Undergraduate Researcher · Quantum ML & Finance
Mingyu Lee
Seoul, Korea
Last updated: Feb 2026
Education
-
Seoul National University
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering; Double major in Mathematical Sciences
- GPA: 4.05/4.30, Major GPA: 4.05/4.30
-
Gyeonggi Science High School for the Gifted
Computer Science
Research Experience
-
Research Institute of Mathematics, Seoul National University
Undergraduate Researcher
- Exploring quantum machine learning and quantum generative models, adapting techniques from classical neural networks.
Work Experience
-
Republic of Korea Air Force
Mandatory Military Service
-
NCSOFT
Research Intern
- Developed an AI-based exchange traded fund (ETF) management system.
-
Seoul National University
Teaching Assistant
- Teaching assistant for discrete mathematics.
-
Rainbow Brain, Inc.
Internship
- Collected e-commerce data and provided analysis.
Awards & Achievements
-
2025 ICPC Seoul Regional
Bronze prize (8th); President’s Award of NIA
-
2023 ICPC Seoul Regional
Encouragement prize (14th); Director's award of NIA
-
2023 UCPC Final Round
7th place
-
2023 Quantum Hackathon Korea
1st place; Ministry of Science and ICT Minister's Award
-
WorldQuant Brain
Research consultant
-
QHack
Certificate of achievement (advanced)
-
Xanadu QHack Coding Challenges
Power-Up Awards (IBM Quantum/PINQ2, NVIDIA/Cyxtera/Run:AI)
-
Samsung Collegiate Programming Cup (SCPC)
5th prize
-
Samsung Humantech Paper Award
Bronze prize for “Improving Performance of Pyramid CNN used in Image Deblurring (2020)”
Honors
-
Korea–U.S. Advanced Industries Youth Exchange Scholarship, 4th Cohort
-
Seoul National University Semiconductor Characterization College Scholarship
-
Young Engineers Honor Society (YEHS), The National Academy of Engineering of Korea
-
Samsung Software Membership
-
The Presidential Science Scholarship (Computer Science)
Publications
-
Scientific Reports
Mutual information maximizing quantum generative adversarial networks
- Authors: M. Lee, M. Shin, J. Lee, K. Jeong. Scientific Reports 15(1), 32835.
-
Physical Review A
Disentangling quantum neural networks for unified estimation of quantum entropies and distance measures
- Authors: M. Shin, S. Lee, J. Lee, M. Lee, D. Ji, H. Yeo, K. Jeong. Physical Review A 110, 062418.
-
Preprint
Improving Performance of Pyramid CNN used in Image Deblurring
- Author: Mingyu Lee.
Contributed Talks
-
2nd CQNC Winter Kick-off Workshop
Mutual Information Maximizing Quantum Generative Adversarial Network and Its Applications (Speaker)
-
KSIAM 2023 Annual Meeting
Mutual Information Maximizing Quantum Generative Adversarial Network and Its Applications (Speaker)
-
Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers Autumn Annual Conference
Proposing a Transformer-based ETF portfolio for liquidity providers (Co-author)
-
1st CQNC Winter Kick-off Workshop
Introduction to Shadow Tomography and Its Application (Speaker)
Invited Talks
-
Quantum FinTech Webinars Series, Rethinc. Labs, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Mutual Information Maximizing Quantum Generative Adversarial Network and Its Applications in Finance (Speaker)
Poster Presentations
-
27th Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP 2024)
Mutual Information Maximizing Quantum Generative Adversarial Network and Its Applications
Skills & Qualifications
-
Programming
Advanced
- C/C++, Python
-
Programming
Basic
- MATLAB, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, R
-
Algorithms & Problem Solving
- {"Codeforces Master (rating 2177, max 2279) — handle"=>"red1108"}
- {"AtCoder 1 Kyu (rating 1915, max 1929) — handle"=>"red1108"}
Interests
-
Quantum computation and quantum information
-
Quantitative research and trading
-
Machine learning and its applications