Curriculum Vitae
(Last update on 2024/05/08)
Education
2016 - 2019
Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision)
Jeonbuk National University, South Korea. Dissertation: Efficient Deep Learning Techniques for Recognition and Glocal Description of Plant Anomalies and Symptoms. (Available here)
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Dong Sun Park.
2014 - 2016
M. Eng. in Electronics Engineering (Computer Vision and Machine Learning)
Jeonbuk National University, Korea.
Thesis: Efficient Motion Field Estimation in Dynamic Environments based on Warping Multilevel Optical Flow. (Available here)
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Dong Sun Park.
2004 - 2012
Engineer in Mechatronics
Tecnica del Norte University, Ecuador.
Thesis: Design and Implementation of a Biodigester with an Automatic Control System to Generate Biogas. 2012. (Available here)
Advisor: Eng. Miguel Jami
2009 - 2010
Exchange Studies in Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development
Leuphana University of Luneburg, Germany.
Complementary Education
2021
Executive Program in AI and Automation for the Enterprise
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.
2019
Global Leader Experience
Common Purpose, UK
Leadership program at Jeonbuk National University, South Korea.
2013
Education for Sustainable Development
Postgraduate Institute, Tecnica del Norte University, Ecuador. Joint Program with the University of Luneburg, Germany.
2012
International Alumni DAAD Summer School
Environmental Management Information Systems for Sustainable Development
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany.
2011
International Alumni DAAD Summer School
Applied Solar Technology in Developing Countries
University of Kassel, Germany.
2007
DAAD Visiting Scholar
Renewable Energies and Sustainable Development
University of Luneburg, University of Gottingen, Germany.
Research Experience and Professional Appointments
2023/01 - present
Fellow
Seoul National University, South Korea.
2022/09 - present
Research Professor
Core Research Institute of Intelligent Robots (CRIFIR)
Jeonbuk National University, South Korea.
2021/03 - present
Lecturer
Graduate School, Department of Electronics Engineering
Jeonbuk National University, South Korea.
2021/11 - 2022/08
Postdoctoral Researcher
Core Research Institute of Intelligent Robots (CRIFIR)
Jeonbuk National University, South Korea.
2020/11 - 2021/11
Postdoctoral Researcher
BK21 JIANT-IT Department of Electronics Engineering
Jeonbuk National University, South Korea.
2020/09-10
Postdoctoral Researcher
Core Research Institute of Intelligent Robots (CRIFIR)
Jeonbuk National University, South Korea.
2019/09 - 2020/08
Postdoctoral Researcher
BK21 HOPE-IT Department of Electronics Engineering
Jeonbuk National University, South Korea.
2016/03 - 2019/08
Research Assistant (Ph.D. Student)
Multimedia Lab, Department of Electronics Engineering
Jeonbuk National University, South Korea.
2014/03 - 2016/02
Research Assistant (Master Student)
Multimedia Lab, Department of Electronics Engineering
Jeonbuk National University, South Korea.
2012/08 - 2014/02
Lecturer - Researcher (Docente-Investigador)
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Mechatronics Engineering
Tecnica del Norte University, Ecuador.
2012 - 2014/02
Technical Support Engineer for Latin-America
DALE Digital (German - Ecuadorian Company)
Aerial Photogrammetry and Camera Vision, Ecuador.
2008 - 2013
Project Assistant (Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft)
ENSU “Learning and Teaching Sustainability”, DAAD Project - University of Luneburg, Germany.
Tecnica del Norte University, Ecuador.
Teaching
Jeonbuk National University, South Korea
2024/Spring
Advanced Intelligent Programming (Instructor).
2023/Fall
Advanced Intelligent Programming (Instructor).
2023/Spring
Advanced Intelligent Programming (Instructor).
2022/Fall
Advanced Intelligent Programming (Instructor).
2022/Spring
Advanced Intelligent Programming (Instructor).
2021/Fall
Advanced Computer Vision (Co-Instructor).
2021/Spring
Pattern Recognition (Instructor).
2020/Fall
Parallel Computer Vision (Co-Instructor).
2019/Fall
Machine Learning (Assistant of Prof. Dong Sun Park).
Tecnica del Norte University, Ecuador
2012/08 ~ 2014/02
Mechatronics Engineering (Instructor).
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Mechatronic Design
Control Systems
Electronics
Programming Microcontrollers
Manufacturing Processes
Funding
NRF National Research Foundation of Korea (Principal Investigator) 2021 ~ 2024:
딥러닝을 이용한 다중 카테고리 데이터의 시공간 특성화 프로세스 기반 최적 계층적 작물 성장 모델 연구
Optimal crop growth model based on spatio-temporal characterization processes of multi-category data using deep learning architectures.
List of present and past projects
2021 - 2024
Spatio-temporal growth model of crops based on deep learning. (Principal Investigator).
