𝙱𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝙺𝚒𝚖

Associate Professor

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<aside> <img src="https://img.icons8.com/ios/250/000000/organization.png" alt="https://img.icons8.com/ios/250/000000/organization.png" width="40px" /> Address: Department of Mathematics Education, Teachers College, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea

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Ph. D. in Mathematics, Ewha Womans University, Aug. 2017.
M. S. in Mathematics, Ewha Womans University, Feb. 2011.
B. S. in Mathematics, Chungnam National University, Feb. 2009.

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2025.04 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics Education, Teachers College, Kyungpook National University, South Korea.
2025.02 - Present Head of Department, ****Department of Mathematics Education, Teachers College, Kyungpook National University, South Korea.
2021.03 - 2025.03 Assistant Professor, ****Department of Mathematics Education, Teachers College, Kyungpook National University, South Korea.
2019.08 - 2021.02 Postdoctoral Researcher, Applied Algebra and Optimization Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea.
2017.09 - 2019.07 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, South Korea.

<aside> <img src="https://img.icons8.com/ios/250/000000/book.png" alt="https://img.icons8.com/ios/250/000000/book.png" width="40px" /> Research: Algebraic coding theory, Graph theory, Quantum error-correcting code, Function field, Multigrid method

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Publications

Presentations (2021 - Present)

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Lecture schedule - 2025, Fall

past

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Young Scientist Grant awarded by the NRF of Korea - Sejong Science Fellowship Grant (2021.03.01 - 2026.02.28, five-year grant)
NRF Research Grant awarded by the NRF of Korea (2019.06.01 - 2021.05.31, two-year grant)
KWMS Leaders Forum Mentoring Program (2019.05.01 - 2019.08.22)
Award for S-OIL excellent research paper awarded by the Korea Academy of Science and Technology (2018.02.06)
Graduate school award for dissertation with highest honors from Ewha Womans University (2017.08.25)

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Member of the Organizing Committee for the International Coding Theory Seminar (ICTS) (2023 - present)
Member of the Scientific Committee for Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (KSIAM) (2022 - present) (webpage)
Organizer of the 8th Workshop on Algebras with Related Topics (2025.05.22 - 2025.05.24, Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea) (webpage)
Advisor of Korean post-quantum cryptography (KpqC) research center (2022.04 - 2025.01) (webpage)
Organizer of the 7th Workshop on Algebras with Related Topics (2024.11.08 - 2024.11.09, Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea) (webpage)
Organizer of the 10th Korea-Sino International Conference on Coding Theory and its Related Topics (2024.07.02 - 2024.07.06, Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea) (webpage)
Organizer of the 6th Workshop on Algebras with Related Topics (2024.05.10 - 2024.05.12, UNIST and Shilla Stay Ulsan, Republic of Korea) (webpage)
Research Member of Textbook Evaluation Committee (Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity) (2023.12.01 - 2025.11.30) (webpage)
Local Organizer of ICIAM 2023 Satellite Meeting - International Conference on Coding Theory and its Applications (2023.08.18 - 2023.08.19, Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea) (webpage)
Organizer of the 4th Workshop on Algebras with Related Topics (2023.05.11 - 2023.05.13, Jeju National University, Republic of Korea) (webpage)
Organizer of the 2nd Workshop on Algebras with Related Topics (2022.05.13, Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea) (webpage)
Adviser of teaching training for high school credit system (2022.01.15, Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea)
Local Organizer of the 8th Korea-Sino International Conference on Coding Theory and Its Related Topics (2022.07.06 - 2022.07.08, Republic of Korea) (webpage)
Organizer of the 1st Workshop on Algebras with Related Topics (2021.11.05, Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea) (webpage)
Local Organizer of the 7th Sino-Korea International Conference on Coding Theory and its Related Topics (2021.07.05 - 2021.07.09, China)

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Graduate Students
- Lee, Hyeyeon (Ph.D. Student / Teacher, Seongji Middle School, Daegu) 📑
- Kim, Mingi (M.Ed. Student / Prospective civil servant)
- Jang, Jinseong (M.Ed. Graduate / Teacher, Dongbaek Middle School, Busan)
Intern Projects
- Jo, Jinseong (B.S. Student / Kyungpook National University)
- Bae, Kitae (B.S. Student / Kyungpook National University)
- Kim, Suhyun (B.S. Graduate / Kyungpook National University)
Coding Theory Internship (2025, Fall - )

Coding Theory Internship (2024, Summer - 2025, Summer)