Jungkoo K.
Lead AI Engineer, Director
- Role
- Lead Ai Engineer, Director at Onto Innovation
- Location
- Cambridge, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jungkoo K.
I\'m a Lead AI Engineer (Director), specializing in AI-powered systems (LLMs, agentic systems, AI planning). My expertise spans AI, ML, neuro-symbolic reasoning, cloud computing, and mathematical modeling.My industry experience includes:Conversational AI: Novel reasoning/planning algorithms to train and evaluate Deep Neuro Network.Automotive: Real-time data analysis for road safety.Advertisement: Processing large financial streaming data.Healthcare: ML algorithms for cardiac arrest prediction.In 2023, I invented an AI-planning recommender system (https://openreview.net/forum?id=I2yuXzj7EY, now productized as part of IBM’s Watsonx Orchestrate limitations in LLM evaluation, I developed NL2Flow (https://github.com/IBM/nl2flow), a system for automatically generating & validating planning problems, improving scalability & comprehensive assessment (NeurIPS publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/25•••••53) to assess and improve the reasoning/planning capabilities of Agentic AI systems.Before joining IBM, I worked at Ford Motor Company, where I developed a cloud service called RoadCode (City Insight) with the Ford Global Data, Insight, and Analytics (GDI & A) team. This innovative solution helps analyze and visualize real-time (streaming) geospatial data for transportation safety and has earned the 2nd Place at \'Solving for Safety Visualization Challenge\' by U.S. Department of Transportation my academic years, I focused on developing numerical simulation models and statistical methods to analyze big data in various fields such as public health, environmental protection/conservation, and agricultural production. My expertise lies in creating mathematical models that help improve the mechanistic understanding in complex biological phenomena with numerous components.I thrive on cross-functional collaboration and facilitating communication across diverse teams.
Experience
Lead Ai Engineer, Director
Jan 2026 — Present · Cambridge, MA, US
Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Entomology
2008 — 2013
Korea University
Bachelor's degree, Agrobiology
1997 — 2004
Purdue University
Master's degree, Entomology
2005 — 2007
Find verified contacts for anyone on LinkedIn
Unifers gives sales teams verified emails and direct dials, enriched profiles, and outreach that lands in the inbox.
Free plan included · No credit card required
This profile is compiled from publicly available professional sources. Unifers is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn. Request removal of this profile.