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Myeongjae Jeon

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General Partner, Head of Research at Pragma Ventures

Pohang, North Gyeongsang, South Korea

About

An Associate Professor of Computer Science at POSTECH with a PhD from Rice University and prior work at Microsoft Research and ARM Research. He leads a research lab focused on AI systems, real-time big data analytics, and emerging hardware.

Experience

  1. Pohang University of Science and TechnologyAssociate Professorcurrent2024 โ€” presentPohang, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
  2. Pragma VenturesPartnercurrent2021 โ€” present
  3. Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologyAssociate Professor2018 โ€” 2024Ulsan, South Korea
  4. Microsoft ResearchSenior Research SDE2015 โ€” 2018Redmond
  5. ARMSenior Design Engineer2014 โ€” 2015Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
  6. Microsoft Research (contracted via Collabera Inc.)Software Design Engineer2013 โ€” 2014
  7. Microsoft Research (contracted via Collabera Inc.)Research Intern2013Bellevue, WA
  8. Microsoft Research (contracted via Collabera Inc.)Research Intern2012Redmond, WA
  9. Rice UniversityResearch Assistant2009 โ€” 2014Greater Houston
  10. Microsoft ResearchResearch Intern2012Redmond, WA
  11. Microsoft ResearchResearch Intern2011Redmond, WA

Education

  1. Rice UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science2009 โ€” 2014
  2. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer Science
  3. Kwangwoon UniversityBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Engineering

Skills & more

Java5Algorithms8C8Python7Search Engines2Parallel Processing2Linux Kernel1Computer Architecture3DRAM1Simulations5Parallel Computing3Software Design2
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Languages English ยท Korean

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Colleagues at Pragma Ventures

Roy Koo
General Partner, Head of Trading at Pragma Ventures
Yaroslav Hayduk
General Partner at Pragma Ventures
Youngseok Yang
Research Partner at Pragma Ventures

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