where I focused on building AI-powered products.

news

Feb 28, 2026 Started my M.S. in Artificial Intelligence at KAIST.
Jan 31, 2025 Started a machine learning engineer internship at Daangn Market Inc.
Feb 29, 2024 Joined Corca Inc. as a machine learning engineer.

education

KAIST Mar 2026 - Present
M.S. in Artificial Intelligence
Korea University Mar 2019 - Feb 2026
B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering (GPA: 4.4/4.5)
University of Washington Sep 2024 - Dec 2024
Exchange Program

work experience

Machine Learning Engineer Feb 2025 - May 2025
Daangn Market Inc. · Internship
Improved a search query typo correction model, increasing correction coverage by 50% using a 3M+ entry dataset from real-world search logs.
Machine Learning Engineer Mar 2024 - Jul 2024
Corca Inc.
Developed an LLM-based chatbot service for retrieving and recommending fashion items.

selected publications

  1. Preprint
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    LLM-as-a-Tutor: Policy-Aware Prompt Adaptation for Non-Verifiable RL
    Yujin Kim*, Namgyu Ho*, Sangmin Hwang*, and 7 more authors
    2026
    Preprint under review. * Equal contribution
  2. KSDIM
    An Analysis of How Social Hierarchy Impacts Decision-Making in LLM Agent Collaboration
    Jihwan Oh, Sangmin Hwang, Sehyeok Kang, and 1 more author
    Journal of the Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management, 2025