Inwoo Hwang

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Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University

New York, New York, United States

Overview

Inwoo Hwang is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University, focusing on building trustworthy and interpretable AI systems. His research expertise lies in causal machine learning, explainable AI (XAI), and large language models (LLMs). He earned his Ph. D. from Seoul National University and a Masters degree from KAIST.

Outside of his academic research, Inwoo served his mandatory military service as a Sergeant in the US 8th Armys Korean Augmentation To the United States Army (KATUSA) program. He has expressed interest in connecting with professionals about opportunities in both academia and industry.

Unique fact: He was a finalist for the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship in Korea and was recognized as an outstanding reviewer at ECCV 2024.

Personality Overview

Disciplined

Slower Adopter

Overcautious

They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time.  They are quite aware of their needs and limitations, so they are unlikely to over-promise. They are thorough and always follow a systematic approach.

Topics They Care About

Causal Inference
His core research as a Postdoc at Columbia University, with multiple recent publications on the topic, including a presentation at NeurIPS 2025.
Explainable AI (XAI)
He connects XAI with causal inference in his work, aiming to build more interpretable models, as highlighted in his paper "From Black-box to Causal-box".
Trustworthy AI
His stated research goal is to build trustworthy AI systems whose decision-making is robust and interpretable, aligning model decisions with human reasoning.

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Work History

3-2025
Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University
10-2024 - 2-2025
Visiting Scholar at Columbia University
9-2021 - 5-2022
Research Collaborator at NAVER Corp
8-2012 - 5-2014
Sergeant at US 8th Army Korean Augmentation To the United States Army

Education

3-2019 - 2-2025
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD from Seoul National University
3-2016 - 2-2018
Master's degree from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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