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Extracurricular Activities
Mar. 1996 - Feb. 2001   Drill instructor of STROKE, the tennis club at KAIST
                                        * Quarterfinalist (out of 128 participants) at Chungnam National University OPEN

Mar. 1994 - Feb. 1996    Member of  Jupiter, the computer programmers' group

Other Educational Experience
Jun. 2000  - Aug. 2000   Exchange student, UC Irvine, CA                                     

Jul. 1996   - Aug. 1996   International Language School, Tarrytown, NY

Dec. 1994 - Jan. 1995    School for International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) candidates
Jul. 1994   - Aug. 1994

More Work Experience
I served in the US Army from Mar. 2001 until May 2003. My unit (2/72 Armor) has been deployed in Iraq since 2004 and is sadly no longer in South Korea. :-) During the military service, I met many good friends, who are not necessarily academic people, and they helped me broaden my view - there are many different people, and you will like them if you get to know them.

Mar. 2001 - May 2003   Sergeant, 2/72 Armor Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, 8th US Army
2id insignia  * Received the Best KATUSA (Korean Augmentation to The US Army) Award for outstanding leadership 
   from General John R. Wood, the 2nd Infantry Division commander, the US Army. (2002)

* Graduated with honor from PLDC (Primary Leadership Development Course), 8th US Army.
   (ranked 5th out of 208 US Army sergeants)
   Served as a platoon leader for 48 soldiers. (Sep. 2002 - Oct. 2002)

* Served as a Taekwondo instructor for the 2nd Infantry Division.  (Mar. 2002 - Jun. 2002)

 * Awarded 1 Army Commendation Medal, 4 Army Achievement Medals, and 3 Certificates of Achievement
   over two years for distinguished service.

* Placed 2nd in the 3 mile run, Camp Casey, the US Army. (2002)

* Received the Physical Fitness Master Badge (scored 328 (extended scale) out of 300). (2002)

* Finished Manchu Mile.  (Oct. 2002)

Jun. 2003  - Aug. 2004   Research Assistant, Systems Modeling and Simulation Lab., KAIST
Mar. 2000 - Feb. 2001   * Measured the performance of different VoIP-related protocols: SIP, SIGTRAN, and MEGACO.
                                       * Developed a GUI-based architecture description language editor for a retargettable processor.

Mar. 1999 - Jun. 1999   Research Assistant, Robot Intelligence Technology Lab., KAIST
                                       * Developed a vision system of an Internet-based personal robot.
                                    
Jan. 1999  - Feb. 1999   Intern, Ki-Heong, Samsung Semiconductor 
                                       * Designed and implemented an on-screen display controller chip for a TV using the Mentor CAD system.