Changjoo Nam (남창주) (CV, Google Scholar; LinkedIn; Team:  AI Robotics Lab)   Contact: cjnam at sogang.ac.kr

포닥, 대학원생, 학부연구생 수시로 모집합니다. (공고문)

Short bio

I am an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Electronic Engineering at Sogang University. I am also directing AI Robotics Lab. Before joining Sogang, I was an Assistant Professor at Inha University. Also, I worked as a Senior Research Scientist at Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. I received my Ph.D. degree from Texas A&M University in Computer Science and master's and bachelor's degrees from Korea University in Electrical and Computer Engineering. 

Awards (selected only)

- Young Scientist Award, Korea Robotics Society (KROS), 2023

- Ricci Teaching Award, Sogang University, College of Engineering, 2023

Services (selected only)

- Co-chair, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee on Multi-Robot Systems

- Organizing Chair, IEEE RO-MAN 2023

- Senior Program Committee, AAAI 2023, 2024

- Associate Editor, Int. J. of Robotics Research (IJRR)

- Associate Editor, IEEE ICRA 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

- Associate Editor, IEEE/RSJ IROS 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

- Reviewer, RSS 2023, 2024

Mission

My research aims to develop fast (preferably polynomial-time) algorithms that compute task and motion plans for autonomous robots which may work with humans or in unstructured environments.

Research interests

I am interested in task planning for robots in order to achieve missions across varied domains. In the problems that I'm interested in, planning of tasks needs to consider cost optimization and human factors. It is also important to incorporate uncertainties and dynamics in environments.

- Areas of interests: Multi-robot coordination, robotic manipulation, robot navigation

Highlights (Click to learn more)

Media coverage

- [Nov 2022] Young Roboticist (in Korean) (link)

- [Jul 2021] Samsung STF award (in Korean) (link)

- [Oct 2019] Multi-robot systems (in Korean) (link, link)

- [Oct 2019] Bin picking (link)

Quote

"If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes."

- Clement of Alexandria

Favorites

- Book recommendations and climate change awareness by J: https://sites.google.com/view/myperfectbook