Curriculum Vitae

ryanpark7@math.ucla.edu
Los Angeles, CA 90095
MS2350, Department of Mathematics
University of California, Los Angeles

Research Interests

• Emergent Properties of Foundation Models
• Deep Learning Theory

Education

• Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, UCLA, 2025-
  • Advisors: Ernest K. Ryu and Yifan Chen.
• M.S. in Mathematics, Seoul National University, 2024-2025
  • Advisor: Ernest K. Ryu
• B.S. in Physics, Seoul National University, 2017-2023

Publications & Preprints

• J. R. Park, J. J. Suh, Y. Hong, and E. K. Ryu. Numerical Analysis of HiPPO-LegS ODE for Deep State Space Models . Transactions on Machine Learning Research, 2026.
• J. R. Park, J. Kim, G. Kim, J. Jo, S. Choi, J. Cho, and E. K. Ryu. Clip-Low Increases Entropy and Clip-High Decreases Entropy in Reinforcement Learning of Large Language Models . arXiv Preprint, 2025.
• J. Y. Choi, J. R. Park, I. Park, J. Cho, A. No, and E. K. Ryu. Simple Drop-in LoRA Conditioning on Attention Layers Will Improve Your Diffusion Model . Transactions on Machine Learning Research, 2024.
• J. Y. Choi, J. Park, I. Park, J. Cho, A. No, and E. K. Ryu. LoRA can Replace Time and Class Embeddings in Diffusion Probabilistic Models . NeurIPS 2023 Workshop on Diffusion Models, 2023.

Research Experience

• Ryu Optimization Group, Ph.D. Student, Sep 2023 - Present
  • Deep Learning Theory
  • Empirical Deep Learning
• Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics Lab, Undergraduate Research Intern, Sep 2022 - Feb 2023
  • Advisor: Yongjoo Baek
• Electronic Structures Group, Undergraduate Research Intern, Jul 2021 - Feb 2022
  • Advisor: Changyoung Kim

Honors and Awards

• Horn-Moez Award for Excellence in First-Year Ph.D. Studies, UCLA, 2026
• Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Seoul National University, 2018, 2021, 2022

Teaching Experience

• Support Instructor
  • Samsung AI Expert, Aug 2024
  • LG Electronics AI Employee Training, Aug 2024, Aug 2025
• Teaching Assistant
  • Math31B, UCLA
  • Reinforcement Learning of Large Language Models, SNU
  • Generative AI and Foundation Models, SNU

Work & Extracurricular Experience

• Republic of Korea Air Force, Air Intelligence Wing, Air Force Operations Command, Oct 2019 - May 2021
• LG Global Challengers, selected participant in LG’s global undergraduate research and exploration program, Mar 2018 - Oct 2018

Skills

• Programming Languages: Python, MATLAB