Career
- 1988 ~ 1992, Assistant Professor, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
- 1992 ~ 1998, Associate Professor, KAIST
- 1998 ~ Present, Professor, KAIST
- 2011 ~ Present, KT Chair Professor, KAIST
- 1992 ~ 1993, Visiting Professor, Purdue University, USA
- 2000 ~ 2001, Visiting Professor, U.C. Davis, USA
- 2013. 7, Visiting Professor, LISSI Lab., UPEC (University of Paris Est Creteil), France.
- 2009 ~ Present, Fellow, IEEE
International Activities
| 기간 | 학회/협회명 | 직책 | 비고 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014.12 | Symposium on Robotic Intelligence in Informationally Structured Space (RiiSS 2014) at the 2014 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2014) | Program Committee Member | Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. |
| 2014.10 | International Conference on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications (ECTA) | Program Committee Member | Rome, Italy |
| 2013.11 | The 6th IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS) | International Advisory Board Member | Manila, Phillipines |
| 2013.10 | The International Conference on Social Robotics | Standing Committee Member | Bristol, U.K. |
| 2013.7 | 2013 5th International Conf. on Mechatronics | International Advisory Committee Member | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2013.4 | IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence 2013 (SSCI 2013) | Program Committee Member | Singapore |
| 2012.12 | The 1st International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA) 2012 | General Chair | Gwangju, Korea |
| 2012.11 | IEEE TENCON 2012 | International Program Committee Member | Cebu, Philippines |
| 2012.10 | The 4th International Conference on Social Robotics (http://www.icsoro.org) | International Advisory Board (IAB) Member | Chengdu, China |
| 2012.6 | 13th International. Conference on Evolutionary Computing and Fuzzy Systems | International Scientific Committee Member | Iasi, Romania |
| 2012.4 ~ Present | International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems | Editorial Board Member | |
| 2012.3 ~ Present | IEEE Computational Intelligence Society | Evolutionary Computation Pioneer Award Subcommittee Member | |
| 2011 ~ Present | IEEE | IEEE Fellow Evaluation Committee Member | |
| 2011 ~ Present | IEEE Computational Intelligence Society | Summer School Subcommittee Chair | |
| @ | IEEE TENCON 2011 (http://tencon2011.com/home/show/id/3) | Technical Program Committee Member | Bali, Indonesia |
| 2011.10 | International Conference on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications (ECTA) 2011 (http://www.ecta.ijcci.org/) | International Program Committee Member | Paris, France |
| 2011.8 ~ Present | International Journal of Social Robotics | International Advisory Board Member | |
| 2011.5 | The 4th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM) 2011 | International Advisory Committee Member | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2010 ~ Present | International Journal of Mechatronics & Automation | Editorial Board Member | |
| 2010.12 | International Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning (SEAL) 2010 | International Advisory Committee Member | Kanpur, India |
| 2010.10 | The 1st International Conference on Applied Bionics and Biomechanics (ICABB) 2010 | International Program Committee Member | Venice, Italy |
| 2010.10 | IEEE Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics (SMC) | International Program Committee Member | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2010.6 | IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM) | International Advisory Board Member | Singapore |
| 2010.6 | International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ICSI) | Technical Committee Chair | Beijing, China |
| 2009.12 | The 5th International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC) | International Technical Program Committee Member | Tianjian, China |
| 2009.11 | IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA) | General Chair | Daejeon, Korea |
| 2009.9 | The 2nd IFAC International Conference on Intelligent Control System and Signal Processing (ICONS) | International Program Committee Member | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2009.8 | FIRA Robot World Congress 2009, consisting of; Int’l Conf. on Social Robotics, Int’l Conf. on Entertainment Robotics, Int’l Conf. on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Int’l Conf. on Advanced Humanoid Robot Research, Int’l Conf. on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment, Int’l Robotics Education Forum | Honorary Chair | Incheon, Korea |
| 2009.7 | IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) | Technical Program Committee Member | Singapore |
| 2009.5 | IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2009 | Technical Chair | Trodheim, Norway |
| 2009.4 | New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction | Program Committee Member | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 2009.3 | The 4th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Envorinment, and Management | International Advisory Board Member | Manila, Philippines |
| 2009.2 | The 4th International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents (ICARA) | International Advisory Panel | Wellington, New Zealand |
| 2008.11 | International Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning (SEAL) 2008 | Interantional Advisory Committee Member | Melbourne, Australia |
