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, where we build VentPilot, an AI system for ventilator management in the ICU. 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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Research

Development and Validation of VentPilot: An AI-based Recommendation System for Mechanical Ventilation
Hong Yeul Lee*, Gaon An*, Yeonwoo Jeong, Edward J. Schenck, Ho Geol Ryu, Brian W. Pickering, Vitaly Herasevich, Daniel A. Diedrich, Seungyong Moon, Hyun-Lim Yang, Hyung-Chul Lee, Wun Hur, Jaewon Choi, Seokjun Lee, Jeongjae Lee, Won-Seok Hur, Sebin Kim, Yoonshik Kim, Rajesh Ranganath, Kyunghyun Cho, Sang-Min Lee†, Hyun Oh Song†
Journal of Intensive Care, 2026
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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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Miscellanea

Academic Service

Reviewer, ICLR (2022-)
Reviewer, NeurIPS (2021-)
Reviewer, ICML (2021-)
Program Chair Committee, NeurIPS Workshop on ImageNet Past, Present, Future (2021)

Teaching

Teaching Assistant, Engineering Mathematics 2 (Spring 2020)
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Deep Learning (Spring 2019, Spring 2022)

Experience

Head of Research, DeepMetrics (2022-)
Research Intern, Optimization and Financial engineering lab, SNU (2017-2018)

Competitive Coding

7th place, ARC Prize 2024 (Team name: GOA)

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