Prof. Seung-Mok Lee received the Ph.D. degree in civil and environmental engineering (robotics program) from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea, in 2014. From 2014 to 2015, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Urban Robotics Laboratory, KAIST. From 2015 to 2017, he was a Senior Research Engineer with the Intelligent Safety Technology Center, Hyundai Motor Company, Hwaseong, South Korea. He was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Automotive System Engineering at Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea, from 2017 to 2021, and with the Department of Smart Automobile at Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea, from 2021 to 2024. Since 2024, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Future Mobility at Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea. His current research interests include autonomous vehicles, autonomous robot navigation, SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping), and AI (artificial intelligence).

Education

  • Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering/Robotics Program, KAIST (2014)
  • M.S. Aerospace System Engineering, UST (2008)
  • B.S. Physics, Chung-Ang University (2006)


Work Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Future Mobility, Kookmin Unversity, Sep. 2024 – present
  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Smart Automobile, Soon Chun Hyang Unversity, Sep. 2021 – Aug. 2024
  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Automotive System Engineering, Keimyung University, Sep. 2017 – Aug. 2021
  • Senior Research Engineer, Intelligent Safety Technology Center, Hyundai Motor Company, Oct. 2015 – Aug. 2017
  • Post-doctoral Fellow, Urban Robotics Laboratory, KAIST, Sep. 2014 – Aug. 2015


Awards

  • 한국자동차공학회 대구경북지회 우수논문상 (Oct. 2020)
  • Best Presenter Award, Int’l Conf. Robot Intelligence Technology and Application 2018 (Dec. 2018)
  • BK 21 플러스 신진연구인력 우수논문상 (Aug. 2015)
  • 2015년도 제 10 회 한국로봇종합학술대회 젊은 로봇 과학자상 (May 2015)
  • 2013년도 한국로봇학회 국문논문지 우수논문상 (Dec. 2014)
  • 2013년도 특허청장상 (Oct. 2013)
  • 2012년도 제 7 회 한국로봇종합학술대회 최우수논문상 수상 (Jun. 2012)


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