Curriculum Vitae · last updated Feb 2026
Mingyu Lee
Education
Seoul National University
B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering; Double major in Mathematical Sciences
Seoul, Korea
- GPA: 4.05/4.30, Major GPA: 4.05/4.30
Mar 2021 — Present
Gyeonggi Science High School for the Gifted
Computer Science
Suwon, Korea
Mar 2018 — Feb 2021
Research Experience
Research Institute of Mathematics, Seoul National University
Undergraduate Researcher
Seoul, Korea
- Exploring quantum machine learning and quantum generative models, adapting techniques from classical neural networks.
Jul 2022 — Present
Work Experience
Republic of Korea Air Force
Mandatory Military Service
Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Feb 2024 — Nov 2025
NCSOFT
Research Intern
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
- Developed an AI-based exchange traded fund (ETF) management system.
Jul 2023 — Aug 2023
Seoul National University
Teaching Assistant
Seoul, Korea
- Teaching assistant for discrete mathematics.
Mar 2022 — Jun 2022
Rainbow Brain, Inc.
Internship
Seoul, Korea
- Collected e-commerce data and provided analysis.
Jan 2022 — Mar 2022
Awards & Achievements
2025 ICPC Seoul Regional
Bronze prize (8th); President’s Award of NIA
Nov 2025
2023 ICPC Seoul Regional
Encouragement prize (14th); Director's award of NIA
Nov 2023
2023 UCPC Final Round
7th place
Jul 2023
2023 Quantum Hackathon Korea
1st place; Ministry of Science and ICT Minister's Award
Jun 2023
WorldQuant Brain
Research consultant
Apr 2023
QHack
Certificate of achievement (advanced)
Feb 2023
Xanadu QHack Coding Challenges
Power-Up Awards (IBM Quantum/PINQ2, NVIDIA/Cyxtera/Run:AI)
Feb 2023
Samsung Collegiate Programming Cup (SCPC)
5th prize
Sep 2022
Samsung Humantech Paper Award
Bronze prize for “Improving Performance of Pyramid CNN used in Image Deblurring (2020)”
Jul 2021
Honors
Korea–U.S. Advanced Industries Youth Exchange Scholarship, 4th Cohort
Nov 2025 — Present
Seoul National University Semiconductor Characterization College Scholarship
Feb 2024 — Present
Young Engineers Honor Society (YEHS), The National Academy of Engineering of Korea
Nov 2023 — Present
Samsung Software Membership
Oct 2022 — Present
The Presidential Science Scholarship (Computer Science)
Mar 2022 — Present
Publications
Scientific Reports
Mutual information maximizing quantum generative adversarial networks
- Authors: M. Lee, M. Shin, J. Lee, K. Jeong. Scientific Reports 15(1), 32835.
2025
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.
2024
Preprint
Improving Performance of Pyramid CNN used in Image Deblurring
- Author: Mingyu Lee.
2020
Contributed Talks
2nd CQNC Winter Kick-off Workshop
Mutual Information Maximizing Quantum Generative Adversarial Network and Its Applications (Speaker)
Dec 2023
KSIAM 2023 Annual Meeting
Mutual Information Maximizing Quantum Generative Adversarial Network and Its Applications (Speaker)
Nov 2023
Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers Autumn Annual Conference
Proposing a Transformer-based ETF portfolio for liquidity providers (Co-author)
Nov 2023
1st CQNC Winter Kick-off Workshop
Introduction to Shadow Tomography and Its Application (Speaker)
Jan 2023
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)
Nov 2023
Poster Presentations
27th Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP 2024)
Mutual Information Maximizing Quantum Generative Adversarial Network and Its Applications
2024
Skills & Qualifications
Programming
Advanced
- C/C++, Python
Programming
Basic
- MATLAB, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, R
Algorithms & Problem Solving
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