Research Interest

• Wireless communications

• Machine learning

• Signal processing and optimization

• Edge and cloud computing

Education

• Ph.D: School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Korea (Mar. 2023 ~ Aug. 2026)

  • Thesis: "Design of Reliable and Scalable Black-Box AI for Wireless Systems"

• M.S: School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Korea (Mar. 2021 ~ Feb. 2023)

  • Thesis: "Hybrid UAV-enabled Secure Offloading via Deep Reinforcement Learning"

• B.S: School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Korea (Mar. 2016 ~ Feb. 2021)

Publications

International Journal

1. "Robust Beamforming Design for Coherent Distributed ISAC with Statistical RCS and Phase Synchronization Uncertainty"
   Seonghoon Yoo, Seulhyun Kwon, Kawon Han, Elaheh Ataeebojd, Mehdi Rasti, and Joonhyuk Kang
   Submission, 2026

2. "Exploring the Near and Far-Field Coexistence for RIS-Assisted ISAC Systems: An Adaptive Bandwidth Splitting Approach"
   Seonghoon Yoo, Jaemin Jung, Seongah Jeong, Jinkyu Kang, Markku Juntti, and Joonhyuk Kang
   Submission, 2026

3.  "Reliable Wireless Indoor Localization via Cross-Validated Prediction-Powered Calibration"
   Seonghoon Yoo, Houssem Sifaou, Sangwoo Park, Joonhyuk Kang, and Osvaldo Simeone
   IEEE Wireless Communication Letters (WCL), 2026

4. "Calibrating Wireless AI via Meta-Learned Context-Dependent Conformal Prediction"
   Seonghoon Yoo, Sangwoo Park, Petar Popovski, Joonhyuk Kang, and Osvaldo Simeone
   IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (TSP), 2026

5. "Rate-splitting Multiple Access for Hierarchical HAP-LAP Networks under Limited Fronthaul"
   Jeongbin Kim, Seongah Jeong, Seonghoon Yoo, and Joonhyuk Kang
   IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), 2025

6. "Cache-assisted Mobile Edge Computing over Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks for Extended Reality Applications”,
   Seonghoon Yoo, Seongah Jeong, Jeongbin Kim, and Joonhyuk Kang
   IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoTJ), 2024

7. "Hybrid UAV-enabled Secure Offloading via Deep Reinforcement Learning"
   Seonghoon Yoo, Seongah Jeong, and Joonhyuk Kang
   IEEE Wireless Communication Letters (WCL), 2023

International Conference

1. "Enhancing Battlefield Awareness: An Aerial RIS-assisted ISAC System with Deep Reinforcement Learning"
   Hunsang Cho*, Seonghoon Yoo*, Bangchul Jung, and Joonhyuk Kang  (* Equally contributed)
   IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 2024

2. "Inter-Mode-Interference-Aware OAM Detector via Deep Learning"
   Seonghoon Yoo, Jiwan Seo, Sangwoo Park, and Joonhyuk Kang
   IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2023

Professional Activities

Reviewer

• IEEE Wireless Communication Letters (WCL)

• IEEE Communication Letters (CL)

• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT)

• IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoTJ)

• IEEE Signal Processing Letters (SPL)

• IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC)

• IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC)

• IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC)

• IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference  (VTC) 2026

Teaching Assistance

• [EE424] Introduction to Optimization Techniques, 2023

• [EE326] Introduction to Information Theory and Coding, 2023

• [EE210] Probability and Introductory Random Processes, 2021~2022

Awards

• 2025 IPESK Next-Generation Engineering Researcher 

• 2025 IEEE Seoul Section Student Paper Contest Silver Prize

• 2024 KAIST Graduate Student Outstanding Paper Award

Invited Talks

• 2026 WiOpt Workshop on Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC)

  • Title: KLD Maximization for Target Detection in Coherent Distributed ISAC