2021 - 2025
Plant disease recognition based on deep learning techniques. (Researcher and Team leader).
Study on optimal plant nutrition in hydroponic crops based on deep learning. (Researcher).
Cattle action recognition and behavior understanding based on deep learning (Researcher and Team leader).
2021 (Completed)
Deep learning-based face mask recognition (Researcher and PI).
2020 - 2023 (Completed)
Deep learning-based Anti-nuclear Antibody Cells Recognition (medical images) with Chonnam National University Hospital (Researcher).
Hierarchical cattle behavior recognition in video data (Researcher and Team leader).
2016 - 2019 (Completed)
Tomato disease recognition based on deep learning (Researcher).
2018 (Completed)
Deep Learning-based Person Identification for Robot Tracking in Unconstrained Environments (Researcher).
2016 -2018 (Completed)
Deep Learning-based Pedestrian Detection and Tracking (Researcher).
Deep Learning-based Human Pose Estimation (Researcher).
2014 - 2016 (Completed)
Motion Field Estimation for Autonomous Vehicles (Researcher).
Honors and Awards
Honors
2020/09
Postdoc Fellowship, JIANT-BK21, Jeonbuk National University, South Korea.
2019/09
DAAD Postdoc-Net Fellow, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany. Selected as one of the 25 participants out of 250 applicants.
2019/09
Postdoc Fellowship, HOPE-IT BK21, Jeonbuk National University, South Korea.
2016 - 2019
Ph.D. Full Scholarship, Jeonbuk National University, South Korea.
2014 - 2016
Master’s degree Full Scholarship, Jeonbuk National University, South Korea.
2014
Master’s degree Full Scholarship (Unclaimed), DAAD, Germany. MSc in Photogrammetry and Geo-informatics. Admitted – Awarded but unclaimed scholarship.
2012
DAAD Scholarship (Summer School), University of Oldenburg, Germany. Topic: Environmental Management Information Systems for Sustainable Development. Selected among various applicants from developing countries.
2011
DAAD Scholarship (Summer School), University of Kassel, Germany. Topic: Applied Solar Technology in Developing Countries. Selected among various applicants from developing countries.
2009 - 2010
Full Scholarship for Exchange Semester, University of Luneburg, Germany.
2008
DAAD Scholarship (Study trip) in Germany. One of the top ten students awarded an Academic Scholarship from the German Academic Institute (DAAD) and the Tecnica del Norte University, Ecuador.
2005 - 2008
Tecnica del Norte University Scholarship, Undergraduate studies. Awarded to the best students based on the score performance.
Awards
2022/10
Best paper award, International Conference on Smartmedia 2022, Saipan, USA. Topic: Annotation Consistency Analysis for Plant Disease Detection.
2021/04
Best paper award, KISM Spring Conference 2021, Busan, South Korea. Topic: Deep Learning-based plant leaf instance segmentation in spatio-temporal data.
2019/09
Best Paper Award, ISITC 2019, Tianjin, China. Topic: Deep Learning-based Long-Term Face Recognition in Unconstrained Environments for Real-time Embedded Applications.
2019/07
Invited Researcher and Speaker, College of Artificial Intelligence, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China. Topic: Deep learning-based object detection and feature extractors.
2018/02
Outstanding Graduate Student Award, BK21, Jeonbuk National University, South Korea. Recognition for the contributions to the principles of graduate research while pursuing the Doctoral Degree in Electronics and Information Engineering.
2018/05
Best Paper Award, The Korea Contents Society, South Korea. Topic: Spatial Multilevel Optical Flow Architecture for Motion Estimation of Stationary Objects with Moving Camera.
2017/10
Best Paper Award, ISITC 2017, Hebei, China. Topic: Understanding Convolutional Neural Network Architectures for Small-Scale Objects Identification - A CNN-Based System for Whiteflies Identification in Tomato Plants.
2016/10
Best Paper Award, ISITC 2016, Shanghai, China. Topic: Characteristics of Tomato Plant Diseases - A study for tomato plant disease identification.
2015/10
Best Paper Award, ISITC 2015, Tianjin, China. Topic: Motion field estimation in dynamic environments based on Warping Multi-level Optical Flow.
Academic Service
Guest editor. Special issue "Advance AI Methods for Plant Disease and Pest Recognition". Frontiers in Plant Science.
Guest editor. Special Issue "Tools and Techniques for Monitoring Pests and Diseases in Agro-Ecosystem". Agronomy MDPI.
Peer reviewer Frontiers. Frontiers in Plant Science.
Peer reviewer MDPI. Sensors, Remote Sensing, Electronics, Applied Science.
Peer reviewer ELSEVIER. Computer and Electronics in Agriculture, Biosystems.
Peer reviewer IEEE. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, IEEE Access.