Suzi Kim; Curriculum Vitae
last updated on 2024.12.10
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Work Experiences
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Dec. 2024 - Present
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Senior Researcher (Contractor) at Wētā FX
Research Lab
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Dec. 2023 - Dec. 2024
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Researcher (Contractor) at Wētā FX
Research Lab
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Jan. 2024 - Present
Daejeon, South Korea
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CEO at Studio AABB
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Feb. 2022 - Dec. 2023
Remote
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Researcher at Wētā Digital (Unity)
Research Lab
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Oct. 2021 - Dec. 2021
Remote
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Research Intern at Adobe
Supervisor: Alec Jacobson
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Apr. 2013 - Aug. 2014
Budapest, Hungary
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Full-time Developer at Prezi
iOS Team
Development of the mobile Prezi application
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Jan. 2012 - Feb. 2013
Geoje, South Korea
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IT Project Group, Information Technology Team, R&D Institute
Development of Android-based CAD applications |
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Jul. 2011
Geoje, South Korea
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CAD System Research Group, Information Technology Team, R&D Institute
Parsing of the loading tree structure for DEP simulation
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Jan. 2010 - Jun. 2010
Daejeon, South Korea
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Undergraduate Research Intern at KAIST
Supervisor: Prof. Junyong Noh
Practical interface development based on fluid simulation |
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Jul. 2010 - Aug. 2010
Daejeon, South Korea
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Vehicle & Defense IT Convergence Research Department
Investigation of E-Navigation apparatus, Implementation of sensor simulator for YAN platform
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Aug. 2010 - Aug. 2011
Daejeon, South Korea
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Undergraduate Research Intern at KAIST
Korean Language Engineering Lab., Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
Supervisor: Prof. Bu-yong Shin
Development of Windows-based HUPS (Hangul-based Universal Phonetic System) |
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Education
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Mar. 2016 - Feb. 2022
Daejeon, South Korea
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Ph.D. in KAIST
Supervisor: Prof. Sunghee Choi
Dissertation: Developing a sortable color palette through geometric approaches [dissertation] |
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Jun. 2016 - Aug. 2016
Yokohama, Japan
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Exchange Researcher in Tokyo Tech
Supervisor: Prof. Hiroshi Nagahashi
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Sep. 2014 - Feb. 2016
Daejeon, South Korea
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M.S. in KAIST
Supervisor: Prof. Sunghee Choi
Thesis: Generation of three-dimensional typography for multiple texts [thesis] |
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Feb. 2008 - Feb. 2012
Daejeon, South Korea
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B.S. in KAIST
Supervisor: Prof. Yung Hwan Oh, Prof. Yoon Joon Lee
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Honors and Awards
Dec. 2021 |
NAVER PhD Fellowship Award
NAVER
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Aug. 2020 |
Best Paper Presentation Award
2020 Korea Computer Congress
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Dec. 2019 |
Best Paper Award
2019 Korea Software Congress
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Aug. 2019 |
Best Presenter Team
Sustainability and Tourism, AOTULE Summer Program 2019
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Aug. 2019 |
Best Paper Presentation Award
2019 Korea Computer Congress
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Jun. 2019 |
Distinguished Paper Award
19th International Conference on Web Engineering
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Aug. 2018 |
Best Teaching Assistant Awards
Teaching Assistant of CS408 Computer Science Project, School of Computing, KAIST
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Jun. 2018 |
Best Paper Award
2018 Korea Computer Congress
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Aug. 2017 |
Best Teaching Assistant Awards
Teaching Assistant of CS504 Computational Geometry, School of Computing, KAIST
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Aug. 2016 |
Top 5 Best Presenter
2016 MISW (The Multidisciplinary International Student Workshop)
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Oct. 2015 |
Best Paper Presentation Award
2015 WISET STEM Research Team Project, KIISE
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Sep. 2010 - Dec. 2011 |
Scholarship Student of DSME
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Feb. 2009 |
Award for Outstanding Application of Formal Design Theories
KAIST
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Nov. 2009 |
Honorable Mention
The ACM Asia Programming Contest Seoul Site 2009
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Mar. 2008 |
Winner of Quiz Show <1 vs 100>
KBS2 Channel
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Professional Activities
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Aug. 2019
São Paulo, Brazil
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The São Paulo School Of Advanced Science In Science Diplomacy And Innovation Diplomacy
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Aug. 2019
Bandung, Indonesia
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AOTULE(The Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering) Summer Program
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Jun. 2016 - Aug. 2016
Tokyo, Japan
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AOTULE(The Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering) Graduate Student Research Exchange
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Jun. 2015
Copenhagen, Denmark
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GRØN DYST (Green Challenge)
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Publications
International
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Animatomy: an Animator-centric, Anatomically Inspired System for 3D Facial Modeling, Animation and Transfer
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia, Dec. 2022. [paper] |
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Dynamic Closest Color Warping to Sort and Compare Palettes
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Automatic Color Scheme Extraction from Movies
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DotCHA: An Interactive 3D Text-based CAPTCHA
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Eyewear Application
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DotCHA: A 3D Text-based Scatter-type CAPTCHA (Distinguished Paper Award)
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CityCraft: 3D Virtual City Creation from a Single Image
The Visual Computer, Vol. 36, Issue 5, pp.911-924, May. 2019. (Published; Issued on May. 2020.) [paper] |
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Automatic Tooth Segmentation of Dental Mesh Using a Transverse Plane
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An Easy Generation of Thriller Movie Poster from 3D Models
MISW(The Multidisciplinary International Student Workshop) 2016. Aug. 2016. [paper] |
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Automatic Generation of 3D Typography
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Eco Image Printing
GRØN DYST 2015. Jun. 2015. [paper] |
Domestic
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Analysis of Security Vulnerabilities and Personal Resource Exposure Risks in Overleaf
Journal of The Korea Society of Computer and Information, Vol. 29 No. 7, pp. 109-115, July 2024.
