Academic Profile
Jinseok Woo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Technology
School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering, Sustainable Engineering Major
Jinseok Woo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Technology
School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Graduate School of Engineering, Sustainable Engineering Major
Human-Robot Interaction, Human-State Estimation, Robot Partner Systems, Mechatronics, Smart Home, Mixed Reality, IoT, Assistive Robotics
Human-State-Aware Robot Partner Systems for Smart Living and Assistive Robotics
スマート生活空間と生活支援ロボットのための人間状態認識型ロボットパートナーシステム
스마트 생활공간과 생활지원 로봇을 위한 인간상태 인식 기반 로봇 파트너 시스템
Tokyo University of Technology, Japan
Associate Professor, School of Engineering / Graduate School of Engineering, April 2025 – Present
Senior Assistant Professor, School of Engineering / Graduate School of Engineering, April 2022 – March 2025
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering / Graduate School of Engineering, April 2019 – March 2022
Part-time Lecturer, School of Computer Science, April 2018 – January 2019
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Visiting Researcher, Kubota Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, April 2019 – March 2020
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, April 2017 – March 2019
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Doctor of Engineering, Human Mechatronics Systems, Graduate School of System Design, 2017
Master of Science, Human Mechatronics Systems, Graduate School of System Design, 2011
Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia
Co-Tutorial Program between Tokyo Metropolitan University and Monash University Malaysia, 2015
Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Republic of Korea
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, 2009
Student Exchange Program to Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, 2008
Republic of Korea Air Force
Completed military service as a sergeant, 2005
Best Teacher Award, Tokyo University of Technology, 2025 (July 02, 2025)
Session Best Presentation Award, The 24th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems, ISCIIA & ITCA 2024, Beijing, China, 2024
Contribution Award, Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics, 2023 (貢献賞, 「SCIS&ISIS2022の運営」, 日本知能情報ファジイ学会)
Best Presentation Award, The 24th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems, ISIS 2023, Gwangju, Korea, 2023
Contribution Award, Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics, 2021 (貢献賞, 「SCIS&ISIS2020の運営」, 日本知能情報ファジイ学会)
Best Presentation Award, SCIS & ISIS 2020, 2020
Best Presentation Award, iFUZZY 2018, Daegu, Korea, 2018
Excellent Paper Award, 22nd Intelligent System Symposium, FAN Symposium 2012, Okinawa, Japan, 2012
Japanese Government MEXT Scholarship, 2010–2014
Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship, 2009
Student Presentation Award, 3rd Place, NPT Agency in Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 2008
JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, 2023–2027
Role: Principal Investigator
Development of Advanced Boarding-Type Watching Mobile Robot for Sustainable Depopulated Areas, 2022–2023
Role: Project Member / Collaborator
Haneda Airport Priority Project Cluster Formation Pilot Project, Title: Multilingual smart robots based on smart devices, 2018–2019
Role: Project Member / Collaborator
(H30羽田空港重点プロジェクトクラスター形成パイロット事業、スマートデバイスを用いた多言語対応スマートロボット)
Robot Demonstration Experiment Support Project, Sagami Robot Industry Special Zone, Multi-robot communication system for immersive guidance support, 2018–2019
Role: Project Member / Collaborator
("案内支援のための没入感を高めるマルチロボットコミュニケーションシステム", 神奈川県 さがみロボット産業特区 平成30年度公募型「ロボット実証実験支援事業」)
"人間とロボットの協調的理解に基づくノンバーバルコミュニケーション", 日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 挑戦的萌芽研究 (April 2016 – March 2019).
T-type Robot Base Control System Development Support from iOS and Android Devices, 2017
Role: Project Member / Collaborator
(iOS・AndroidからのT型ロボットベース制御システム開発支援)
Joint research projects: demonstration experiment of the robot partner in Robot town SAGAMI, 2013-2014
Role: Project Member / Collaborator
(さがみロボット産業特区、ロボット実証実験支援事業)
Editorial Roles
Associate Editor, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2018, IROS 2019, IROS 2020
Associate Editor, Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, Special Issue on SCIS & ISIS
Editor-in-Chief, Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems, 2020–2021
Conference Organization
Publicity Committee, The 26th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems, ISIS 2025
Publication Committee Chair, The 16th China-Japan International Workshop on Information Technology and Control Applications, ITCA 2025
Organizing Committee, The 11th International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Industrial Applications (ISCIIA 2024) & the 15th China-Japan International Workshop on Information Technology and Control Applications (ITCA 2024)
International Relationship Committee, Joint 12th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 21st International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS & ISIS 2022)
Program Committee, IEEE WORLD CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE - IEEE WCCI - IJCNN 2022
International Relations Committee Chair, The 22nd International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS 2021)
Programme Committee, IEEE Symposium on Robotic Intelligence in Informationally Structured Space (IEEE RiiSS)
Award Committee Co-Chair, International Symposium on Community-centric Systems (CcS 2020)
General Affairs, Joint 11th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 21st International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS & ISIS 2020)
Programme Committee, The 1st International Conference on Robotics and Rehabilitation Intelligence (ICRRI2020)
Session Chair
Web Chair, 10th International Conference on MOBILe Wireless MiddleWARE, Operating Systems, and Applications (EAI MOBILWARE 2021)
Session Chair, The 12th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2019)
Session Chair, World Automation Congress 2018 (WAC 2018)
Session Chair, The 18th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS 2017)
Session Chair, The 10th International Conference on Human System Interactions (HSI 2017)
Reviewer Activities:
Journals:
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
ROBOMECH Journal
MDPI Journals (Sustainability, Robotics, Sensors, Applied Sciences).
Conferences:
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)
International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN)
International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA)
The annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON)
The International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC)
IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI)
Technologies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence (TAAI)
IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integrations (SII).
China-Japan International Workshop on Information Technology and Control Applications (ITCA)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
The Japanese Association of Research on Care and Welfare (日本介護福祉学会)
The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (電気学会)
Lightweight Aircraft Type 4 License (무인동력비행장치 4종: 무인멀티콥터, 한국교통안전공단)
Craftsman Radiation Nondestructive Testing (방사선비파괴검사기능사, 한국산업인력공단)
Craftsman Computer-Aided Lathe (선반기능사, 한국산업인력공단)
Japanese-Language Proficiency Test, Level N1 (일본어 능력시험 1급)