Jinseok Woo (우진석, 禹珍碩)

Professional Experience

Tokyo University of Technology. (2019.4–Today)

(2025.4–Today) Associate Professor at Sustainable Engineering Major, Graduate School of Engineering (Doctor's Course)

(2025.4–Today) Associate Professor at Sustainable Engineering Major, Graduate School of Engineering (Master's Course)

(2025.4–Today) Associate Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering

(2022.4–2025.3) Senior Assistant Professor at Sustainable Engineering Major, Graduate School of Engineering (Doctor's Course)

(2022.4–2025.3) Senior Assistant Professor at Sustainable Engineering Major, Graduate School of Engineering (Master's Course)

(2022.4–2025.3) Senior Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering

(2021.4–2022.3) Assistant Professor at Sustainable Engineering Major, Graduate School of Engineering (Master's Course)

(2019.4–2022.3) Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering

Tokyo Metropolitan University. (2019.4–2020.3)

Visiting Researcher at Kubota Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Systems Design

Tokyo Metropolitan University. (2017.4–2019.3)

Research Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Systems Design

Tokyo University of Technology. (2018.4–2019.1)

Part time lecturer at School of Computer Science

Education and Training

Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan. (2017)

Doctor of Engineering at Human Mechatronics Systems, Graduate School of System Design.

Student Exchanges. (2015)

The Co-Tutorial Program between Tokyo Metropolitan University and MONASH University Malaysia, Malaysia

Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan. (2011)

Master of Science at Human Mechatronics Systems, Graduate School of System Design.

Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Republic of Korea. (2009)

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering.

Student Exchanges. (2008)

Foreign university cooperation from Kumoh National Institute of Technology to Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan.

Republic of Korea Air Force (2005)

Completing military service as a sergeant in Republic of Korea.

Honors and Awards

2025

Best Teacher Award, Tokyo University of Technology (July 02, 2025)

2024

Session Best Presentation Award, The 24th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems. (ISCIIA & ITCA2024, Nov. 1-5, 2024 Zhongguancun Wenquan Science Park（中关村温泉科技园）, Beijing, China.)

2023

Contribution Award, Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics. (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. (ISIS2023, Dec. 6-10, 2023 Kimdaejung Convention Center, Gwangju, Korea.)

2021

Contribution Award, Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics. (貢献賞, 「SCIS&ISIS2020の運営」, 日本知能情報ファジイ学会)

2020

Best Presentation Award, Joint 11th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 21st International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (Online Conference), (SCIS&ISIS2020, Dec. 5-7, 2020 Hachijo Island, Tokyo, Japan.)

2018

Best Presentation Award, 2018 International Conference on Fuzzy Theory and Its Applications (iFUZZY2018, Nov. 14-17, 2018 EXCO in Daegu, Korea.)

2012

Excellent Paper Award, 22nd Intelligent System Symposium (August 30-31, 2012), Fuzzy, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence (FAN Symposium 2012 in Okinawa), Japan.

2010 - 2014

Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho, MEXT) Scholarships. Research Students (Graduate School Students & Research Students).

2009

Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Honors Scholarship. For Privately Financed International Students in first-year students of the master course.

2008

NPT Agency in Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 5th-year student joint project presentation, Student Paper Presentation award - 3rd place, Republic of Korea.

Joint Research Projects

JSPS KAKENHI Grant, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (Japanese Title: 日本学術振興会科学研究費, 若手研究) (2023/4 ~ 2027/3)
Development of advanced boarding-type watching mobile robot for sustainable depopulated areas (サステイナブルな過疎地域の為の先進的搭乗型見守り移動ロボットの開発, 2022年度共同プロジェクト) (2022/8 ~ 2023/7)
2018 Haneda Airport Priority Project Cluster Formation Pilot Project, Multilingual Smart Robots based on Smart Devices (Japanese Title: H30羽田空港重点プロジェクトクラスター形成パイロット事業、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) (2018/04～2019/03)
"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」, (2018/07～2019/03).
"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 (2016/04～2019/03).
T-type Robot Base Control System Development Support from iOS and Android Devices (Japanese Title: iOS・AndroidからのT型ロボットベース制御システム開発支援) (2017/03～2017/12)
Joint research projects: demonstration experiment of the robot partner in Robot town SAGAMI (Japanese Title:さがみロボット産業特区、ロボット実証実験支援事業) (2013/09～2014/01)

Affiliated academic society

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)

Professional service

Associate Editor:

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems: IROS 2018, IROS 2019, IROS 2020
Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics (JACIII), Special Issue on "2022 Joint 12th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 23rd International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS&ISIS)"

Editor-in-Chief:

Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems (KIIS), 2020 - 2021.

Program Committee Member:

The 26th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS2025), Publicity Committee.
The 16th China-Japan International Workshop on Information Technology and Control Applications (ITCA 2025), Publication Committee Chairs.
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), Organizing Committee.
Joint 12th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 21st International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS&ISIS 2022), International Relationship Committee.
IEEE WORLD CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE - IEEE WCCI - IJCNN 2022
The 22nd International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS 2021), International Relations Committee Chairs
10th International Conference on MOBILe Wireless MiddleWARE, Operating Systems, and Applications (EAI MOBILWARE 2021)
IEEE Symposium on Robotic Intelligence in Informationally Structured Space (IEEE RiiSS)
The International Symposium on Community-centric Systems (CcS 2020), Award Committee Co-Chair.
Joint 11th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems and 21st International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (SCIS&ISIS 2020), General Affair.
The 1st International Conference on Robotics and Rehabilitation Intelligence (ICRRI2020)

Chairs:

The 12th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2019)
World Automation Congress 2018 (WAC 2018)
The 18th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems (ISIS 2017)
The 10th International Conference on Human System Interactions (HSI 2017)

Scientific Reviewer:

Journals:

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC)

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII)

ROBOMECH Journal

International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems (IJFIS)

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)

Certifications and licenses

Lightweight Aircraft Type 4 License
Craftsman Radiation Nondestructive Testing
Craftsman Computer-Aided Lathe
Japanese-Language Proficiency Level 1