Professor
Tel. : +82-41-521-9259
Fax : +82-41-555-9123
E-mail : sejiny3@kongju.ac.kr
Address : Rm 709, Div. of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Engineering Building 1, 1223-24, Cheonan-daero, Seobuk-gu,Cheon an-si, Chungcheongnam-do, 31080, S. KOREA
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"