Ao-Sh-oo-en   S-ih-l-v-ee-uh   J-ah-ng · she/her

I am a Master’s student in the MLAI Lab at KAIST, advised by Prof. Sung Ju Hwang. I earned my B.Eng. in Computer Science and Engineering and B.S. in Mathematics, from Korea University.

My research interests center on large language models, weight-space learning, model manifold learning, and model merging, with a focus on understanding how model representations can be manipulated for merging, initialization, and post-training, and on evaluating when adaptation methods lead to robust generalization rather than reward-specific improvements.

I have worked with Dr. Bruno Andreis and Dr. Bedionita Soro on weight generation and latent-space modeling for foundation models.

During my undergraduate studies and research training, I worked on hyperparameter optimization, weight-space model merging, and LLM-based agent workflows. My current research at KAIST continues to investigate the theoretical and practical foundations of generative approaches to model design and adaptation.


Research Interests

  • Generative Modeling
  • Model Manifold Learning
  • Model Adaptation

Education

March 2026 –
M.S. The Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI
KAIST MLAI Lab
M.S. student at KAIST's MLAI Lab, advised by Prof. Sung Ju Hwang. Graduate research focuses on weight generation and model merging.
March 2021 – August 2025
B.Eng. Computer Science and Engineering & B.S. Mathematics, with Honors
Korea University
September 2023 – June 2024
Exchange Program, Department of Mathematics
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Exchange student at HKUST School of Science (Mathematics).