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Color Palettes Comparison Using Cluster-based Hausdorff Distance
KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices, Vol. 27, No. 10, pp. 492-496, Oct. 2021.
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Color Scheme Extraction Based on Image Segmentation and Saliency Map
Journal of KIISE, Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 302-307, Mar. 2021.
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Cluster-based Color Palettes Comparison (Best Paper Presentation Award)
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CNN-based Real-time Grasping Point Detection Using RGB-D Images
KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 116-121, Feb. 2020.
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Color Scheme Extraction Using Segmentation and Saliency Maps (Best Paper Award)
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CNN-based Grasping Box Detection (Best Paper Presentation Award)
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Saliency-based SVG Image Placeholder Generation
Journal of KIISE, Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 39-44, Jan. 2019.
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Saliency-based Pixel Art Image Generation
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Saliency-based SVG Image Placeholder Generation (Best Paper Award)
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Development of Scene-based Movie Recommendation Algorithm
2016 Vol. 2 WISET Junior Science & Technology Research Reports. Nov. 2016. |
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Development of Korean Font Detection System from Image
2015 Vol. 1 WISET Junior Science & Technology Research Reports. Nov. 2015. |
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Interface Development for Improving Efficiency of Fluid Special Effects Production
In Proc. of Korea Computer Graphics Society (KCGS) 2010 (Poster). Jun. 2010. |
Patents
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Feb. 2020, Jan. 2021, Apr. 2021
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Method and Apparatus for Extracting Color Scheme from Video
Application Number: KR-10-2020-0016109, US-17143577, China-202110022034.0
Registration Number: KR-10-2245349 [link] |
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Apr. 2017
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DotCHA: A 3D Text-based Scatter-type CAPTCHA
Application Number: KR10-2017-0049182
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Sep. 2015, Aug. 2017
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Method and Apparatus for Pre-treating Image for Printing
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Aug. 2010, Sep. 2011
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Method and Apparatus for Simulating Collision Splash
Application Number: KR-10-2010-0077394
Registration Number: KR-10-1068673 [link] |
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Oct. 2012
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Mobile Application for Displaying CAD Drawing
Program Registration: C-2012-021509
DSME. Korea Copyright Commission |
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Oct. 2012
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Desktop-based Program for Viewing CAD Drawing
Program Registration: C-2012-021507
DSME. Korea Copyright Commission |
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Oct. 2012
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Webservice Program for Viewing CAD Drawing
Program Registration: C-2012-021508
DSME. Korea Copyright Commission |
Teaching Assistant
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Spring 2019
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CD401: Multidisciplinary Capstone Design
K-School, KAIST
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Fall 2018
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Counseling Assistant
School of Computing, KAIST
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Fall 2017, Spring 2018
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CS408: Computer Science Project
School of Computing, KAIST
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Spring 2017
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CS504: Computational Geometry
School of Computing, KAIST
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Spring 2016, Fall 2016
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CS300: Introduction to Algorithms
School of Computing, KAIST
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Spring 2015
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CS204: Discrete Mathematics
School of Computing, KAIST
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Fall 2014
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CS101: Introduction to Programming
Department of Computer Science, KAIST
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Spring 2011, Fall 2011
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HSS277: The World of Musicals
School of Humanities & Social Sciences, KAIST
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Spring 2011
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HSS186: Understanding Music and Music History
School of Humanities & Social Sciences, KAIST
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Reviewer
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2025
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Eurographics
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2024
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Transaction in GIS
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2023
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Transaction in GIS
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2023
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ACM SIGGRAPH Asia
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2022
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ACM SIGGRAPH Asia
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2022
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Pacific Graphics
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2022
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ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
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2019
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2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC)
IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society
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Extracurricular Activities
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Feb. 2021 - Feb. 2022
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The 49th KAIST Graduate Student Association "edge"
Vice President
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Mar. 2020 - Feb. 2021
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The 48th KAIST Graduate Student Association "NOW"
Planning Team Director
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Feb. 2019 - Mar. 2020
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The 47th KAIST Graduate Student Association "Wave"
Second Cultural Team Director
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Feb. 2018 - Feb. 2019
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The 46th KAIST Graduate Student Association "Only-one"
IT Team Director
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Feb. 2017 - Feb. 2018
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The 45th KAIST Graduate Student Association "Focus-on"
IT Team Director
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Mar. 2016 - Feb. 2017
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The 44th KAIST Graduate Student Association "RE:BOOT"
Cultural Team Director
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Mar. 2015 - Feb. 2016
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The 43rd KAIST Graduate Student Association
Researcher @Life Style Laboratory
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Feb. 2015 - Feb. 2016
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School of Computing, KAIST
Vice Master Student Representative
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Certificate
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Dec. 2023 - Present
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PADI Open Water Diver Scuba Diving Certification
This qualification meets ISO 24801-2: Diver Level 2 -- Autonomous Diver Standard This diver has satisfactorily met the standards for this certification level as set forth by PADI
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