People

Professor

Seung-Hyun Kong

공승현
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
The CCS Graduate School of Mobility
F412, KAIST Munji Campus, 193, Munji-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
(+82)42.350.1265 skong@kaist.ac.kr

Professional
Experience

  • Associate Professor, KAIST, Korea, 2010–Present (Tenured at 2017)
  • BK21+ 사업 팀장, BK21+ 미래교통시스템사업팀, 2016–2020
  • Staff Research Engineer, Qualcomm Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA, 2007–2009
  • Founder and CTO of R&D, Nexpilot Co. Ltd., Seoul, Korea, 2000–2004
  • Research Engineer, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Seoul, Korea, 1997–2000

Research Interests

  • Advanced Reinforcement Learning for Self-Driving
  • Deep Learning for Vehicle Sensors (LiDAR, Radar, Camera, GNSS)
  • Deep Learning for Sensor Fusion for Localization and Reliable Perception
  • Cooperative Vehicle Navigation for Urban Environments
  • Assisted-GNSS for Mobile and V2X Communication Systems

Professional Activities
and Service

  • General Chair and Organization Chair, IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium (2024), Jeju, Korea, 2024
  • Co-Founder and CTO, Zeta Mobility Co., 2023–Present
  • Founding Chair, Autoware Foundation of Korea, 2024–Present
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on ITS, 2017–Present
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Access, 2017–2021
  • Editor of IET Radar, Sonar, and Navigation (SCI, IF 1.837), 2016–2021
  • Lead Guest Editor of the Special Section on “GNSS, Localization, and Navigation Technologies” in IEEE Access, 2017–2018
  • Lead Guest Editor of the Special Issue on “ITS Empowered by AI Technologies” in IEEE Trans. on ITS, 2017–2019
  • Program Co-Chair, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC 2019), 2019
  • Program Chair, Inst. of Pos. Navi., and Timing (IPNT) Conference, 2015–2016, 2018
  • Chair, Wireless Pos. and Nav. Technologies Workshop, Seoul, 2015–2016
  • Co-Organizer, Workshop on Location Engineering, Seoul, 2013
  • 한국통신학회 무선측위 및 항법기술 연구회 위원장, 2014–2021
  • 한국항법시스템학회 학회이사, 한국ITS학회, 2014–Present

Honors and Awards

  • KAIST Globalization Excellence Lab, 2024
  • Outstanding Paper Award (S.J. Lee and S.-H. Kong) – IPNT Conference, 2023
  • 대통령상(1위), 국제대학생자율주행경진대회, 2018
  • IEEE Senior Membership, 2016–Present
  • 2015 KAIST Technology Innovation Award, 2015
  • Outstanding Paper Award (H.-W. Ko and S.-H. Kong) – KGS Conference, 2015
  • Outstanding Paper Award (K. Jung and S.-H. Kong) – KGS Conference, 2014
  • Distinguished Contribution Award – LBS Forum, 2004
  • Outstanding Patent Prize, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 1999

Education

  • Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford Univ., CA, 1995–1996, 2005
  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Univ. (merged to NYU), NY, 1994
  • B.S. in Electronics Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, 1988–1991