Dong Jun Woun
Education
University of Tennessee, Knoxville — M.S. Computer Science
Aug 2024 – Dec 2025 · GPA 3.94Coursework: Computer Systems Organization, Reinforcement Learning (Python)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville — B.S. Computer Science
Aug 2020 – May 2024 · GPA 4.0Minors: Machine Learning & Cyber Security · Dean’s List (Fall 2020 – May 2024) · Cook Grand Challenge Honors
Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms (C++), Systems Programming (C), Software Engineering (React, Sass, Python), Intro to ML (Python), Deep Learning (Python), Software Security, Network Security
Skills
Languages: Bash, C, C++, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Sass, TypeScript
Frameworks & Tools: Linux, Git, Next.js, React, NoSQL, PAPI, MongoDB, NextAuth, Scikit‑learn, Pandas, LEAP
Experience
Innovative Computing Laboratory (ICL) — Graduate Research Assistant
Aug 2024 – Present · Knoxville, TN- Developing & refining features for PAPI (performance monitoring toolkit) in Bash & C.
- Added capability to disable automatic features, enhancing flexibility and user control on macOS.
- Streamlined testing to focus on active hardware, improving efficiency & accuracy.
Amazon Project Kuiper — Software Development Engineer Intern
May 2025 – Aug 2025 · Seattle, WA- Architected CI/CD pipeline for automated hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HITL) testing.
- Built Python/pytest automation framework for diagnostics, log parsing, and HTML reports.
- Deployed reproducible infra with AWS CDK & Docker; designed secure code‑signing framework.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory — Software Engineering Intern
May 2023 – Aug 2023 · Oak Ridge, TN- Achieved 3.5–4.5× speedups by implementing SVM on quantum hardware (Python).
- Scaled on the world’s fastest supercomputer, reaching 11.1× processing speed improvement.
- Authored research on quantum tech in ML (arXiv:2401.12485).
Oak Ridge National Laboratory — Software Engineering Intern
Jun 2022 – Aug 2022 · Oak Ridge, TN- Built SVM model for simulated quantum computers; benchmarked vs. classical baselines.
- Reached 95.8% accuracy (Iris) and 94.2% (Digits) on classification tasks.
Projects
- Compassionate Ministries Web App (Aug 2023 – May 2024): Next.js volunteer & event management; dynamic URL‑param search; CRUD; NextAuth (Google) with route auth.
- Hopfield Drone (Jan 2023 – May 2023): Computer vision markers up to 8ft with 20% obstruction; Hopfield NN with image processing; 11 predefined movement controls.
- VARI (UTK Hackathon, Nov 2021): Won Most Market Ready & Best Rookie; class schedule generator (CSS/HTML/JS).
Organizations
Hack4Impact (May 2021 – Present): Software for non‑profits; 3–5 issues per sprint, code reviews, pair programming; REST APIs, frontend components, auth features.