DHKim

Dong Hwan Kim (김동환), Ph.D.

Senior Researcher
Center for Robotics Research
Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Office: L8309
Phone: +82-2-958-6719
Email : email me

Research Interests

Computer vision, robot vision, machine learning, pattern recognition, image processing, signal processing and their applications:
Object recognition, segmentation, plant phenotyping, EEG signal analysis, 3D reconstruction, and mesh processing

Education

• School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Seoul National University (Ph.D. 2006)

  - Dissertation: On the Techniques for Stochastic 3-D Surface Modeling and Applications

  - Advisor: Prof. Sang Uk Lee

• School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Seoul National University (M.S. 2001)

• School of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University (B.S. 1999)

Career

• Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea (2012-Present)

• Adjunct Professor, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (2013-Present)

• Visiting Research Associate, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (2007-2010)

• Research Scientist, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea (2007-2011)

• Senior Engineer, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, Korea (2006-2007)

Publications

International Journal Articles

• Ju Han Yoo, Seong-Whan Lee, Sung-Kee Park, and Dong Hwan Kim, "A Robust Lane Detection Method Based on Vanishing Point Estimation Using the Relevance of Line Segments," IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, (in press), 2017.

• Yuli Chen, Yide Ma, Dong Hwan Kim, and Sung-Kee Park, "Region-Based Object Recognition by Color Segmentation Using a Simplified PCNN," IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 1682-1697, Aug. 2015.

• Jeong-Hwan Lim, Jun-Hak Lee, Han-Jeong Hwang, Dong Hwan Kim, and Chang-Hwan Im, "Development of a Hybrid Mental Spelling System Combining SSVEP-Based Brain-Computer Interface and Webcam-Based Eye Tracking," Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 21, pp. 99-104, Aug. 2015.

• RajeshKanna Ala, Dong Hwan Kim, Sung Yul Shin, Chang Hwan Kim, and Sung-Kee Park, "A 3D-Grasp Synthesis Algorithm to Grasp Unknown Objects Based on Graspable Boundary and Convex Segments," Information Sciences, vol. 295, pp. 91-106, Feb. 2015.

• Han-Jeong Hwang, Dong Hwan Kim, Chang-Hee Han, and Chang-Hwan Im, "A New Dual-Frequency Stimulation Method to Increase the Number of Visual Stimuli for Multi-Class SSVEP-Based Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)," Brain Research, vol. 1515, pp. 66-77, June 2013.

• Soonyong Park, Dong Hwan Kim, Mignon Park, and Sung-Kee Park, "Spectral Scan Matching for Robot Pose Estimation," Electronics Letters, vol. 45, no. 21, pp. 1076-1077, Oct. 2009.

• Kyong Joon Lee, Dong Hwan Kim, Il Dong Yun, and Sang Uk Lee, "Three-Dimensional Oil Painting Reconstruction with Stroke Based Rendering," The Visual Computer, vol. 23, no. 9-11, pp. 873-880, Sep. 2007.

• Dong Hwan Kim, Il Dong Yun, and Sang Uk Lee, "Boundary-Trimmed 3D Triangular Mesh Segmentation Based on Iterative Merging Strategy," Pattern Recognition, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 827-838, May 2006.

International Conference Proceedings Papers

• Ju Han Yoo, ChangHwan Kim, and Dong Hwan Kim, "Mono-Camera Based Simultaneous Obstacle Recognition and Distance Estimation for Obstacle Avoidance of Power Transmission Lines Inspection Robot," in Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2017), pp. 6902-6907, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sep. 2017.

• Ju Han Yoo and Dong Hwan Kim, "A New Robotic Context-Based Object Recognition Algorithm for Humanoid Robots," in Proceedings of the 15th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2015), pp. 47-52, Seoul, Korea, Nov. 2015.

