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Graduate Student Research Assistant

Seoul National University

LiDAR SLAM, multi-sensor fusion, place recognition, and autonomous navigation research in the RPM Robotics Lab.

Visiting Research Student

Oxford Robotics Institute

Collaborative research on LiDAR place recognition using vision foundation models and geometric localization in forest environments.

Graduate and Undergraduate Student Researcher

KAIST IRAP Lab

Research on 3D sensing, mapping, and localization before moving to SNU.

Ph.D. Candidate

Seoul National University (SNU)

Mechanical Engineering

• Robust Perception and Mobile Robotics Lab, advised by Prof. Ayoung Kim
• Cumulative GPA: 3.71/4.3

M.S.

Seoul National University (SNU)

Mechanical Engineering

• Robust Perception and Mobile Robotics Lab, advised by Prof. Ayoung Kim
• Thesis: Asynchronous Multiple LiDAR-Inertial Odometry using Point-wise Inter-LiDAR Uncertainty Propagation
• Cumulative GPA: 4.06/4.3

M.S. Student

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Moved to Seoul National University
• Advised by Prof. Ayoung Kim

B.S.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Graduated cum laude
• Cumulative GPA: 3.76/4.3

Collaborative Research with Oxford Robotics Institute DRS Group

• Implemented LiDAR place recognition using vision foundation models.
• Implemented forest localization using inter-tree geometric matching.

Global Re-localization for LiDAR SLAM

• Developed global re-localization for scan-to-submap registration in GPS-denied environments.
• Integrated the module into an existing SLAM framework and validated it with real-world multi-session data.

Multiple LiDAR-IMU SLAM

• Developed a multiple LiDAR-IMU SLAM framework for trajectory estimation in unstructured environments.
• Integrated the module into a hardware platform and validated it in real-world forest environments.

Autonomous Navigation in Construction Sites

• Implemented an autonomous navigation module for a mobile robot equipped with LiDAR, IMU, and GPS.
• Demonstrated the system across multiple construction sites.

[M3228.000300] Sensor-Based Spatial Intelligence

Head Teaching Assistant, Seoul National University

Multidisciplinary Creative Class

Tutorial: ICP and LiDAR Localization

Machine Intelligence Industry-Academia Open Lecture and Consulting

Tutorial: Understanding 3D LiDAR Point Clouds and Their Practical Usage

LiDAR Point Cloud Matching

[M3228.000300] Sensor-Based Spatial Intelligence, Seoul National University

Paper Award (2nd author)

Korea Robotics Society (KROS)

Best Overall Presentation Award (2nd author)

IROS Workshop

Best M.S. Thesis Award

Seoul National University

Ranked 4th in the LiDAR Single Session category

Hilti SLAM Challenge

Graduation Citation

Korea Concrete Institute

Development Foundation Chairman Award

KAIST

Cum Laude

Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST

Dean's List

Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST

Reviewer

The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR)

The International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS)

The International Journal of Digital Earth (IJDE)

IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO)

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)

Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL)

IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR)

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering (T-ASE)