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General Information

Full Name Daniel Yoontae Hwang
Date of Birth August 24, 2000
Languages English, (learning, beginner) Korean, (learning, beginner) Spanish

Education

  • 2022 - Present
    Ph.D. Student
    Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
    • {"GPA"=>3.91}
    • Third‑year graduate student and Graduate Teaching Assistant for the School of Math, advised by Josephine Yu
  • 2022
    B.S.
    Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
    • GPA - 3.864/4.000
    • Major in Mathematics and Computer Science; Minor in Theatre Studies
    • 2018 North Carolina Math Scholar (full-tuition scholarship)

Research and Academic Experience

  • 2023-Present
    Ph.D. Student
    Georgia Tech School of Math
    • Advisor - Dr. Josephine Yu
    • Fully Homomorphic Encryption Schemes for Real-World Usage
      • Currently researching weighted Ehrhart theory of alcoved polytropes using vector partition functions and triangulations.
      • Drafted code to generate polytropes and an initial report gathering our observations.
  • 2023-Present
    Student Researcher
    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
    • Advisor - Dr. Laura Monroe
    • Fully Homomorphic Encryption Schemes for Real-World Usage
      • Performed research starting Summer 2024 on maximal sets of constructions of edge‑disjoint spanning trees on star‑product networks.
      • Performed research during Summer 2023 on fully homomorphic encryption schemes utilizing novel mathematical techniques.
  • 2021-2022
    PRUV Fellow and Independent Research
    Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
    • Advisor - Dr. Margaret Regan
    • Senior Thesis submitted for Graduation with Distinction.
      • Researched how to maximize the number of solutions to a parameterized system corresponding to the steady states of the ERK biochemical network for various combinations of parameters.
      • Utilized homotopy continuation via Bertini to find the pseudo-witness set points of the discriminant locus, which separates the parameter space into distinct regions yielding the same number of real solutions.
      • Implemented MATLAB code that repeatedly samples over a 2-dimensional subspace of the parameter space to generate the discrete set of pseudo-witness set points for a given parameterization.
  • 2019
    DOMath Research
    Duke University, Durham, North Caroina
    • Advisors - Prof. Thomas Witelski and Prof. Jeffrey Wong
    • Modeled the motion of a slider on top of a body of fluid as a MATLAB simulation using differential equations from fluid dynamics.

Work and Coding Experience

  • 2022-Present
    Graduate Teaching Assistant
    Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Run weekly studio/discussion sections for roughly 30-40 students and office hours. Grade/proctor quizzes and exams.
    • Classes taught include Linear Algebra, Survey of Calculus, and Finite Mathematics.
  • 2019-2022
    Backend Head Teaching Assistant for Data Structures and Algorithms
    Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
    • Configured and maintained the autograder, starter code, and JUnit test code for Java projects on GitLab and Gradescope.
    • Troubleshoot assignments, student submissions, and students' use of programming tools, as needed.
  • 2021
    TSI Developer Intern
    The Social Institute, Durham, North Carolina
    • Performed comprehensive QA review; wrote detailed feedback and bug reports on their platform promoting healthy social media use.
    • Communicated with the Marketing department; contributed to a website advertising their annual summit.
  • 2020-2021
    WoTo Backend Engineer
    Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
    • Contributed to the backend of WoTo, a web app designed for scheduling and holding office hours.
    • Created and tested new endpoints on the backend Express API, restructured a MongoDB database to improve user functionality.
  • 2020
    Mobile Developer Intern for Duke Phoenix Project
    4th Medical Group, Goldsboro, NC
    • Implemented a redesigned prototype of 4th Medical Group's mobile application using React Native.
    • Lead engineer on navigation menu allowing users to switch between different screens, along with a new screen and a directory screen.