Hyunwoo Ki: Biography

Biography

I'm Hyunwoo Ki, a graphics programmer at devCAT studio, Nexon Corporation. I received an M.S degree in Media Engineering at Soongsil University. I'm interested in realtime graphics for next-generation games. I'm a biographee of Marquis Who's Who in the World 2010 Edition. I recieved Shade Your World competition 2nd Prize by NVIDIA, The Minister of the Culture and Tourism of Republic of Korea's Prize, and others. I'm a chapter contributor of technical books: Game Programming Gems 8, GPU PRO, and ShaderX7.

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Experience

Employment History

"devCAT studio, Nexon"
Feb. 2010 ~ Current	devCAT studio, Nexon
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"SK innoace (Now just INNOACE)"
Mar. 2008 ~ Feb. 2010	SK innoace (Now just INNOACE)
I developed a multi-platform 3D UI engine and a virtual reality engine.

Lecture

Direct3D and 3D Engine Courses for MGame Corp.

"Direct3D and 3D Engine Courses for MGame Corp."
Aug. 2007	Bit Academy Co., Ltd. with MGame Corp.
This lecture was the 1st education commission of MGame Corporation to Bit Academy, for MGame's new employees. I lectured two courses on Direct3D and shader programming with Computer Graphics theory, and 3D Engine based on OGRE 3D (Object-oriented Graphics Rendering Engine).

Technical Experience

Development of a Cross-Platform Multimedia 3D UI Framework

"Development of a Cross-Platform Multimedia 3D UI Framework"
Mar. 2008 ~ Feb. 2010	SK innoace (Now just INNOACE)
This project was for development of a cross-platform multimedia 3D UI engine and its authoring tool. I has been contributing to development of a 3D UI engine and its authoring tool. I have been implementing rendering acceleration methods and developing a resource management system.

"Development of a Virtual Reality Engine"
Mar. 2008 ~ Sep. 2008	SK innoace (Now just INNOACE)
This project was for development of a virtual reality engine. I contributed to customization of a commercial game engine for quality improvement and speed accelaration.

Development of a Mobile 3D GIS Application for U-Cheonggye

"Development of a Mobile 3D GIS Application for U-Cheonggye"
Sep. 2007 ~ Nov. 2007	Virtual Builders
This project was for development of a mobile 3D GIS application for the ubiquitous Cheonggye as a U-City project of Seoul. I contributed to development of an 3D GIS application and maintenance a 3D engine.

Research and Development of Digital Content

"Research and Development of Digital Content"
Mar. 2006 ~ July. 2007	Brain Korea (BK) 21
Brain Korea (BK) 21 is a project that produces "next generation leaders with creativity" by supporting students in Master's or PhD degree course and post-graduate researchers, supported by the South Korea goverment. My school's topic is research and development of digital content, fusing engineering and art. I was awarded The Second-Prize at the Shade Your World competition, The Minister of Culture & Tourism of Korea's Prize and two best papers of domestic game conferences.

Research and Development of Experienceable Games

"Research and Development of Experienceable Games"
Sep. 2005 ~ Feb. 2007	Korea Game Development & Promotion Institute
This project was for research and development of real-time algorithms to produce experienceable games. I contributed to development of new real-time illumination rendering techniques including global illumination and subsurface scattering to generate photo-realistic images. And I developed a new learning algorithm using real-time neuroevolution (genetic algorithms + neural networks) to imitate the play patterns of a game user.

Research and Development of Image-Based Rendering Algorithms for Ubiquitous Digital Broadcasting

"Research of Image-Based Rendering for U-Digital TV"
Mar. 2006 ~ Feb. 2007	Korea Research Foundation
This project was for research and development of interactive image-based rendering algorithms to construct 3D images from 2D images, for ubiquitious digital broadcasting systems (3D TV). I contributed to development of new real-time image-based rendering algorithms for 3D image construction on programmable graphics hardware.

Development of a 3D Graphics System that Supports Programmable Graphics Pipeline based on OpenGL ES 2.0

"Development of a 3D Graphics System based on OpenGL ES 2.0"
Sep. 2005 ~ Mar. 2006	Mtekvision Inc.
This project was for research and development of innovative mobile 3D graphics technologies that provide high performance and low power consumption with prorammable graphics pipeline based on OpenGL ES 2.0. I contributed to implementation of an API that supports high-level shading language (GLSL) based on a unified architecture.

The official homepage of Dept. of Media of Soongsil University.

"The Official Homepage of Dept. of Media of Soongsil University."
Jul. 2004 ~ Feb. 2005	Dept. of Media, Soongsil University
I designed, developed, and managed the official homepage of department of Media of Soongsil University. I used various design tools and ASP.NET with C#.

Personal Work

Skill

Major:
- R&D of 3D algorithms and applications for games, VR, film, broadcasting, simulation, art, etc.

Programming:
- C, C++, eVC++, and C#
- Direct3D, OpenGL, OpenGL ES with Programmable Shader (HLSL, GLSL and Cg)
- NVIDIA CUDA
- Unigine (Commercial Engine for Games and VR Systems)
- OGRE 3D (Open Source Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine)
- ASP, ASP.NET, Java Script, and HTML (I made and managed the official website of the school of Media, Soongsil university during approximately 18 months)

Qualification Certificate:
- Engineer of information technology (04202100723R)

Misc.:
- Office family such as PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio, and Project
- Multimedia tools such as Photoshop, Flash, and Director