Professor

Professional Career

• Professor(Sept 2022 - Present): Division of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Kongju National University

• Associate Professor (Sept 2017 – Sept 2022): Division of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Kongju National University

• Assistant Professor (Sept 2013 – Aug 2017): Division of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Kongju National University

• Assistant Professor (Mar 2011 – Aug 2013): Department of Applied Robotics, Kyungil University

• Teaching Professor (Mar 2010 – Fab 2011): Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology

• Research Professor (Aug 2009 – Feb 2010): Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University

Education

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Aug 2009)

Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea

Dissertation: Development of Robust Environmental Feature Structure for SLAM in Indoor Environments Using Sonar Sensors

Thesis advisor: Prof. Dong-Woo Cho

• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Feb 2005)

Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea

Dissertation: Development of a Feature Based Map Building Method Using Sonar Sensors for an Autonomous Mobile Robot

Thesis advisor: Prof. Dong-Woo Cho

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Feb 2003)

Hanyang University, Erica Campus, Korea

summa cum laude

Research Interests

• Mobile robots

• Simultaneous localization and mapping [SLAM]

• Deep learning

• Sensor fusion

• Extended Kalman filter-based Localization

• Map building and management

• Indoor navigation

• Unmanned surface vehicle [USV]

• Underwater terrain mapping

• Underwater object detection and tracking

• 3D point cloud description

Research Visits

• Security, Privacy, and Advanced Computing Lab (SPACL) (Aug 2014, Jul - Aug 2015)

NCCU, Durham, USA: Underwater 3D Terrain Mapping

• • Robotic Embedded Systems Laboratory (Sep 2008 – Nov 2008)

USC, LA, USA: underwater mapping

• Intelligent Robot Laboratory (Jun 2007 – Jun 2008)

Cheju National University, Jeju, Korea

Honors Awards

• Best Paper Award (May 24th 2019)

ICRA 2019 Workshop on Underwater Robotics Perception

Sejin Lee, Byungjae Park, Ayoung Kim, Deep Learning from Shallow Dives: Sonar Image Generation and Training for Underwater Object Detection

• Best Paper Award (Jan 2019)

2019 Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference

• Journal Best Paper Award (Feb 2017)

2017 Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference

• Best Paper Award (Jul 2012)

2012 Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference

• Best Paper Award (Jul 2009)

2009 Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference

• Best Paper Award (Jun 2008)

2007 Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference

• Honor Scholarship for Undergraduate Students (Aug 1996 – Feb 2003)

Up to 75% Partial Tuition Fee Waiver, Hanyang University

Invited Talks

• The Invited Seminar on "Introduction of the object recognition technique using underwater multibeam sonar sensor", to be held in Kunsan National University, Korea, Feb 20, 2019.

• The Invited Workshop on "Study on the object recognition using underwater multibeam sonar sensor", to be held in KROC 2019, Korea, Jan 23, 2019.

• The Invited Seminar on "Study on the submerged human body detection based on deep learning using underwater sonar images", to be held in KAIST, Korea, Jan 4, 2018.

• The Invited Seminar on "Study on the submerged human body detection based on deep learning using underwater sonar images", to be held in SeoulTech, Korea, Dec 15, 2017.

• The Invited Seminar on "Study on the object detection based on deep learning using underwater sonar sensor", to be held in Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering, Korea, Nov 22, 2016.

• The Invited Seminar on "Study on the object detection based on deep learning using underwater sonar sensor", to be held in Korea Institute of Robot and Convergence, Korea, Sept 26, 2016.

• The KSME Workshop on "Study on the range detection sensors for autonomous navigation robots", to be held in Pukyong National University, Korea, Aug 17, 2016.

• The Korea-US Workshop on "Toward the Next Generation of Robotic Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief: Fundamental Enabling Technologies", to be held in Jeju Island, Korea, from Oct 31 to Nov 2, 2015.

• Sejin Lee, Jahyo Ku, Donghyun Kim, "RUSH: Rapidly deployable multiple US2Vs (Underwater Sonar equipped Unmanned Surface Vehicles) system for searching submerged Human and object"