Education & Experience
Education
March 2002 ~ February 2008
KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering
Majoring in Robotics and Control & System
Research interests related to the emotional expressions in robots
Expertise on implementing digital systems
Dissertation: A Linear Affect-Expression Space Model and Mascot-Type Facial Robot for Effective Expressions [pdf][Video1, Video2]
March 2000 ~ February 2002
KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering
Majoring in Robotics and Control & System
Thesis: Implementation of Articulatory Speech Synthesizer for Korean Vowel (in Korean) [pdf]
March 1993 ~ February 2000
KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
B. S. degree in Electrical Engineering
Work Experience
April 2017 ~ Current
Associate Professor
Department of Design, UNIST
Designing and developing smart personal mobilities
Researching and developing emotional intelligent service robots
Designing and developing brain signal-based exercise and cognitive rehabilitation devices
Designed and developed an electrical circuit for a health care product
Developed a UI for a car sharing application
December 2012 ~ March 2017
Senior Research Engineer, Group Leader
Venture Plaza, Hyundai Motors R&D Division, Uiwang, Korea
Developed AUI -Acoustic User Interaction -products in a vehicle
Developed IoT products in a vehicle
Researched and implemented a machine learning algorithm
Presented an AUI sliding door at CES2018
Presented an AUI steering wheel at CES2015
Developed and presented a future mobility, E4U, at Seoul Motor Show 2013 (Video, Nikkei, Cnet, MailOnline, NewYorkDailyNews)
April 2010 ~ November 2012
Senior Research Engineer, Group Leader
Central Advanced Research & Engineering Institute,
Hyundai Motors R&D Division, Uiwang, Korea
Researched unmanned vehicle
Developed moving object detection algorithm
Developed a system to detect and model load surface condition
Developed a system recognizing driver distraction states
Developed and presented a future mobility, EggRan, at Busan Motor Show 2012 [Video], [CreateFuture2014],[Article]
March 2008 ~ March 2010
Senior Research Engineer
LCD Business, Samsung Electronics, Asan, Korea
Developed multi-touch LCD products (applied to Surface 2.0 (PixelSense) & SUR40, ref1)[Best Innovation at CES2012]
Developed DID(Digital Information Display) products [Best Innovation at CES2009][photo1]
Analyzed failure of LCD products
September 2007 ~ December 2007
Lecturer of FPGA Design
Department of Control & Instrumentation Engineering
Hanbat National University, Daejeon, Korea
Taught skills of using Quartus and designing FPGA
March 2007 ~ September 2007
Entrusted Researcher
Intelligent Task Control Team, Intelligent Robot Research Division,
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Daejeon, Korea
March 2007 ~ September 2007
MATLAB Lecturer
IT Academy in KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
July 2002 ~ March 2003
Entrusted Researcher
Telecommunication Modular Device Team, High-speed SoC division,
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Daejeon, Korea
March 2002 ~ December 2004
Teaching Assistant
Division of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
Teaching assistant of Digital Control (September 2004 ~ December 2004)
Teaching assistant of Electronics Lab (March 2004 ~ June 2004)
Teaching assistant of Electrical Engineering Lab (March 2004 ~ June 2004)
Teaching assistant of Electrical Engineering Lab (March 2003 ~ June 2003)
Teaching assistant of Digital Processing of Speech (March 2002 ~ June 2002)
May 1995 ~ July 1997
Military Service
The 81’th Infantry Regiment, Yeonchon, Gyongi-do, Korea
Guard duty for General OutPost(GOP) (September 1996 ~ March 1997)
Squad leader (February 1997 ~ June 1997)
Signalman of company (May 1996 ~ March 1997)
Rifleman (May 1995 ~ April 1996)