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] Database, Department of Industrial Engineering, Inha University, Mar. 2022 - Jun. 2022

  • [Course Instructor] Python Programming, Department of Industrial Engineering, Inha University, Mar. 2022 - Jun. 2022

  • [Teaching Assistant] Project Management, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST, Sep. 2017 - Dec. 2017

  • [Teaching Assistant] Special Topics in Industrial Engineering II <Startup Investment Management>, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST, Sep. 2017 - Dec. 2017

  • [Teaching Assistant] Project Management, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST, Sep. 2016 - Dec. 2016

  • [Teaching Assistant] Introduction to Design and Communication, KAIST, Sep. 2014 - Dec. 2014