Professor

Research Interest

• Multi-agent reinforcement learning

• Transfer reinforcement learning

• Imitation learning

• Complex system design

• Sequential decision making problem

Education

Ph.D., Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST, 2020.

• 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,  KAIST, 2015

• 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, KAIST, 2013

• Double Major in Management Science

Secondary education in science, Korea Science Academy of KAIST, 2009

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] Management Science II, Department of Industrial Engineering, Inha University, 2024 Spring, 2025 Spring, 2026 Spring

• [Course Instructor] Reinforcement Learning - Theory and Algorithm, Department of Industrial Engineering, Inha University, 2023 Fall, 2024 Fall, 2025 Fall

• [Course Instructor] Engineering Statistics, Department of Industrial Engineering, Inha University, 2023 Fall, 2024 Fall, 2025 Fall

• [Course Instructor] Database, Department of Industrial Engineering, Inha University, 2022 Spring, 2023 Spring, 2024 Spring

• [Course Instructor] Python Programming, Department of Industrial Engineering, Inha University, 2022 Spring, 2023 Spring, 2024 Spring, 2025 Spring, 2026 Spring

• [Teaching Assistant] Project Management, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST, 2017 Fall

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

• [Teaching Assistant] Project Management, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST, 2016 Fall

• [Teaching Assistant] Introduction to Design and Communication, KAIST, 2014 Fall