EDUCATION 

 2008 - 2013 Ph.D., Information and Mechatronics (Summa cum laude), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea  

Thesis title, Accurate Registration of Mono and Multi-modal Images through Block-wise Processing

Supervisor: Prof. Tae-Sun Choi

2006 - 2008 M.S., Information and Mechatronics, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea 

Thesis title, A New Shape From Focus Using Principal Component Analysis 

Supervisor: Prof. Tae-Sun Choi 

1997 - 2004 B.S., Control and Instrumentation Engineering, Korea University, Korea  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

2023 - present Associate Professor, Tech University of Korea, Korea 

2022 - 2023 Assistant Professor, Tech University of Korea, Korea 

2017 - 2022 Assistant Professor, Korea Polytechnic University, Korea 

2015 - 2017 Senior Researcher, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Korea 

2014 - 2015 Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab., USA 

2013 - 2014 Research Fellow, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea 

2006 - 2013 Research Assistant, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea 

2004 - 2006 Assistant Engineer, Samsung Electronics, Auto Optics Inspection (GIST), Korea

HONORS and AWARDS 

2021.12 3rd place prize in the contest for the idea of foundation, Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)

2018.06 4th place prize in the best student paper award, KIIT

2013.08 Best research award, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)

2013.05 Best student paper award, KIIT

2013.02 2nd place prize in the contest for the idea of foundation, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)

2012.10 Best student paper award, KIIECT

2006-2012 Korean Government Supported Full Scholarship

2006-2012 Brain Korea 21 Scholarship

2008.09 Dasan Scholarship, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)

2002-2003 Honor Prize, Korea University

RESEARCH 

Research Interests 

• Registration (mono and multi-modal image): EO/IR/SAR, CT/MRI, Retinal image

• Fusion (multi-focus image), Extended depth of field

• Tracking, Aiming, Dehaze

• Depth estimation, 3D  shape recovery

• Computer vision, Image processing

• Machine learning, Deep learning 

Reviewer of International journals 

• Elsevier, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing

• Taylor & Francis, International Journal of Remote Sensing

• Elsevier, Journal of optics and Laser Technology

• John Wiley & Sons, Microscopy Research and Technique

Memberships

• IEEE 

• IEEE Signal Processing Society

• IEEE Consumer Electronics Society 

• Korea Institute of Information and Technology