Hyoungseo Son
Industry-experienced PhD student · Northeastern University
“Dreams feel real while we’re in them.” · Inception · So do good simulations.
Education
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA
2024.09 - presentPh.D., Mechanical Engineering
Advised by Seungmoon Song · GPA 3.96 / 4.0
Kyungpook National UniversitySouth Korea
2018.03 - 2021.02B.S., Mechanical Engineering (Computer Science minor)
GPA 3.84 / 4.0 · Summa Cum Laude, 1st / 152
Research Interests
Physics Simulation · GPU-Accelerated Simulation · Reinforcement Learning · Deep Learning · Differentiable Simulation
Coursework
Reinforcement Learning and Sequential Decision Making, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Theory of Optimization, Human Movement Simulation, Wearable Robotics
Selected Projects
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Tool · 2026Local-first slide platform where every drag-and-drop maps to structured code.
Flanner↗
Hackathon · 2026Turns six months of DoorDash / Uber Eats orders into a weekly home-cooked meal plan, then auto-fills your Amazon Fresh cart.
MotZip↗
Hackathon · 2026Restaurants by voice. Speak what you want, watch a 3D map filter to candidates, then have an AI agent call every restaurant in parallel.
BCI Neural Visualization System↗
Hackathon · 2026Real-time guidance for surgeons placing 1024-channel ECoG arrays.
Zerve × ODSC AI Datathon↗
Datathon · 2026Production-style MLOps pipeline for subscription upgrade prediction — 32 blocks, 5-model ensemble, weekly drift detection, all built inside the Zerve canvas.
Booky↗
Hackathon · 2026Social reading platform with story-branching choices and an AI-generated solar system.
Industry Experience
Gachisoft Inc.Software Research Engineer
2021 – 2024- Logistics Digital Twin System deployed at two Korea Post sites
- 3D vision system for Coupang; PLC integration for real-time control (C++, OpenCV)
Honors & Awards
- HackPrinceton Spring 2026, Knot API track, 1st Place↗2026
- Precision Neuroscience BCI Hackathon, 1st Place↗2026
- R-BIZ Challenge, Presidential Award2019
- National Scholarship for Science and Engineering, Full Tuition2020