Huichan Seo

Huichan Seo

AI Fairness & Trustworthy ML

Research Associate at Bot Intelligence Group (BIG), Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Prof. Jean Oh

Hi! I'm Huichan Seo, a researcher and developer passionate about building trustworthy AI systems.

My research interests lie at the intersection of systems, machine learning, and trustworthy data, with AI fairness framed as an engineering problem. I design closed-loop systems that connect data collection, model training, and evaluation, so bias is reduced and outputs remain accountable. I treat model scores and the data and systems that support them as equal design priorities.

Currently, I'm working as a Research Associate at Carnegie Mellon University's Bot Intelligence Group, while also currently building MY4CUT, a photo booth platform that has achieved #3 in the Camera category with 40K+ downloads.

I received my B.S. in Computer Science from Dongguk University.

News

2025.12📄"Exposing Blindspots" paper accepted at IASEAI'26! (Poster + Oral)
2025.07🤖Joined Humanoids 2025 Robot Fashion Show as Organizer!
2025.03🎉Joined CMU BIG Lab as Research Associate!

Research Experience

Bot Intelligence Group (BIG) at Carnegie Mellon University

Jun 2024 – Present

Research Associate I ; Summer Intern & Remote Collaborator

Pittsburgh, PA · Advisor: Prof. Jean Oh

  • Built high-quality cultural dataset for bias mitigation: automated data pipeline for large-scale crawling; global peer-review platform. (View: WorldCCUB)
  • Led multi-country evaluation of cultural bias in image generation; designed cultural evaluation metrics. (GitHub: ECB)
  • Developed model-agnostic adapter and agent for cultural bias correction in generative image models. (GitHub: CCUB2 Agent)
  • Open-sourced SD3.5 LoRA fine-tuning implementation, widely adopted as community reference. (GitHub: SD3.5 LoRA)

Publications

CCUB2 Agent: Model-Agnostic Cultural Bias Correction in Generative Models

Huichan Seo*, Jean Oh

Manuscript in preparation

Industry Experience

MY4CUT

Jun 2024 – Present

Founder, Independent Developer

  • Built a photo booth platform; achieved #3 in Camera category, 40K+ downloads, 300K+ photos, 300+ B2B clients.

VIEWPAM Co., Ltd.

Mar 2023 – Dec 2024

Co-founder, CTO

  • Led development of medication management platform; built global drug database; Korea's Top 100 Startups 2025, CES 2025.

Projects

Awards & Honors

Venture Startup Academy Hackathon, Minister's Award (Ministry of SMEs and Startups)Aug 2024
Kakao x goorm Jeju Hackathon, Chairman's Award (Kakao)Feb 2024
LINC 3.0 Capstone Design Competition, National Research Foundation of Korea AwardNov 2023
Microsoft Generative AI Hackathon, Chairman's Award (Microsoft)Sep 2023
Osaka Institute of Technology Hackathon, President's AwardJul 2023
Singapore Global Startup Competition, 1st PlaceFeb 2023

Extra Activities

Kakao x goorm 9oormthonUNIV

Nov 2022 – Nov 2025

Founder, Leader

Founded national IT coalition (67 universities); organized 10+ hackathons with Kakao, Figma sponsorship.

Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC), DGU

Jul 2023 – Aug 2024

Founder, Leader

Founded first GDSC chapter; 2023–2024 Outstanding Korea Leader by Google; led 30+ events.

Media & Press

News

Rural Bus App Coverage
SBS NewsNational news coverage of rural transit app
App Developer Success Story
Nate NewsCoverage of MY4CUT app success
Rural Transit App Demo
SBS NewsDemonstration of rural bus notification app

Interview

Student Spotlight
Dongguk UniversityDongguk University • Featured as outstanding student in university news
University Student Creates Bus App for Rural Mother
JTBC NewsInterview about developing a bus notification app for rural areas specifically for his mother
Interview #8: From Medical School Aspirant to US Researcher - Huichan Seo's Journey of N Changes
InflearnJourney from medical school aspirant to US researcher
Interview: Developer Journey
YouTubeInterview about development journey and experiences

Educational

Coloso Course: Web/App Development
ColosoOnline course on full-stack web and app development

Talk

Let's Swift 2024 Talks
YouTubeSwift conference presentation