Academic interests
I'm interested in the emergence, evolution and dynamics of cognitive abilities, both in biological and artificial brains.
For my PhD, I'm exploring various concept-based and mechanistic interpretability methods (e.g. contextual embeddings and neural circuits) to better understand how large language models (LLMs) process and reproduce information.
Previously I have worked on computational models for child language acquisition (Bachelor dissertation), evolutionary methods for adaptive social behaviour in LLM chatbots (Master thesis), as well as smaller projects on bio-inspired algorithms. I have also done some joint research in abstract mathematics.
Courses taught
- HON2200 – Data-driven projects (spring semester 2025)
- HON1000 – Interdisciplinary topic for honours students (2024 – 2027)
Dissemination and Communication
- 23.10.2026: Abels tårn - Hvor kjipe virus kan KI lage? (How awful are the viruses AI could create)? (panel member)
- 09.10.2026: INTEDs PhD forum - Cognitive Entanglements in Animals and Machines (talk)
- 20.08.2026: ALIFE2026 - Workshop on Agentic and Generative AI as Artificial Life - Safe and Secure Ecologies of Autonomous Agents (panel member)
- 20.08.2026: ALIFE2026 - Workshop on Agentic and Generative AI as Artificial Life - Conversable Complexity: Agentic LLM Collectives as Interpretable Substrates (short talk)
- 18.08.2026: ALIFE2026 - Emerging Researchers in Artificial Life (ERA) MiniConference (host and co-organiser)
- 30.06.2026: ICCC26 - The Affordance is the Message: Creative Media as Complex Systems (short talk)
- 05.06.2026: Abels tårn - Blir bananer bra brennstoff? (Would bananas be good as fuel?) (panel member)
- 21.05.2026: CCSEs ODD seminar - Multiple-Noise Tests: Separating Surface-Form Guessing from Stable Responses in LLM Benchmark Behaviour (talk)
- 14.11.2025: Psychology Department - Postdoctoral Program Module 4: AI and research - Embedding models for text analysis (talk)
- 19.03.2025: IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence - Young Professionals: Insight Into Academia and Career Paths (panel member)
Background
I hold a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), and a Master of Science in Cognitive Science from Seoul National University (South Korea).
Awards
- 1st place, European Contest for Young Scientists (2016)
Appointments
- Organiser, Artificial Life, Intelligence, Complexity and Evolution Workshop (ALICE), Geilo 2027
- Graduate Student Representative, International Society for Artificial Life (2024-2026)
Positions held
- PhD Candidate, CCSE & INTED, University of Oslo (spring 2025 - present)
- Research Assistant, CCSE & INTED, University of Oslo (autumn 2024 - spring 2025)
- Lab Member, Human Factors Lab, Seoul National University (spring 2024)
- Lab Member, BioIntelligence Lab, Seoul National University (autumn 2022 - spring 2024)
- Software Developer, Cambridge Press & Assessment (autumn 2020 - spring 2021)
- Undergraduate Researcher, ALTA group, University of Cambridge (summer 2019)