About Me

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence at Kookmin University, where I have been serving since September 2025. I received my Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from the Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI, KAIST under the supervision of Prof. Jong Chul Ye. Prior to my Ph.D., I worked as a senior researcher at the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) for 7.5 years, specializing in wireless communication systems and defense applications.

My research focuses on generative modeling, with a particular interest in developing trustworthy and responsible AI systems. I also explore the intersection of generative models and scientific discovery, aiming to advance scientific understanding and innovation through generative approaches.

News

  • Secured a 3-year national defense R&D grant (~KRW 400M / ~USD 300K) under the Future Defense Innovative Technology Program (๋ฏธ๋ž˜๊ตญ๋ฐฉํ˜์‹ ๊ธฐ์ˆ ๊ฐœ๋ฐœ์‚ฌ์—…).
  • AdjointDiffusion accepted to ACS Photonics.
  • DPAIL accepted to NeurIPS 2025.
  • Joined Kookmin University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence (since Sep 1, 2025).
  • Graduated with a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from KAIST (Aug 15, 2025).
  • Invited talk on MinorityPrompt at the KAIA Summer Conference.
  • Invited talk at the Visual AI Lab, Princeton University.
  • Joint invited talk at The McMahon Lab, Cornell University (with Dongjin Seo).
  • Boost-and-Skip accepted to ICML 2025.
  • MinorityPrompt selected as CVPR 2025 Oral (top 0.74%).
  • MinorityPrompt accepted to CVPR 2025.

Ongoing Projects

  • AI-Driven Long-Range EO/IR/SWIR Sensor Fusion System
    Future Defense Innovative Technology Program (๋ฏธ๋ž˜๊ตญ๋ฐฉํ˜์‹ ๊ธฐ์ˆ ๊ฐœ๋ฐœ์‚ฌ์—…)
    Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Republic of Korea
    Oct 2025 โ€“ Mar 2028 ยท ~KRW 400M (~USD 300K)
    Role: Principal Investigator

Publications

Journal Papers

Conference Papers