M.S. Student (2nd Semester)
CVSP Lab
Dept. of Electronics Engineering
Pusan National University
E-mail: higok18@pusan.ac.kr
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Interested in Vision-Language Models and Efficient MLLM
About me
I'm a master's student working on hardware-efficient Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs). My goal is to make these models lightweight, fast, and reliable enough to run on edge devices. I'm particularly interested in understanding how MLLMs work internally and using that insight to develop practical solutions.
Educations
Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea (Mar. 2025 - )
M.S. Department of Electronics Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Kyeongbo Kong
Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea (Mar. 2019 - Feb. 2025)
B.S. Department of Electronics Engineering
Publications
Submitted
Anonymized Title
C. Baek*, J. Song*, S. Kim*, K. Kong†
Entropy Dynamics across Layers in Vision Encoders for Visual Token Pruning
C. Baek*, S. Kim*, J. Song*, K. Kong†
International Journal
C. Baek*, J. Song, K. Kong†
IEEE Signal Processing Letters (IF: 3.9) (SPL), Aug. 2025
International conference
C. Baek*, J. Song*, S. Kim*, K. Kong†
Initial version accepted NeruIPS Workshop on Efficient Reasoning, Dec. 2025
[C2] Efficient Token Pruning for Vision-Language Models in Multi-turn Scenarios
C. Baek*, S. Kim*, J. Song*, K. Kong†
IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS Oral), Oct. 2025
C. Baek*, J. Song, K. Kong†
ITC-CSCC (Special session), Jul. 2025
Domestic Journal
C. Baek*, K. Kong†
IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications, Oct. 2024
Domestic Conference
[C4] Analysis of Visual Token Pruning in Large Vision-Language Models from the Perspectives of Image Complexity and Hallucination Generation
S. Kim*, C. Baek*, J. Song*, K. Kong†
The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers (KIEE) Autumn Conference, Undergraduate Paper Competition, (3rd Prize), Nov. 2025
Projects
Development of Anomaly and Environment Detection Technology for Home Robot Applications
Collaborating with LG Electronics, Seoul, Korea (June. 2025 -)
Developed vision-language model-based technologies for visual perception and situation awareness in home robot systems
Collaborating with LG Electronics, Seoul, Korea (June. 2025 - )
Development of Nighttime Human Detection and Daytime Face Recognition Enhancement for Home Robot Environments
Collaborated with LG Electronics, Seoul, Korea (Dec. 2023 - Dec. 2024)
Awards
Outstanding Award, Industrial AI Convergence Club
Industrial AI Specialized Talent Development Program, Pusan National University, 2024
Extra
Teaching Experiences
[EE1600575] C Programming, Teaching Assistant
Dept. of EE, Pusan National University, Spring 2025
[EE3100695] Digital Circuits Laboratory, Teaching Assistant
Dept. of EE, Pusan National University, Fall 2025
Signals and Systems, Academic Tutor
Departmental Tutoring Program, Dept. of EE, Pusan National University, Fall 2023
Scholarship
Graduate Research Encouragement Scholarship
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), 2025
Skills
Python, Pytorch, C, C++, ROS2