Prof. Dong-Geol Choi

Prof. Dong-Geol Choi

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Information and Communication Engineering, Hanbat National University, Republic of Korea

Tel. : +82-42-821-1213

Email: dgchoi [at] hanbat.ac.kr

Biography

Dong-Geol Choi received the B.S and M.S degrees in Electric Engineering and Computer Science from Hanyang University in 2005 and 2007, respectively, and the Ph.D degree in the Robotics Program from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2016.

After working at the KAIST as a postdoctoral researcher and research assistant professor until Aug 2018. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Information and Communication Engineering, in Hanbat National University. His research interests include sensor fusion, autonomous robotics, and artificial intelligence issues. Dr. Choi received a fellowship award from Qualcomm Korea R&D Center in 2013. He was a member of ‘Team KAIST,’ which won the first place in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals 2015. He is a member of the IEEE.

Research Interests

    • Robot Vision

    • Sensor Fusion

    • Autonomous Robot System

    • Artificial Intelligence

Honors & Awards

    • 1st place in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, “Team KAIST,” June, 7, 2015. [project page]

    • Qualcomm Innovation Award, “An Effective Hierarchical Sensor-Fusion Framework for Autonomous Vehicle,” Sep, 2013.

Publications

  • International Journal

Gradient-based Camera Exposure Control for Outdoor Mobile Platform

Inwook Shim and Tae-Hyun Oh and Joon-Young Lee and Jinwook Choi and Dong-Geol Choi* and In So Kweon

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2018

Real-Time head pose estimation using multi-task deep neural network

Byungtae Ahn, Dong-Geol Choi*, Jaesik Park and In So Kweon

Robotics and Autonomous Systems , 2018.

Structure-From-Motion in 3D Space Using 2D Lidars

Dong-Geol Choi*, Yunsu Bok, Jun-Sik Kim, Inwook Shim, In So Kweon

Sensors, 2017

Extrinsic Calibration of a camera and a 2D laser without overlab

Yunsu Bok, Dong-Geol Choi*, and In So Kweon

Robotics and Autonomous Systems , Feb 2016.

Extrinsic Calibration of 2D Lidars using Two Orthogonal Planes

Dong-Geol Choi*, Yunsu Bok, Jun-sik Kimand In So Kweon

IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), Feb 2016

An Autonomous Driving System for Unknown Environments using a Unified Map

Inwook Shim, Jongwon Choi, Seunghak Shin, Tae-Hyun Oh, Unghui Lee, Byungtae Ahn, Dong-Geol Choi, David Hyunchul Shim, and In So Kweon

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (T-ITS), Feb 2015

Sensor Fusion of Cameras and a Laser for City-Scale 3D Reconstruction

Yunsu Bok, Dong-Geol Choi, and In So Kweon

Sensors, Dec 2014.

Capturing Village-level Heritages with a Hand-held Camera-Laser Fusion Sensor

Yunsu Bok, Yekeun Jeong, Dong-Geol Choi, and In So Kweon

International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV), Aug 2011

Development of a 5-DOF Hybrid Micro-Manipulator and Implementation to Needle Manipulation Process in Medical Applications

Goo Bong Chung, Jae Heon Chung, Dong Gul Choi, Byung-Ju Yi, Seok Young Han, and Seon Jung Kim

The Journal, Key Engineering Materials, Dec 2006

  • International Conference

Extrinsic Calibration of Non-overlapping Camera-Laser System using Structured Environment

Yunsu Bok, Dong-Geol Choi, Pascal Vasseur, and In So Kweon

In Proc. of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Sep 2014.

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Extrinsic Calibration of 2D Laser Sensors

Dong-Geol Choi, Yunsu Bok, Jun-sik Kim, and In So Kweon

In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), May 2014.

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Robust Computer Vision Techniques for High-quality 3D Modeling

Joon-Young Lee, Jiyoung Jung, Yunsu Bok, Jaesik Park, Dong-Geol Choi, Yudeog Han, and In So Kweon

In Proc. of IAPR Asian Conference on Pattern Recognition (ACPR), Nov 2013.

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Generalized Laser Three-Point Algorithm for Motion Estimation of Camera-Laser Fusion System

Yunsu Bok, Dong-Geol Choi, and In So Kweon

In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), May 2013.

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Multi Lidar System for fast obstacle detection

Inwook Shim, Dong-Geol Choi, Seunghak Shin, and In So Kweon

In Proc. of International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), Nov 2012.

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Autonomous Homing based on Laser-Camera Fusion System

Dong-Geol Choi, Inwook Shim, Yunsu Bok, Tae-Hyun Oh, and In So Kweon

In Proc. of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Sep 2012.

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Capturing City-level Scenes with a Synchronized Camera-Laser Fusion Sensor

Yunsu Bok, Dong-Geol Choi, Yekeun Jeong, and In So Kweon

In Proc. of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Sep 2011.

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Robust Road Detection Based On Optimal Fusion Ratio of Classifier

Dong-Geol Choi, Youngbae Hwang, and In So Kweon

International Conference on Mechatronics and Information Technology (ICMIT), Nov 2009.

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Capturing Village-level Heritages with a Hand-held Camera-Laser Fusion Sensor

Yunsu Bok, Dong-Geol Choi, Yekeun Jeong, and In So Kweon

In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), Oct 2009.

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Intelligent Grasping by Learning from Observation

Seong-Young Ko, Hanbyul Joo, Dong-Geol Choi, Hyeongwoo Kim, and In So Kweon

In Proc. of International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), Nov 2008.

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Design of an endoscopic robot using a spring backbone

Dong-Geol Choi, Byung-Ju Yi and Young Su Kim

In Proc. of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Sep 2007.

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Optimal Motion Planning of Auto Illumination Robot System

Dong-Geol Choi, Byung-Ju Yi and Whee Kuk Kim

IEEE conference on mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), Sep 2007.

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Development of a 5-DOF Hybrid Micro-Manipulator for Needle Manipulation in Brain Surgery

Goo Bong Chung, Jae Heon Chung, Dong-Geol Choi, Byung-Ju Yi, Whee Kuk Kim, and Young Soo Kim

World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (IUPESM), 2006

An Image-Guided Robot System for Spinal Fusion

Jae Heon Chung, Goo Bong Chung, Dong-Geol Choi, Sung Min Kim, Se Min Oh, Byung-Ju Yi, and Whee Kuk Kim, Young Soo Kim, and Jong Il Park

World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (IUPESM), 2006

Implementation of Auto Surgical Illumination Robotic System Using Ultrasonic Sensor-based Tracking Algorithm

Dong-Geol Choi, Byung-Ju Yi , Whee Kuk Kim and Young Su Kim

World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (IUPESM), 2006

Thesis

    • PH. D. Thesis, KAIST, 2016, Robust SLAM and sensor calibration frameworks for robots using 2D LiDARs and cameras

    • M.Sc. Thesis, Hanyang Univ., 2007, Auto surgical illumination robot system using ultrasonic sensor based tracking algorithm and spring backbone micro endoscope

Last updated: Nov 11, 2018