PROFESSIONAL CAREERS

 (Mar. 2023. ~    present  ) Assistant Professor at Dongguk University

 (Sep. 2022. ~ Feb. 2023.) Assistant Professor at Korea Aerospace University

 (Aug. 2021. ~ Jul. 2022.) Visiting Scholar, Dept of Computer Science at SBU

 (Mar. 2021. ~ Aug. 2022.) Assistant Professor, Artificial Intelligence at UST

 (Mar. 2020. ~ Aug. 2022.) Principal Researcher, ETRI

 (Nov. 2016. ~ Oct. 2017.) Visiting Researcher, Pine S&S

 (Mar. 2013. ~ Feb. 2020.) Senior Researcher, ETRI

 (Feb. 2006. ~ Feb. 2013.) Researcher, ETRI

 (Feb. 2004. ~ Jan. 2006.) Research Assistant, POSTECH

EDUCATION

 (Feb. 2020.) Ph.D. degree from Robotics Program at KAIST

 (Feb. 2006.) M.S. degree from Department of Mechanical Engineering at POSTECH

 (Feb. 2004.) B.S. degree from School of Mechanical Engineering at Yonsei University

 (Feb. 2004.) B.S. degree from School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Yonsei University

Awards and Honors

• (07/2020) Outstanding Young Researcher Award: The award from Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems Annual Conference, sponsored by ICROS

• (05/2015) Best Poster Award: The award from Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems Annual Conference, sponsored by ICROS

• (10/2009) Outstanding Paper Award: The award from International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence, sponsored by Korea Robotics Society and IEEE Robotic and Automation Society

• (10/2008) Best Paper Award: The award for best paper from IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, sponsored by IEEE Intelligent Transportation System Society, ASME Division of Computers and Information in Engineering, and ASME Division of Design Engineering

Professional Activities

[Principal Investigator]

• National Contact Point (NCP), Environmental sensing to act for a better quality of life: smart health (ESTABLISH), EUREKA CLUSTER, ITEA3 Call2, w/ Czech Republic, Finland, Romania, Spain, Turkey (June. 2017 ~ Sept. 2020)

• Project Leader (PL), Development of system building the indoor map as an infrastructure, ETRI, (Aug. 2012 ~ July. 2013)

[Invited Talks]

• (02/15/2024) Invited Talk: Journey toward Dongguk AI-Smart Hospital with medicine and engineering, "Autonomous Robot for Hospital Logistics"

• (02/05/2024) Interview: Electronics Times, "Developing ‘Eco-friendly Autonomous Ship’ through Shipbuilding, Maritime + ICT Convergence"

• (01/31/2024) Invited Talk: Special Session  for Outstanding Young Researcher at the KICS Winter Conference, "Toward Better Autonomous Robot Navigation Based on Artificial Intelligence"

• (12/01/2023) Invited Seminar: Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute, “SLAM for Autonomous Robotic Navigation in Real Fields and Its Applications”

• (10/13/2023) Invited Talk: The 2nd Conference on Development of Midium and Small Shipbuilding Industry, "ICT and Autonomous Ships: Possibility of Utilizing Robotics and Artificial Intelligence"

• (10/13/2023) Invited Lecture: Hanwha Ocean Co., "Autonomous Navigation for Robotic Vehicles: Part II"

• (10/06/2023) Invited Lecture: Hanwha Ocean Co., "Autonomous Navigation for Robotic Vehicles: Part I"

• (08/28/2023) Invited Lecture: Research Institute of Medium&Small Shipbuilding, "Artificial Intelligence Based Autonomous Navigation"

• (07/28/2023) Invited Seminar: Korea Electronics Technology Institute, "Autonomous Navigation for Mobile Robots based on Artificial Intelligence"

• (12/21/2022) Invited Seminar: Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute, “Robot Mapping and Localization Methods for Autonomous Navigation”

• (10/27/2022) Invited Talk: Robot World supported by Korea Association of Robot Industry, “Future Autonomous Navigation for Robots based on Artificial Intelligence”

• (10/05/2022) Interview: Yonhap News Agency, "The driverless era is coming?"

• (09/27/2022) Colloquium Panel: 1st Korea Aerospace University, "Future mobility and autonomous driving with Aptive Co."

• (03/03/2021) Expert Advisory: Office Strategic R&D Planning Center of Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, “Robot Navigation Technology for Future industries”

• (12/18/2020) Expert Panel: Future City Forum, “Intelligent Autonomous Navigation Technology in Dynamic Environments”

• (12/07/2020) Invited Seminar: Univ. of Seoul, “Robot Mapping and Localization Methods for Autonomous Navigation in Dynamic Environments”

• (10/30/2020) Invited Talk: Korea Association of Robot Industry, “Autonomous Robot Navigation in Dynamic Industrial Environments”

• (01/14/2019) Invited Seminar: Sunmoon Univ., “SLAM and Its Applications”

• (05/15/2017) Invited Seminar: Future Robots Co., “Practical Approach of Mapping and Localization for Mobile Robots in Indoors”

• (10/15/2014) Invited Seminar: ICTWay Co., “Mobile Mapping System for Autonomous Navigation”

• (04/28/2014) Invited Seminar: Geotwo Co., “Map Building Method and Its Applications with Mobile Mapping System in Indoor Environments”

[Editor/Committee/Organizer/Chair]

• Guest Editor: ETRI Journal

• Program Committee: ICCAS 2022, RiTA 2021, ICCAS 2021

• Co-organizer: Session of Ambient Intelligence and Ubiquitous Robotic Space, ASME/IEEE MESA, 2007.

• Chair: Session of Perception, path planning, and navigation, IEEE/ASME MESA 2008.

[Membership]

• IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

• IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

• Korea Robotics Society

• Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems

• The Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences

Teaching

[Undergraduate-level]

• Embedded Software and Smart Mobility: S24

• Object Oriented Programming: F23

• Industrial Mathmatics: S23

• Capstone Design: S23

• Intro. to Programming (C/C++): F22

• Basic Engineering Design: F22

• Intro. to Electrical and Electronics: F22

[Graduate-level]

• Autonomous Robot Navigation: S24

• Intelligent System: F23