About Our Founder

Enabling researchers to fully focus by creating a better research ecosystem

CEO Message

A researcher's perspective on the research process

Researchers spend more time writing papers than doing actual research. Murfy was born to change that.

Over 15 years working across R&D teams in industries like manufacturing, telecom, and gaming, I wrote countless research papers. But the time I truly spent on deep research was far too little.

That's why we built Murfy โ€” to create an environment where researchers can focus on what truly matters: their research.

Murfy isn't just a writing tool. It automates academic writing tasks, so researchers spend less time writing and more time thinking.

We'll keep innovating to give it back.

Shounan An

Shounan An
Founder & CEO, Murple

Background

Education & Experience

Education

2010
M.S. in Computer Science
Machine Learning, POSTECH
2006
B.S. in Computer Science
Southwest University

Work Experience

2022 - Present
Founder & CEO
Murple
2018 - 2022
Executive, AI Center
Netmarble
2016 - 2018
Team Lead, R&D Center
SK Telecom
2010 - 2016
Senior Research Engineer, CTO
LG Electronics
Recognition

Awards & Publications

WMT Grammatical Error Correction
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Winner

WMT Grammatical Error Correction

Winner of the EMNLP '21 WMT(GEC) AI Competition, placing 2nd globally in the Amazon-sponsored challenge for automated grammar correction.

EMNLP 2021
COCO DensePose Challenge
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Runner-up

COCO DensePose Challenge

Runner-up at the ECCV '18 COCO DensePose Challenge, demonstrating excellence in real-time human body surface estimation from 2D images.

ECCV 2018
AI R&D Excellence Award
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Grand Prize

AI R&D Excellence Award

Recipient of the Grand Prize in AI Research & Development Division at Netmarble, recognized for innovative contributions to game AI technology.

Netmarble Corp.
Top-tier Conference Publications
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15+ Papers

Top-tier Conference Publications

Published over 15 papers in world-leading AI conferences and journals, including NeurIPS, AAAI, ECCV, and more.

Recognition

Key Portfolio & Activities

Developer Blog Contributor
NVIDIA Activities

Developer Blog Contributor

Featured on the NVIDIA Developer Blog for contributions to AI and machine learning research and development.

GTC '18 Featured Speaker
NVIDIA Activities

GTC '18 Featured Speaker

Selected as a featured speaker at NVIDIA GTC 2018, presenting cutting-edge AI research and innovations to the global tech community.

Academic Profile

Google Scholar Profile

View complete publication history, citations, and research metrics on Google Scholar for a comprehensive overview of academic contributions.

Professional Network

LinkedIn Profile

Connect and follow for updates on latest work, insights on AI research, and professional opportunities within the research ecosystem.

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