was born in Seoul, Korea, in 1968. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, in 1992, 1994, and 1999, respectively. From 1999 to 2001, he worked as a Member of the Technical Staff at the Corporate R&D Center of Samsung Electronics, Suwon, Korea. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Sejong University, Seoul, Korea.

His research interests include image and video coding using High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) and Versatile Video Coding (VVC), as well as image coding and processing for 360-degree virtual reality (VR). He has actively contributed to the standardization of HEVC and VVC.

Prof. Han has published numerous significant papers in prestigious international journals such as the IEEE Transactions series. Details of his publications can be found in the Papers section of this website. In addition, he has presented several technical contributions at international standardization meetings, which are available in the Standard Documents section. 

Building upon his experience in HEVC and VVC standardization, Prof. Han is currently involved in the post-VVC standardization process, whose official codec name has not yet been finalized. In addition, he is actively participating in the standardization of key technologies related to the metaverse within the international standardization body IEC TC100, contributing to the development of next-generation multimedia and immersive media systems.

was born in Seoul, Korea in 1998. Since 2021, he had been an undergraduate student researcher in MSP laboratory, the department of electrical engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea. He is pursuing for MS degree in MSP lab. from Sept. 2023. His major includes VP (Virtual Reality), 3D image recostruction based point cloud, and Deep Learning for generating 3D image.

was born in Seoul, Korea in 1999. He is majoring in electrical engineering at Sejong University. He has joined MSP laboratory since March 2022. He is interested in studying image processing. He has begun the research related to panorama and VR since 2022. 

was born in Pyeongtaek, Korea in 2000. He is an undergraduate in the department of electrical engineering from Sejong University, Seoul, Korea. He has joined in MSP laboratory and begun the research related to panorama VR image since September 2022. His research themes include computer vision, VR, and machine learning.