Hyun-Rok Lee

Education

Ph.D., Industrial & Systems Engineering (Mar. 2015 - Feb. 2020)

KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Thesis Title: Algorithm and application of imitation learning and reinforcement learning for sequential decision making problem with multiple agents
Advisor: Professor Taesik Lee

M.S., Industrial & Systems Engineering (Mar. 2013 - Feb. 2015)

KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Thesis Title: Algorithm for patient admission decision at an emergency department in the event of disaster
Advisor: Professor Taesik Lee

B.S., Industrial & Systems Engineering (Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2013)

KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Double Major in Management Science

Secondary education in science (Mar. 2006 - Feb. 2009)

Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, Republic of Korea

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor (Mar. 2022 - present)

Department of Industrial Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea

Postdoctoral research fellow (Mar. 2020 - Feb. 2022)

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
Research group under Professor Chi-Guhn Lee

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Thesis Reward. Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST. February, 2020. (Algorithm and application of imitation learning and reinforcement learning for sequential decision making problems with multiple agents)
2nd Prize, Master's Thesis Competition. Korea Institute of Industrial Engineers. November, 2019. (Shin, H., Lee, H.-R., & Lee, T. (2019). Hub location problem with interaction between hub-to-hub arcs. 2019 KIIE Annual Fall Conference, Seoul, Korea.)
Student Travel Support Scholarship. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS). May, 2019. (Lee, H.-R., & Lee, T. (2019). Improved cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning algorithm augmented by mixing demonstrations from centralized policy. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2019), Montreal, Canada.)
Best Paper Award. The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Society. July, 2015. ( Hwang, K., Lee, T. and Lee, H.-R.. 2014. Simulation model for pandemic disease spreading by using census data. Journal of the Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers 40(2):163-171.)
Silver medal in senior group at the 1st International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA). Chiang Mai, Thailand. Dec, 2007.
Participant in senior group at the 11th International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO). Bombay, India. Nov, 2006.
Gold medal and the best result in the theoretical round in junior group at the 1st Asian-Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO). Irkutsk, Russia. Dec, 2005.

Teaching

[Course Instructor] Management Science II, Department of Industrial Engineering, Inha University, 2024 Spring
[Course Instructor] Reinforcement Learning - Theory and Algorithm, Department of Industrial Engineering, Inha University, 2023 Fall, 2024 Fall
[Course Instructor] Engineering Statistics, Department of Industrial Engineering, Inha University, 2023 Fall, 2024 Fall
[Course Instructor] Database, Department of Industrial Engineering, Inha University, 2022 Spring, 2023 Spring, 2024 Spring
[Course Instructor] Python Programming, Department of Industrial Engineering, Inha University, 2022 Spring, 2023 Spring, 2024 Spring
[Teaching Assistant] Project Management, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST, 2017 Fall
[Teaching Assistant] Special Topics in Industrial Engineering II <Startup Investment Management>, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST, 2017 Fall
[Teaching Assistant] Project Management, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST, 2016 Fall
[Teaching Assistant] Introduction to Design and Communication, KAIST, 2014 Fall