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I am mainly looking for passionate, talented, and motivated graduate students (Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science) and undergraduate interns right now. Before contacting me for graduate positions, please take a careful look at the admission page of the School of Computing (Link). KAIST has two admission cycles a year. Admission deadlines are different for domestic and international applicants. It is your responsibility to keep up with the important dates.

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For master's program applicants, you do not have to contact me, but it is highly recommended. Note that KAIST (and other universities in Korea) generally assumes "research master's" degrees that require a thesis for graduation. If you have completed a Bachelor's degree in a computing-related area, you will have to take a coding test. Although non-CS major applicants are not required to take a coding test, I prefer to work with students with strong programming skills.

For Ph.D. program applicants, you must contact me before applying. We will then schedule a short meeting (remote or in-person). At KAIST (and other universities in Korea), a Master's degree is required when applying for a Ph.D. program. KAIST's Master's-Ph.D. integrrated programs are highly selective.

For undergraduate internships and visiting students, I am willing to work with highly motivated students, so feel free to contact me if you are interested. If you're not attending KAIST, internship opportunities will be limited to summer/winter breaks.

When contacting me for graduate positions and undergraduate internships, please attach a CV, up-to-date transcript, and a personal statement (all preferably in English). Prepare your personal statement up to 2 pages (preferrable 1 page) about which project outlined above you are most interested in or a project that you'd like to initiate and lead. I am looking for students with strong programming, design, writing, and communication skills.

For Postdocs, I do not have a concrete plan at the moment, but please do not feel hesitated to contact me with a CV. We will first have in-person/remote discussion. Along the discussion, I will request a 3-page research statement; if you already have one, feel free to attach it when you are contacting me. Eventually, you will need two recommendation letters.

I welcome international students. I use English as a primary language in my research group. KAIST provides most of the courses in English and has a Korean language education program as well. You will also need to obtain a foreign student VISA (D-2 for students, info / E-3 for postdocs). KAIST's international office will support you.

I have zero tolerance for any forms of hate, discrimination, and violence. I value research integrity.

Contact me via e-mail (hyeok.kim.work at gmail.com). This is the fastest way you can get responses from me. I probably won't respond to contacts via social media (mainly because I'm not on it frequently).