He completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. He received his master's degree in Stanford's Financial Mathematics Program. He graduated from Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea with a double major in Industrial & Management Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering. His research interests include measuring and managing financial risk with quantitative modeling and computational techniques. This is Dr. Kim's second visit to RMI and he stayed from 6 July to 5 August 2011.