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Newsletter, Hanbat National University’s Prof. Sangkeum Lee team presents a quantum reinforcement learning–based smart-building HVAC controller achieving up to 63% power and 64.4% electricity cost reductions (featured by HVACR Journal, citing the Energy and AI paper), [Link], 2025. 

Technology Transfer (ETRI), AI-based Home Energy Management using Appliance Usage Patterns and Occupancy Inference, Korean Patent Application No. 10-2023-0150848, Nov 2023. Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea, 2025.

Technology Transfer (KAIST), Link Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks based on Renewable Energy Generation Forecasting, Korean Patent Application No. 10-2022-0179530, Dec 2022. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, 2025.

Newsletter, Hanbat National University study shows quantum computing can make your home smarter and greener, Yahoo Finance, [Link], 2025.

Award , 2025 Public Data Utilization Contest (Chairman’s Award of the Korea National Railway) by Harin Jang and Jio Yoo, 2025.

Award , 2025 Public Data Utilization Contest (Chairman’s Award of the Daejeon University-Industry Council) by Yeojin Jang and Seoyoung Lee, 2025.

Best Paper Award, 2025 The 6th Korea Artificial Intelligence Conference for the paper titled 'Neural SDE-Based Reinforcement Learning for Uncertainty-Aware Papermaking' by Donggeon Yu, Sangkeum Lee, Yoonmee Doh, Jinyoung Choi, 2025.

Selected by HBNU for international promotion: “Continuous variable quantum reinforcement learning for HVAC control and power management in residential building”, [Link], 2025.

Program Committee, 16th Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-2026), co-located with AAAI-2026, 2025.

Newsletter, Hanbat National University students developed a smart safety helmet with real-time facial recognition and fatigue detection using YOLO and CNN technologies during the ABC Bootcamp Project, featured in eNewsToday, [Link], 2025.

ABC Bootcamp Project, Beomdo Park, Woohyun Kwon, Junseong Park, and Minseong Jeong participated in the ABC Bootcamp Project, enhancing anomaly detection in industrial power usage data using Isolation Forest, LSTM-AE, and adversarial MI-FGSM techniques, Company EUCLIDSOFT, 2025.

ABC Bootcamp Project, Harin Jang, Yeojin Jang, Bongkyung Kim, and HyunSeok Jang developed a real-time keyboard input encryption system with ChaCha20 and Hyperledger Fabric blockchain to ensure data security and integrity, Company EUCLIDSOFT, 2025.

ABC Bootcamp Project, Minseok Oh, Sumin Hong, Wongeun Ji, and Gihun Gil built an AI-powered thermal imaging analysis and IoT-based home server cooling system using YOLO and MOSFET fan control circuits, Company EUCLIDSOFT, 2025.

Internship, Beomdo Park, Junseong Park, and Hyeonseok Jang have returned from the 2025 Summer Research Internship, Company ARGOON, 2025.

Internship, Woohyeon Kwon, Minsung Jung, and JeongSeop Lee have returned from the 2025 Summer Research Internship, Company ZENTO, 2025.

Internship, DongGeon Yu has returned from the 2025 Summer Research Internship, ETRI, 2025.

Committee, The 28rd 2021 International Robot Olympiad (IRO) World Competition in Korea, 2025.

Program, Hanbat National University has been selected for IBM Q’s 2025 Quantum Computing Cloud program, 2025.

Researcher, Professor Sangkeum Lee of Hanbat National University’s Department of Computer Engineering specializes in AI-driven environmental and energy system optimization and big data analytics, [Link], 2025.

Session Chair, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Summer, 2025.

Newsletter,  Interview: Leveraging AI and IoT for carbon-neutral technology to usher in a sustainable energy era, SISA Magazine, [Link], 2025.

Newsletter,  Professor Sangkeum Lee of Hanbat National University’s EcoAI lab is pioneering AI-driven optimization research for smart energy management and carbon-neutral infrastructure, Issue Maker, [Link], 2025.

Speaker, AI‑Driven Optimization of Industrial Data and Smart Factory Operations in KAIST, [Link], 2025.

