Professor
Sung Ju Hwang
Sung Ju Hwang is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence and School of Computing at KAIST. Prior to working at KAIST, he was an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNIST, and before that he was a postdoctoral research associate at Disney Research, working under the supervision of Professor Leonid Sigal. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science from The University of Texas at Austin, under the supervision of Professor Kristen Grauman. During his Ph.D. he closely collaborated with Professor Fei Sha at The University of Southern California.
PhD Students
Jin Myung Kwak
KAIST, M.S., CS, 2018
UC Berkely B.S., EECS, 2014
Natural Language Understanding, Conversation Agent, Text Generation
Dongchan Min
KAIST, M.S., AI, 2022
KAIST, B.S, EE/Business, 2020
Speech, Generative Models
Dongki Kim
Bruno Andreis
KAIST, M.S., CS, 2019
UNIST, B.S., EE, 2017
Computer Vision, Network Compression, Reinforcement Learning
Minki Kang
KAIST, M.S., AI, 2021
KAIST, B.Eng, CS/EE, 2020
Natural Language Understanding,
Reinforcement Learning
Youngwan Lee
Researcher at ETRI
Inha University, M.S., 2017
Inha University, B.S., 2015
Object Detection/Segmentation, Self-Supervised Learning
Seul Lee
KAIST, M.S., AI, 2022
KAIST, B.S., Aerospace Engineering and Biological Sciences, 2019
Generative Models, Graph Neural Networks
Junmo Cho
KAIST, M.S., EE, 2022
KAIST, B.S., EE/CS 2020
Research interest: Embodied AI
Yukyeong Lee
KAIST, M.S. AI, 2025
KAIST, B.S., C.S., Bio/Br. Eng., 2022 Multimodal LLM, Generative Models
Taewook Nam
KAIST, M.S., CS, 2020
KAIST, B.S., CS, 2018
Meta Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Bayesian Deep Learning
Dongbok Lee
KAIST, M.S., AI, 2021
Korea University, B.S., CS, 2019
Natural Language Processing,
Generative Models
Jinheon Baek
KAIST, M.S., AI, 2022
Korea University,
B.S., CS/B. Eng., 2020
Graph Neural Networks
Beomyoung Kim
AI Researcher at Naver Clova
KAIST, M.S, Future Vehicles, 2021
Inha University, B.S, ICE, 2019
Computer Vision, Segmentation, Detection
Sangwon Jang
Taekyung Ki
Yonsei University, M.S. Math, 2021
Kookmin Univ., B.S. Math, 2019 Generative Models, Computer Vision
Byungjoo Kim
Korea University, M.S., CS, 2021
Korea University, B.S., EE, 2018
Trustworthy Deep Learning
Jeff Willette
KAIST, M.S., CS, 2021
ASU B.A. Business 2010
Bayesian Deep Learning, Calibration
Seanie Lee
KAIST, M.S., AI, 2022
Yonsei University, B.A.,
Library and Information Science, 2018
Natural Language Processing, Generative Models
Geon Park
Sogang University, B. Eng., CS, 202
Neural Architecture Search, Federated Learning, Neural Network Quantization
Jin Jiongdao
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC),
B.S., Automation, 2021
KAIST, M.S. AI, 2024
Continual Learning
MS Students
Minju Seo
Korea University, B.S. C.S. 2023
Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models
Wonbin Lee
Interns
Jina Kim
KAIST C.S. (undergraduate)
Large Language Models, Network Compression, Interpretable AI
Dohyeon Kim
Hanyang University, B.S. Data Science, (undergraduate)
Large Language Models, Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning
Jun Hyeong Kim
tommy0906@snu.ac.kr
Seoul National Univ., M.S., AI, 2024
Yonsei University, B.S., Biotechnology, 2022
Large Language Models, RAG,
AI in Biomedicine
Hyomin Lee
Sangwoo Park
jackson0530@yonsei.ac.kr
Yonsei University (C.S.) (undergraduate)
Large Language Models, RAG, Agentic AI
Aoxuan Silvia Zhang
2021320050@korea.ac.kr
Korea University, B.S. CS & Math (Expected 2025)
Large Language Models, Generative Models, Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning
Administrative Staff
Alumni (PhD Students)
Minseon Kim
Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research Montreal
KAIST, PhD A.I., 2024
KAIST, M.S., EE, 2020
KAIST, B.S., CS/Bio & Brain Eng., 2018,
Jay Heo
CPO at Deepauto.ai
KAIST, Ph.D, CS, 2023
UNIST, M.S., CS, 2019
University of Texas at Austin B.A., Psychology, 2015
Wonyeong Jeong
CTO at DeepAuto.ai
KAIST, Ph.D, AI, 2023
State Univ. NY, BS, CS & AMS, 2019
Federated Learning, AutoML
Hae Beom Lee
Assistant Professor of E.E.,
Korea University
KAIST PhD., AI, 2022
UNIST, M.S., CS, 2018
UNIST, B.S., CS, 2016
Hayeon Lee
Research Scientist Meta GenAI
KAIST, Ph.D, CS, 2023
KAIST, M.S. CS, 2018
Sungkyunkwan University, B.S., CS, 2016
Jaehong Yoon
Assistant Professor Nanyang Technological University
KAIST, Ph.D, CS, 2023
UNIST, M.S., CS, 2018
UNIST, B.S., CS, 2016
Alumni (MS Students)
Jeonghwan Kim
Korea Univ, B.S., Mathematics/CS, 2022
Continual Learning, Federated Learning
Eunji Ko
Samsung Electronics
KAIST, M.S, AI, 2024
Ewha Womans University, B.S., MBE 2022
Hyunsu Rhee
NCSOFT
(Substitute Military Service)
KAIST, M.S. AI 2022
Eunyoung Hyung
Research Scientist
at Samsung Research
KAIST, M.S., AI, 2021
Tuan Nguyen
ML Researcher at Jane Street
Oxford PhD ML 2024
KAIST, M.S., CS, 2020
Joonho Ko
KAIST M.S. AI, 2025
KAIST, B.S., EE and ME 2023
Generative Models, Large Language Models
Hyeonjeong Ha
Sunil Hwang
Defense Acquisition Program Administration
KAIST, M.S. AI 2022
Hyewon Jeong
Ph.D. student at MIT
KAIST, M.S., CS, 2021
Donghyun Na
Research Scientist at KRAFTON
(Substitute Military Service)
KAIST, M.S., CS, 2019
Jaewoo Lee
PhD Student at UNC Chapel HIll
KAIST, M.S., AI, 2024
KAIST, B.S., EE 2023
Seongjae Kang
Research Scientist at VUNO (substitute military service)
KAIST, M.S. AI 2024
KAIST, B.S., CS 2022
Minyoung Song
KAIST, M.S., AI, 2021
ML Engineer at Danngn
Divyam Madaan
Ph.D. student at NYU
KAIST, M.S., CS, 2021
Moonsu Han
Research Scientist at NCSOFT
Language AI Research
UNIST, M.S., CS, 2019
Sohyun An
Haebin Seong
Jaewoong Shin
Research Scientist at Lunit
(Substitute Military Service)
KAIST, M.S., AI, 2021
Jeongun Ryu
Research Scientist at Lunit
(Substitute Military Service)
KAIST, M.S., CS, 2021
Alumni (Visiting Researchers)
Wuhyun Shin
Daeun Lee
PhD Student and UNC Chapel Hill
Visiting Researcher, KAIST
Korea University, B.S Statistics, 2024