Professor

Soo-Young Lee

Education:

BS, Electronics Engineering, Seoul National University, 1975

MS, Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science, 1977

Ph.D., Electrophysics, Polytechnic Institute of New York (later merged to NYU), 1984

Experiences:

2010-2013: Governing Board member, International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility, Stockholm, Sweden

2008-2009: Researcher, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan

2002-2004: Founding Chair, Department of BioSystems (now Department of Bio and Brain Engineering), KAIST

1998-2008: Principal Investigator, Korean Brain Science/Neuroinformatics Research Program

1997-1998: Visiting Faculty, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA

1993-1993: Humboldt Research Fellow, University of Erlangen, Germany

1983-1985: Staff/Senior Scientist, General Physics Corporation, USA

1980-1983: Research Fellow, Microwave Research Institute, Polytechnic Inst. of NY, USA

1977-1980: Project Engineer, Taihan Engineering Company, Korea

Research Topics:

Combining brain/cognitive science and information technology (electrical engineering and computer science) to develop Artificial Intelligence for better human life in aging society

Activities in Academic Societies:

President, Asian-Pacific Neural Network Society (2017-Present)

Governing Board Member, International Neural Network Society (2011-2013)

President, Asian-Pacific Neural Network Assembly (2000-2001)

Awards Committee Chair, Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly (2005-2007; 2014-2016)

Governing Board Member, Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly (1994-2000)

President, Korean Brain Society (2002-2003)

President, Brain Engineering Society of Korea (2012-2014)

Member, National Academy of Engineering in Korea (2006-Present)

Many Keynote, Plenary, and Invited talks at International Conferences on artificial neural networks and intelligent machines.

Awards:

- Winner of EmotiW 2016, Emotion Recognition in the World Challenge, ACM International Conference on Multimedia Interactions, 

  November 2015, Seattle, USA.

- ICA Unsupervised Learning Pioneer Award, SPIE Defense, Security + Sensing, April 2010, Orlando, USA.

- Outstanding Achievement Award, Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly, Dec. 5, 2009

- Biomedical Wellness Award, SPIE Defense+Security, March 18, 2008, Orlando, USA.

- Excellent Service Award, Asia-Pacific Neural Network Assembly (APNNA), 2004

- President Award, Asia-Pacific Neural Networks Assembly (APNNA), 2002.

- Contribution Award, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 2002.

- President Award, International Neural Network Society (INNS), 2001.

- Neural Network Leadership Award, International Neural Network Society (INNS), 1994.

- Several Best Paper and Best Poster Awards at International Conferences on artificial neural networks and intelligent machines.