Education
Ph.D. (2017)
Electrical Engineering, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Dissertation: Hierarchical Emotional Memory-based Human Robot Social Interaction
Key features: Social and interactive intelligence, Robot system integration, Emotional memory, Expressive robotic head and gesture implementation
Advisor: Jong-Hwan Kim (Co-advisor: Myung Jin Chung)
M.S. (2010)
Electrical Engineering, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Thesis: Robot's Emotion Generation and Transition using Concepts of Energy, Entropy, and Homeostasis
Key features: Emotional robot, Emotion generation algorithm
Advisor: Myung Jin Chung
B.S. (2008)
Electrical Engineering, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Thesis: Reactive Emotion Generation Model in Four Phases
Advisor: Myung Jin Chung
High School (2004)
Seoul Science High School for gifted students
Experiences
Associate Professor (Sep 2025 - current)
School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, HGU (Handong Global University, Pohang , South Korea)
Assistant Professor (Mar 2019 - Aug 2025)
School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, HGU (Handong Global University, Pohang , South Korea)
Postdoctoral Researcher (Sep 2017 - Mar 2019)
Department of Biomedical Engineering, GWU (The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA)
Advisor: Chung Hyuk Park
Research Topics: Assistive Tele-opration Robot, Social Robots, Sensor System Integration, Mashing Learning
Lecturer (Mar 2015 - Aug 2015)
Hanbat National University (Daejeon, South Korea)
Lecture Title: Introduction to IT Convergence
Professional Research Personnel (2011 - 2014)
in lieu of mandatory military service at KAIST
Researcher (Mar 2008 - Aug 2008)
of the HRI centor at KAIST
Research Topic: Robot's multi-modal emotion and gesture expression