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Yisoo Lee, Ph.D. (이이수)
Yisoo Lee, Ph.D. (이이수)
Principal Researcher (책임연구원)
Center for Humanoid Research (휴머노이드연구단)
KIST (한국과학기술연구원)
Biography
Biography
Yisoo Lee received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in naval architecture and ocean engineering and the Ph.D. degree in intelligent convergence systems from the Department of Intelligent Convergence Systems from Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, in 2008, 2010, and 2017, respectively.
From 2017 to 2018, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Seoul National University. From 2018 to 2020, he was a Postdoc with the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy. He is currently a Principal Researcher with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, South Korea. His research interests include humanoid robots, robot locomotion, manipulation, optimal control, and machine learning for robot control.
Research Area
Research Area
Robot control, Manipulation, Humanoid robot, Robot walking, Machine learning for robot control
Education
Education
Ph.D. Engineering, Intelligent System, Seoul National University (SNU), Korea, 2017
M.S. Engineering, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU), Korea, 2010
B.S. Engineering, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU), Korea, 2008
Current and Selected Past Positions
Current and Selected Past Positions
Principal Researcher, Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Korea, 2025-present
Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Korea, 2020-2025
Post Doc. Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy, 2018-2020
Post Doc. Seoul National University (SNU), Korea, 2017-2018
Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
NRF Outstanding Young Scientist Grant (2024-2028)
ICROS 2022 Outstanding Young Researcher Award (2022)
UR 2021 Young Researcher (2021)
ICARM 2019 Conference Best Paper Award (2019)
Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology Excellence Thesis Award (2016)
International Academic Activities
International Academic Activities
Organizing Committee
Local Arrangements Chair, 2025 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)
Associated Editor
2024, 2025 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)
2025, 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Reviewer
Journal: T-RO, RAM, RA-L, IJRR, ISR, IJCAS
Conference: ICRA, IROS, Humanoids
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