Committee, National Heritage R&D Review – Cultural Heritage Administration, 2025–2027.

Newsletter,  Hanbat University Students Win Outstanding Paper Award at the KICS Fall Conference, Chungcheong News, [Link], 2025.

Best Paper Award, 2024 Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Fall Conference for the paper titled 'GAF-based Time Series Clustering and Volatility Analysis for Smart Factory Optimization' by Namseok Koo, Suna Park, Yoonmee Doh, and Sangkeum Lee, [Link], 2025.

Newsletter, Professor Sangkeum Lee from Hanbat National University Selected for the 2024 ETRI Journal Best Paper Award, [Link], 2025.

The 2024 HBNU Best Research Award,  Professor Sangkeum Lee has been selected as a recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Professor Award, Hanbat National University, 2025.

Best Paper Award, Anomaly detection of smart metering system for power management with battery storage system/electric vehicle, ETRI Journal, [Link], 2025. 

Internship, Namseok Koo has returned from the 2024 Winter Research Internship, ETRI, 2024.

Speaker, The 2nd International Symposium on Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education Institutions featuring keynotes and discussions on global research and education innovation.,[Link], 2024.

Speaker, Corporate and Early-Career Researchers Online Technology Cooperation Networking Exchange, hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy, 2024.

Newsletter, Two students from Hanbat National University named in 'TOP 20' at the 2nd White Hat School graduation ceremony, ChungcheongToday, [Link], 2024.

Newsletter, Hanbat National University Successfully Concludes ‘KBO NINE Season’…A Successful Industry-Academia Collaboration, NewsOne, [Link], 2024.

Newsletter, Korea Gas Technology Corporation Awards 'Public Data Utilization Contest'...Final 10 Teams Selected, EnergyNewspaper, [Link], 2024.

Internship, Students Beomhee Jung and Suna Park have returned from the 2024 Summer Research Internship, ETRI, 2024.

Session Chair, Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences (KICS) Fall, 2024.

Speaker, Unmanned Management System Based on Eco-Friendly Electric Vehicle Parking Robots and Fire Detection Response, ETRI, 2024.

Ph.D. thesis committee, Name: Taeyoung Kim, KAIST, 2024.

Technical Committee, 2024 The 7th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Systems. 2024.

Speaker, AI-Driven Optimization of Sensor Networks for Carbon-Neutral Infrastructure: From Apartments to Factories and Seaports, The 15th International Conference on ICT Convergence 2024, 2024.

Speaker, Merrimack College (MC)-Hanbat National University (HBNU) Research Collaboration, 2024.

Ph.D. thesis committee, Name: Sarvar Hussain Nengroo, KAIST, 2024.

Speaker, AI-Driven Optimization of Sensor Networks for Carbon-Neutral Infrastructure: From Apartments to Factories and Seaports in KAIST, [Link],  2024.

Associate editors, 2024 IEEE IVS, 2024.

Special lecture, Optimization of sensor network with deep learning for carbon neutral, Chiang Mai University,2023.

Special lecture, AI convergence education at Cheongju University, 2023.

Committee, The 15th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies(ANT 2024)

Join, Department of Computer Engineering, Hanbat National University, [Link], 2023.

Ph.D. thesis committee, Name: Hojun Jin, KAIST, 2023.

Newsletter, Significant AI transition informed by carbon neutrality, ChungcheongToday, [Link], 2023

Speaker, Home energy management for carbon neutrality at Keimyung University, 2023.

Speaker, Home energy management for carbon neutrality at Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI), 2023.

Speaker, Port energy management for carbon neutral in KAIST, [Link], 2022.

Top downloaded article award, IET Renewable Power Generation. 2022.

Best Paper Award, 1st Korea Energy Conference, 2022.

Committee, The 23rd 2021 International Robot Olympiad (IRO) World Competition in Korea, 2021.

Best Paper Award, 10th International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, 2021.

Speaker, Desalination plant energy management for carbon neutral in Gachon University, 2020.

Best Student Research Award, The Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Green Transportation in KAIST 2019.

Best Student Research Award, The Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Green Transportation in KAIST 2017.