Kisun Lee

BK 21 Research Professor
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)

Research interests

  • Symbolic and numerical computation; homotopy continuation and numerical certification
  • Certified computation in algebraic geometry; computer assisted proof in algebraic geometry
  • Polyhedral and tropical geometry; tensor rank problems

Academic Background

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Clemson University, 2023-2026
  • SEW Visiting Assistant Professor, UC San Diego, 2020-2023
  • Ph.D. in Mathematics, Georgia Tech, 2015-2020 - Advisor: Anton Leykin

I am currently on the job market.

Research

Publications

  1. Certified surface approximations using the interval Krawczyk test (with M. Burr & J. D. Hauenstein)
    In Proceedings of the ISSAC 2026. (2026) pp 77-86.
    (slides), (arxiv)
  2. Certified algebraic curve projections by path tracking (with M. Burr & M. Byrd)
    In Proceedings of the ISSAC 2025. (2025) pp 87-96.
    (slides), (arxiv)
  3. The tropical variety of symmetric rank 2 matrices (with M. Cai & J. Yu)
    Linear Algebra and its Applications. 720 (1) (2025) pp 50-71.
    (slides), (video), (arxiv)
  4. Effective alpha theory certification using interval arithmetic: alpha theory over regions
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science (In Proceedings of the ICMS 2024). 14749 (2024) pp 275-284.
    (arxiv)
  5. Certified homotopy tracking using the Krawczyk method (with T. Duff)
    In Proceedings of the ISSAC 2024. (2024) pp 274-282.
    (slides), (video), (arxiv)
  6. Implementing real polyhedral homotopy (with J. Lindberg & J. I. Rodriguez)
    Journal of Software for Algebra and Geometry. 14 (1) (2024) pp 59-71.
    (GitHub repo), (arxiv)
  7. Two-step Newton's method for deflation-one singular zeros of analytic systems (with N. Li & L. Zhi)
    Journal of Symbolic Computation. 123 (2024) 102278.
    (arxiv)
  8. Isolating clusters of zeros of analytic systems using arbitrary-degree inflation (with M. Burr & A. Leykin)
    In Proceedings of the ISSAC 2023. (2023) pp 126-134.
    (slides), (arxiv)
  9. On the polyhedral homotopy method for solving generalized Nash equilibrium problems of polynomials (with X. Tang)
    Journal of Scientific Computing. 95 (1) (2023) no. 13.
    (slides), (video), (arxiv)
  10. Homotopy techniques for analytic combinatorics in several variables (with S. Melczer & J. Smolčić)
    In Proceedings of the SYNASC 2022. (2022) pp 27-34.
    (GitHub repo), (slides), (arxiv)
  11. Typical ranks in symmetric matrix completion (with D. I. Bernstein & G. Blekherman)
    Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra. 225 (2021) no. 7, 106603.
    (poster), (arxiv)
  12. Certifying approximate solutions to polynomial systems on Macaulay2
    ACM Communications in Computer Algebra. 53 (2019) no. 2, pp 45-48.
    (software), (slides)
  13. Effective certification of approximate solutions to systems of equations involving analytic functions (with M. Burr & A. Leykin)
    In Proceedings of the ISSAC 2019. (2019) pp 267-274.
    (GitHub repo), (poster), (slides), (arxiv)
  14. Solving polynomial systems via homotopy continuation and monodromy (with T. Duff, C. Hill, A. N. Jensen, A. Leykin & J. Sommars)
    IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis. 39 (2019) no. 3, pp 1421-1446.
    (arxiv)
  15. The dimension of magic squares over fields of characteristics two and three (with W. Jung, J. L. Kim & Y. Kim)
    Linear Algebra and its Applications. 472 (2015) pp 118-134.

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