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                    Gaon An
                   Hello! I'm a final-year PhD student in computer science at Seoul National University, advised by Hyun Oh Song. Also, I lead the machine learning
                    research team at DeepMetrics. Previously, I received
                    my Bachelor's degree in Economics from Seoul National University.
                   
                    My research interests include preference-based reinforcement learning, offline reinforcement
                    learning, robustness, and discrete optimization.
                    I'm particularly passionate about translating theoretical advancements into practical solutions,
                    especially in areas like healthcare and quantitative finance.
                    
                   
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                |   | Direct Preference-based Policy Optimization without Reward Modeling Gaon An*,
                  Junhyeok Lee*,
                  Xingdong Zuo,
                  Norio Kosaka,
                  Kyung-Min Kim,
                  Hyun Oh Song
 NeurIPS, 2023
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                |   | Optimal channel selection with discrete QCQP Yeonwoo Jeong*,
                  Deokjae Lee*,
                  Gaon An,
                  Changyong Son,
                  Hyun Oh Song
 AISTATS, 2022
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                |   | Preemptive Image Robustification for Protecting Users against Man-in-the-Middle Adversarial Attacks Seungyong Moon*,
                  Gaon An*,
                  Hyun Oh Song
 AAAI, 2022
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                |   | Uncertainty-Based Offline Reinforcement Learning with Diversified Q-Ensemble Gaon An*,
                  Seungyong Moon*,
                  Jang-Hyun Kim,
                  Hyun Oh Song
 NeurIPS, 2021
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                |   | Parsimonious Black-Box Adversarial Attacks via Efficient Combinatorial Optimization Seungyong Moon*,
                  Gaon An*,
                  Hyun Oh Song
 ICML, 2019  (Long talk, 159/3424=4.6%)
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                         Academic Service | Reviewer, ICLR (2022-) Reviewer, NeurIPS (2021-)
 Reviewer, ICML (2021-)
 Program Chair Committee, NeurIPS Workshop on ImageNet Past, Present, Future (2021)
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                         Teaching | Teaching Assistant, Engineering Mathematics 2 (Spring 2020) Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Deep Learning (Spring 2019, Spring 2022)
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                         Experience | Head of Research, DeepMetrics (2022-) Research Intern, Optimization and Financial engineering lab, SNU (2017-2018)
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                         Competitive Coding | 7th place, ARC Prize 2024 (Team name: GOA) |  |