Dr. Hongseok Namkoong

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Hongseok Namkoong is an Assistant Professor at the Columbia Business School's Data Science Institute. His research interests focus on the intersection of machine learning, operations research, and statistics, with a particular emphasis on developing reliable machine learning methods for decision-making problems. Dr. Namkoong is an affiliated member of the Decision, Risk, and Operations division at the Columbia Business School. He completed his Ph.D. at Stanford University, where he was jointly advised by John Duchi and Peter Glynn. Before joining Columbia, he worked as a research scientist at Facebook Core Data Science. Throughout his academic career, he has received several accolades, including fellowships and awards for his papers, such as recognition at the Neural Information Processing Systems conference and the International Conference on Machine Learning, where he was a runner-up for the student paper award by the INFORMS Applied Probability Society.

Research Interests

Requirements for Columbia University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or international equivalent
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Specialization Notes

Department of Anthropology (GSAS)