Yongjin Kang (강용진)

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2024.04.27

yjkang [a] kaist [d] ac [d] kr

I am a first year Master's student in Finance at KAIST College of Business. I am interested in exploring applications of AI to text and visual analysis in empirical corporate finance .

Prior to KAIST, I received B.S. in Data Science and B.A. in Economics from Hanyang University.

Education

KAIST College of Business

(2026.03 ~ Present)

  • M.S. in Finance

Hanyang University

(2022.03 ~ 2026.02)

  • B.S. in Data Science & B.A. in Economics

Korea Digital Media High School

(2019.03 ~ 2022.01)

  • Major: Digital Contents

Business

Silgam

(2021.11 ~ Present)

Co-Founder, Freelance

  • A mobile app designated to helps students simulate the Korean SAT(수능) environment and organize their study.
  • Acquired 50k+ registered users. In Nov. 2025, reached 13k DAU, 31k MAU, and 3k concurrent users just before the Korean SAT.

Misc

  • I've spent more than half of my whole life solving Rubik's cube. My cubing history is outlined here.

Personal Information

  • Citizenship: Republic of Korea