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General Information

Full Name Jinwoo Cho
Languages Korean, English

Education

  • 2020 - 2025
    Ph.D, Department of Statistics
    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, US
    • Dynamic Prediction in Survival data; Jointly Landmarking Model(JEL)
    • Network data analysis in brain fMRI data
  • 2016 - 2018
    Master of Science, Department of Statistics
    Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
    • Thesis; Penalized Kernel Quantile Regression for Varying Coefficient Models
  • 2010 - 2016
    Bachelor of Economics, Department of Statistics
    Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea

Employment

  • 2019 - 2020
    Research Associate (Full-time)
    Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Managed EDC project and elderly cohort data
    • Analyzed microbiome, EWAS, GWAS, and time-series data
    • Forecasted medical workforce demand and supply
    • Developed healthcare system algorithm
  • 2018
    Model Developer (Part-time)
    Begas, Inc., Seoul, Korea
    • Project from Shinhan Investment Corporation, Seoul, Korea
    • Stock markets index prediction using functional data analysis and R
  • 2017 - 2018
    Research Assistant (Full-time)
    Research Institute of Applied Statistics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
    • Statistical consulting for graduate students
    • Teaching R and SAS programming

Honors and Awards

  • Feb 2024
    • Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowships for the 2024-2025 academic year, University of Pittsburgh
    • Research Proposal; Can We Better Understand Future Health Over Time? A New Model for Dynamic Survival Prediction
  • Aug 2020
    • Arts and Sciences Graduate Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2018
    • Graduate academic paper presentation award, 2nd place, The Korean Statistical Society
    • SAS Student Ambassadr, SAS Global Forum 2018
    • Simsan scholarship for graduate students, Sungkyunkwan University
  • 2017
    • SAS Student Ambassadr, SAS Global Forum 2017
    • Simsan scholarship for graduate students, Sungkyunkwan University
  • 2016
    • The 14th SAS Analytics Championship, 2nd place, SAS Korea
    • Academic Excellence Award for undergraduate students, Sungkyunkwan University
  • 2015
    • Academic Excellence Award for undergraduate students, Sungkyunkwan University

Presentation and Poster

  • Dynamic prediction for survival outcomes with intensively observed longitudinal predictors
    • Keystone State Statistics Symposium, 2023
    • Poster
  • Penalized Local Linear Quantile Regression for Varying Coefficient Models
    • The Korean Statistical Society, 2018
    • Presentation
  • Analysis of Profitability-Bank Systems in South Korea Using SAS base
    • SAS Global Forum, 2018
    • Poster
  • Construction of a Disease Network and a Prediction Model for Demential Using Health Insurance Claim Data in Korea
    • SAS Global Forum, 2017
    • Presentation