| 2008.11 | International Conference on Mechatronics | International Advisory Member | Malaysia |
| 2008.11 | 2008 International Automatic Control Conference (IACC) | Advisory Committee Member | National Cheng Kung Univ., Taiwan |
| 2008.8 | The 4th International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC) and The 5th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD) | Program Committee Member | Jinan, China |
| 2008.8 | The 3rd Asia International Symposium on Mechatronics (AISM) | International Program Co-Chair | Sapporo, Japan |
| 2008.6 | IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2008 | Program Committee Member | Hong Kong |
| 2008 ~ Present | IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine | Associate Editor | |
| 2008 ~ Present | International Journal of Social Robotics | Associate Editor | |
| 2008 | IJCNN 2008, FUZZ-IEEE 2008, and CEC 2008 under WCCI2008 | Technical Committee Member | Hong Kong |
| 2008 | Asia International Symposium on Mechatronics | International Program Co-Chair | Sapporo, Japan |
| 2007 | IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2007 | International Advisory Board Member | |
| 2007 | International Advisory Board,?RoboAsia?2007 | Committee Member | Singapore |
| 2007 | IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (ALIFE) 2007 | Program Committee Member | Honolulu, USA |
| 2007 | International Symposium of Mechatronics and Its Applications (ISMA) | Committee Member | Sharjah, UAE |
| 2007 | The 3rd International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC) | Program Committee Member | Haikou, China |
| 2007 | IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications | International Committee Member | Montreal, Canada |
| 2007 | The 4th International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment | General Co-Chair | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 2007 | International Conference on Advanced Engineering Computing and Applications in Sciences (ADVCOMP) | International Program Committee Member | Papeete, French Polynesia (Tahiti) |
| 2007 | The 4th International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC) and The 5th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD) | Jinan, China | |
| 2006 | The 9th Fuzzy Days | Program Committee Member | Dortmund, Germany |
| 2006 | The 3rd AUS-International Symposium on Mechatronics (ISM) | International Advisory Board Member | Sharjah, UAE |
| 2006 | IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2006 | Program Committee Member | Vancouver, Canada |
| 2006 | International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents | Honorary Chair | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 2006 | The 5th International Symposium on Robotics and Automation (ISRA) | International Program Committee Member | |
| 2006 | International Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning (SEAL) 2006 | Program Committee Member | Hefei, China |
| 2006 | The 10th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems | Program Committee Member | Seoul, Korea |
| 2006 | International Forum on ALife and Adaptive Robotics | Coordinator | Daejeon, Korea |
| 2006 | International Symposium on Robot Education | General Chair | Ilsan, Korea |
| 2005 ~ Present | International Federation of Automatic Control | Technical Committee Member | |
| 2005 | The 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems | International Advisory Board Member | Singapore |
| 2005 | The 10th FIRA Cup and Robot World Congress | Honorary Chair | Singapore |
| 2005 | International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation (IETA), International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE) | Technical Program Committee Member | |
| 2005 | The 2nd International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM) | International Advisory Board Member | Manila, Philippines |
| 2005 | The 1st International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC) and the 2nd International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD) | Program Committee Member | Changsha, China |
| 2005 | IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2005 | Technical Program Committee Member | Edinburgh, UK |
| 2005 | The 3rd International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment (AMiRE) | Program Committee Member | Awara-Spa, Japan |
| 2005 | The 2nd International Robot Week | Program Committee Member | Daejeon, Korea |
| 2005 | The 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems | International Advisory Board Member | Singapore |
| 2004 | International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents (ICARA) | Honoray Chair | Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 2004 | NCI 2004 | International Technical Committee Member | Grindelwald, Switzerland |
| 2004 | IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2004 | International Program Committee Member | Portland, USA |
| 2004 | The 4th International Symposium on Robotics and Automation | International Program Committee Member | Queretaro, Mexico |
| 2004 | Fuzzy Days 2004 | Honorary Chair | Dortmund, Germany |
| 2003 | The 1st Australian Conference on Artificial Life (ACAL) | International Program Committee Member | Canberra, Australia |
