Oum Sang-il(Korean:엄상일;born 1976) is a South Korean mathematician working ingraph theoryanddiscrete mathematics.He is a tenured professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences atKAISTand the chief investigator of the Discrete Mathematics Group in the Pioneer Research Center for Mathematical and Computational Sciences at theInstitute for Basic Science.He is known for his work on structural graph theory and in particular for structures and algorithms relating to rank-width,clique-width,and branch-width. He published more than 45 journal papers.
Oum Sang-il | |
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| Born | 1976 Yecheon County,North Gyeongsang Province,South Korea |
| Alma mater | KAIST,Princeton University |
| Awards | Excellent Research Paper Award, Excellent Young Researcher Research Award,Young Scientist Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Graph theory,discrete mathematics |
| Institutions | Georgia Tech,University of Waterloo,KAIST,Korea Institute for Advanced Study,Institute for Basic Science |
| Thesis | Graphs of Bounded Rank-width(2005) |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Seymour |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 엄상일 |
| Revised Romanization | Eom Sangil |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ŏm Sangil |
| Website | Sang-il Oum (엄상일) - Discrete Mathematics Group |
He won the Young Scientist Award from the South Korean government in 2012.[1] and the TJ Park Young Professor Fellowship[2]from the POSCO TJ Park Foundation in 2009. He has been an editor of theJournal of the Korean Mathematical Societysince 2011 and a founding member of Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology.
He wrote a monthly article for the monthly magazineMath Donga(ko)for 4 years from 2016, sharing the latest research breakthroughs in mathematics.[3]
In theKorean Mathematical Society,he was appointed twice (2011–2012, 2017–2018) as an executive member of the board of trustees in charge of theKorean Mathematical Olympiad.He was a member of the Korean Mathematical Olympiad Committee for 2011–2018 and was the deputy leader of the South Korean team at theInternational Mathematical Olympiadin 2012 and 2018.
Education
editBorn inYecheon County,Oum attendedDaegu Science High SchoolinDaegufrom 1992. He then went toKAISTwhere he majored in mathematics and graduated with a B.S. in 1998. Studying in the Program of Applied and Computational Mathematics ofPrinceton University,he majored in graph theory and discrete mathematics. His dissertation was overseen by ProfessorPaul Seymourand Ph.D. was awarded in 2005.
Career
editFrom 1999 to 2002, Oum worked as a computer programmer in Korea. He was a visiting assistant professor in the School of Mathematics,Georgia Techfor 2005–2006 and a postdoctoral fellow underJim Geelenin the Department of Combinatorics & Optimization in theUniversity of Waterlooin 2007. In 2008, he joined the Department of Mathematical SciencesKAISTas an assistant professor before coming an associate professor and then full professor in 2011 and 2016, respectively. He was an affiliate professor in the School of Mathematics,Korea Institute for Advanced Studyfor several years. In 2018, he was appointed as the CI (Chief Investigator) of the Discrete Mathematics Group in the Pioneer Research Center for Mathematical and Computational Sciences at theInstitute for Basic Science(IBS). This and the Pioneer Research Center for Biomolecular and Cellular Structure are the first of two such centers at IBS.[4][5][6]
Awards and honors
edit- 2022:Choi Seok-jeong Award[7][8]
- 2017: Founding member of Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology[9][10]
- 2012:Young Scientist Award,President of Korea[11][12]
- 2011: Excellent Young Researcher Research Award,National Research Foundation of Korea
- 2010: Excellent Research Paper Award, Korean Mathematical Society[13][14]
- 2009: TJ Park Junior Faculty Fellowship, POSCO TJ Park Foundation[15][16]
References
edit- ^"수학동아" 따끈따끈한 수학 "연재 (2019년)".Korean Ministry of Education(in Korean). 23 May 2020.Retrieved23 May2020.
- ^"POSCO Science Fellowship".POSCO TJ Park Foundation.23 May 2020.Retrieved23 May2020.
- ^Oum, Sang-il (23 May 2020)."수학동아" 따끈따끈한 수학 "연재 (2019년)".Sang-il Oum(in Korean).Retrieved23 May2020.
- ^윤, 희은 (2 December 2018)."IBS, '젊은 연구자 주축' 연구단 출범".The Korea Economic Daily(in Korean).Retrieved20 January2020.
- ^이, 준기 (2 December 2018)."IBS, 젊은 과학자 3명 주축 '새 연구단' 출범".디지털타임스(in Korean). The DigitalTimes.Retrieved20 January2020.
- ^남, 도영 (2 December 2018)."IBS, 2개 연구단 새로 출범…30~40대 연구원 포진".뉴스1(in Korean).Retrieved20 January2020.
- ^유용하 (13 December 2022)."올해의 최석정상 수상자 서울대 강명주·카이스트 엄상일·포스텍 황형주 교수"(in Korean).Seoul Shinmun.Retrieved15 December2022.
- ^이명아 (13 December 2022)."2022년 “올해의 최석정상” 수상자 선정 ".대학지성(in Korean).Retrieved15 December2022.
- ^"젊은 과학자들의 모임 '차세대과학기술한림원' 출범".The Science Times(in Korean).Yonhap News Agency.24 February 2017.Retrieved10 February2020.
- ^"KAIST 교수 13인, 젊은 과학자 위한 차세대한림원 Y-KAST 창립회원 선정".KAIST(in Korean). 27 February 2017.Retrieved10 February2020.
- ^권, 동준 (20 December 2012)."올해 '젊은 과학자상'에 엄상일 카이스트 교수 등 선정".ETNews(in Korean).Retrieved10 February2020.
- ^김, 봉구 (24 December 2012)."[동정] '젊은 과학자상' 엄상일·최경수·남좌민·조남혁씨".Korea Economic Daily(in Korean).Retrieved10 February2020.
- ^"회원소개 엄상일".Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology(in Korean).Retrieved10 February2020.
- ^"역대 학회상 수상자".Korean Mathematical Society(in Korean).Retrieved10 February2020.
- ^"Sang-il Oum (엄상일)".Sang-il Oum.Retrieved23 May2020.
- ^"올해의 펠로".POSCO 청암재단(in Korean).Retrieved29 September2022.