[Free Live] The process of developing an AI competition-winning algorithm into an oral presentation paper for an international conference

How did an AI competition-winning algorithm become an international conference paper?

Achieving good results in an AI competition and producing a research paper seem like two completely different stories.

However, if you deeply analyze a single problem, repeat experiments, and generalize the ideas discovered in the process, you can develop your competition experience into actual research.

In this live session, based on the actual experience of ranking 3rd out of 947 teams in the K League-University of Seoul Open AI Competition, we will share the process of how an idea that started in a competition evolved into a Methods Track Oral paper at the International Conference on Automated Machine Learning (AutoML Conference 2026, https://2026.automl.cc/accepted-papers/).

🎯 This live session is for people like this

• Those who are participating in AI competitions but want to create an experience that goes beyond just improving their scores

• Those who want to develop ideas gained from competitions into research papers

• Those who are wondering how to start machine learning and deep learning research

• A student conducting AI research in graduate school

• Developers and data scientists who want to bridge the gap between AI research and practice

• Those who are curious about the process of writing papers for international conferences

• Those who are curious about how actual researchers define problems and develop algorithms

🏆 Research that started from an actual competition

The research to be introduced in this live session was not a project started for the purpose of writing a paper from the beginning.

It started from the process of solving a time-series forecasting problem in an actual AI competition.

In a competition, it is important to achieve good performance within a limited timeframe, but research is not completed simply by raising the leaderboard score.

In this study, while re-analyzing the algorithms used in the competition,

"Why does this method work well?"

"In what situations do limitations arise?"

"Can this idea be applied to other data and problems?"

I asked these questions.

And based on these questions, I enhanced existing methods and developed new research ideas.

🔬 Competition → Research Idea → Algorithm → Paper

In the live session, we will look at the step-by-step process of how a single idea develops into research.

1. Problem Analysis

It explains how the data was viewed and how the problem was defined when first encountering the time-series forecasting problem.

We will look at how we analyzed the characteristics of the data and the structure of the problem and what hypotheses we established, rather than simply choosing a model.

2. Algorithm Design

We introduce the approaches and experimental strategies actually used in the competition.

We will look at which ideas were tried, which methods were effective, and conversely, which approaches failed.

3. Performance Improvement

It explains how patterns discovered during the process of increasing leaderboard scores were analyzed and connected to the next experiments.

Focus on the process of improving the algorithm itself based on an understanding of the problem, rather than simple hyperparameter tuning.

4. Deriving Research Ideas

We will examine the process of generalizing ideas into a form that is not dependent on a specific dataset, rather than simply using the experience gained from the competition as is.

In this process, we explain through actual cases how the limitations of existing methods were discovered and how new research hypotheses were formulated.

5. Development into a New Algorithm

Through this process, we introduce the ideas and design background of FS-DCM (Frequency-Separated Dual-Context Modeling with Dynamic Local Volatility Weighting for Time-Series AutoML), which was developed accordingly.

Rather than simply listing complex formulas,

Why this structure was necessary

Which problems it was designed to solve

What makes it different from existing methods

focuses on explaining.

6. Writing the Paper

It also covers how results obtained from competitions were transformed into research questions and developed into the structure of a paper.

Based on actual paper writing experience, I will discuss the differences between listing experimental results and writing a research paper, as well as how to connect research hypotheses with experiments.

7. International Conference Oral Acceptance

Finally, I will share the research experience and the process of developing the study into an AutoML Conference 2026 Methods Track Oral paper.

📌 Topics covered in the live session

• How to approach AI competition problems

• Time-series forecasting problem analysis and experimental strategies

• The process of designing the award-winning algorithm

• Experimental methods for performance improvement

• How to find research ideas from failed experiments

• How to generalize competition ideas

• The process of creating a new algorithm from the limitations of existing methods

• Core ideas of the FS-DCM algorithm

• How to connect experimental results to research hypotheses

• The process of developing competition results into a research paper

• The process of writing papers for international conferences and conducting research

• Experience of being accepted for an Oral presentation at AutoML Conference 2026

💡 What you will gain from this live session

We are not just talking about how to get high scores in competitions.

The core of this live session is how to dig deep into a single problem and develop it into a research idea.

Instead of letting the experience gained from the competition end as a simple award on your resume,

Problem Solving → Experimentation → Winning → Discovering Limitations → Research Hypothesis → Algorithm Development → Paper Writing → International Conference

I will show you the actual process of connecting these steps.

If you are participating in AI competitions but wondering, "How can I develop this experience into research?", you can gain specific direction through real-world cases.

👨‍💻 Instructor Introduction

I am researching machine learning and deep learning while balancing my professional career with a Master's program in Artificial Intelligence at Yonsei University.

I have participated in AI competitions to solve real-world problems and gain award-winning experience, and by developing ideas from these competitions into research, I presented an AutoML Conference 2026 Oral paper.

Currently, I am operating the AI learning platform Modoo AI (https://mdooai.com) to support AI learners, and I am also conducting generative AI education and mentoring as an Upstage Certified Trainer.

Based on experiences gained from research, practice, and education, I deliver complex AI technologies in a way that is easy and accurate to understand for everyone, from those learning AI for the first time to those looking to start their research.

🚀 From a single competition experience to research

Rather than an AI competition that simply ends with an award,

"What kind of research questions can we create from these results?"

We will explore this together from that perspective.

Check out the link between AI competitions and research through real-world examples.