| 2003 | IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2003 | Industrial Committee Co-Chair and International Program Committee Member | Canberra, Australia |
| 2003 | International Conference on Humanoid, Nano-technology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM) 2003 | International Advisory Board Member | Manila, Philippines |
| 2003 | FIRA Robot World Congress 2003 | International Program Committee Member | |
| 2002 | FIRA Robot World Congress 2002 | International Advisory Board Member | Seoul, Korea |
| 2002 | Tsinghua-KAIST Joint Workshop on Intelligent Control and Robotics | Workshop Coordinator | Beijing, China |
| 2002 | International Symposium on Robotics and Automation (ISRA) 2002 | International Program Committee Member | Toluca, Mexico |
| 2002 | The 7th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN VII) | Program Committee Member | Granada, Spain |
| 2002 | The 4th Asian Control Conference (ASCC) | International Program Committee Member | Singapore |
| 2002 | ICASE/SICE Joint Workshop | Program Committee & Organizing Committee Member | |
| 2002 | International Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning (SEAL) 2002 | Program Co-Chair | Singapore |
| 2002 | 제 4회 로봇 축구 공학 학술대회 | 대회장 | KAIST, 대전 |
| 2002 | MRDEC 지능시스템 기술동향 워크샵 | 대회장 | 국립중앙과학관, 대전 |
| 2001 ~ Present | IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) | Technical Committee Member | |
| 2001 ~ Present | Evolutionary Computation Society, Neural Network Council | Technical Committee Member (Founding Member) | |
| 2001 | The 1st IFAC Conference on Telematics Applications in Automation and Robotics | Program Committee member | Weingarten, Germany |
| 2001 | IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2001 | Program Committee Member | Seoul, Korea |
| 2001 | International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (CIRAS) | International Advisory Board Member | Singapore |
| 2001 | IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2001 | General Chair | |
| 2001 | IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT) 2001 | International Advisory Committee Member | Egypt |
| 2000 | The 1st International Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Economics and Finance (CIEF) 2000 | Program Committee Member | Atlantic City, USA |
| 1999 | IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 1999 | Program Co-Chair | San Diego, USA |
| 1999 | ISORA, World Automation Congress | Program Co-Chair | Maui |
| 1999 | International Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning (SEAL) 1999 | Program Co-Chair | Nagoya, Japan |
| 1999 | Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 1999 | Program Committee Member | |
| 1999 | International Symposium on Innovations in Mechatronics (ISIM) 1999 | Program Committee Member | |
| 1996 ~ Present | IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation | Founding Associate Editor | |
| 1996 ~ Present | International Conference on Simulated Evolution And Learning (SEAL) | Steering Committee Member |
Awards and Honors
- 1985, The Chairman of the IEEE Seoul National Univ. Student Branch
- 1986, The Regional Student Representative of the IEEE Region 10
- 1983-1987, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation Ph.D. Scholarship
- 1988, Grand prize, Choongang Memorial Foundation, Seoul/Korea
- 1991, Post-doc Fellowship, LG Yonam Foundation, Seoul/Korea
- 1992, Yeon-Am Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship
- 1995, The First Winner Prize, The 4th International Micro-Robot Maze Contest, Nagoya/Japan
- 1996, The First Winner Prize, The 5th International Micro-Robot Maze Contest, Nagoya/Japan
- 1996, Best Paper Award, Korea Robot and Automation Conference
- 1996, IEEE International Conference on Evoultionary Computation / Best Poster Award, IEEE Evolutionary Computation Society
- 1996, IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics / Best Student Paper, IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society
- 1996, Best Paper Award, Korea Automatic Control, Robot Conference, Seoul/Korea
- 1996, The Winner of semifinals, The 1st International Robot Soccer World Championship
- 1996, The Bronze Prize, The 2nd Samsung Human-Tech Paper Award
- 1997, The 3rd Rank, The 2nd International Robot Soccer World Championship
- 1997, KAIST Contribution Award
- 1997, Korea Presidential Award
- 1999, Visiting Scholar Followship, Seo-Am Foundation, Seoul/Korea
- 2000, The 6th Samsung Human-Tech Paper Award
- 2001, The Bronze Prize, The 7th Samsung Human-Tech Paper Award
- 2001, The Encouragement Prize, The 7th Samsung Human-Tech Paper Award
- 2003, The Gold Prize, The 9th Samsung Human-Tech Paper Award
- 2006, The Bronze Prize, The 12th Samsung Human-Tech Paper Award
- 2007, The Bronze Prize, The 13th Samsung Human-Tech Paper Award
- 2007, The 1st Place, The FIRA RoboWorld Cup 2007 in RoboMarathon HuroCup, USA
- 2007, The 2nd Place, The FIRA RoboWorld Cup 2007 in RoboSot, USA
- 2011, Korea Ministry of Knowledge Economy Award
- 2012, YeoSu EXPO 2012 Organizing Committee Chair Award
- 2013, Appreciation, Mayor of Daejeon Metropolitan City
Memberships
- 1982 ~ Present, Member of IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
- Member of KITE
- Member of KIEE
- Research Member of CIET
- Research Member of ERC-ACI
- 1996 ~ Present, Special Member of Science and Technology Group, Korea National Assembly, Seoul/Korea
- 1996 ~ Present, Member of Planning Committee of World Technopolis Association, Taejon/Korea