• Ju Han Yoo, Dong Hwan Kim, and Sung-Kee Park, "A New Lane Detection Method Based on Vanishing Point Estimation with Probabilistic Voting," in Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE 2015), pp. 204-205, Las Vegas, NV, USA, Jan. 2015.

• Ju Han Yoo, Dong Hwan Kim, and Sung-Kee Park, "Categorical Object Recognition Method Robust to Scale Changes Using Depth Data from an RGB-D Sensor," in Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE 2015), pp. 98-99, Las Vegas, NV, USA, Jan. 2015.

• Dong Hwan Kim and Sung-Kee Park, "Texture-less Object Recognition Using Contour Fragment-Based Features with Bisected Local Regions," in Proceedings of the 32nd IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE 2014), pp. 388-389, Las Vegas, NV, USA, Jan. 2014.

• Jung Hyun Lee, Hae Yong Kang, Dong Hwan Kim, Jong Suk Choi, and Sung-Kee Park, "Robotic System for Eye Contact Training of Children with Autism," in Proceedings of the 44th International Symposium on Robotics (ISR 2013), pp. 1-3, Goyang, Korea, Oct. 2013.

• Yuli Chen, Yide Ma, Dong Hwan Kim, and Sung-Kee Park, "Object Recognition Based on a Simplified PCNN," in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2012), vol. 2, pp. 223-229, Rome, Italy, July 2012.

• Soohwan Kim, Howon Cheong, Dong Hwan Kim, and Sung-Kee Park, "Context-Based Object Recognition for Door Detection," in Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2011), pp. 155-160, Tallinn, Estonia, June 2011.

• Dong Hwan Kim and Sung-Kee Park, "Object Class Detection Using Shape-Based Feature Descriptors," in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI 2010), pp. 195-197, Busan, Korea, Nov. 2010.

• Soohwan Kim, Dong Hwan Kim, and Sung-Kee Park, "Object Modeling for Environment Perception through Human-Robot Interaction," in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS 2010), pp. 2328-2333, Goyang, Korea, Oct. 2010.

• Soohwan Kim, Dong Hwan Kim, and Sung-Kee Park, "On-line Object Segmentation through Human-Robot Interaction," in Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2010), pp. 1734-1739, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 2010.

• Dong Hwan Kim, Il Dong Yun, and Sang Uk Lee, "New MRF Parameter Estimation Technique for Texture Image Segmentation Using Hierarchical GMRF Model Based on Random Spatial Interaction and Mean Field Theory," in Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2006), vol. 2, pp. 365-368, Hong Kong, Aug. 2006.

• Dong Hwan Kim, Il Dong Yun, and Sang Uk Lee, "Triangular Mesh Segmentation Based on Surface Normal," in Proceedings of the 5th Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV 2002), vol. 2, pp. 616-621, Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 2002.

• Dong Hwan Kim, Il Dong Yun, and Sang Uk Lee, "Multi-Resolution Modeling Technique Using Mesh Segmentation," in Proceedings of the 15th International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications (ITC-CSCC 2000), vol. 1, pp. 474-477, Busan, Korea, July 2000.

Domestic Journal Articles

• Yeong Gul Jang, Dong Hwan Kim, Byung Hwan Jeon, Dong Jin Han, Hackjoon Shim, and Hyuk Jae Chang, "Generation of Triangular Mesh of Coronary Artery Using Mesh Merging," Journal of Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers (in Korean: 정보과학회논문지), vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 419-429, Apr. 2016.

• Sang-Seok Yun, Dong Hwan Kim, JongSuk Choi, Sung-Kee Park, Gui-Young Bong, and Hee Jeong Yoo, "A Pilot Study of Therapeutic Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Using Interactive Robots," Journal of the Korean Association for Persons with Autism (in Korean: 자폐성장애연구), vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 1-17, Apr. 2015.

• Ju Han Yoo, Dong Hwan Kim, Seok Lee, and Sung-Kee Park, "A Robust Power Transmission Lines Detection Method Based on Probabilistic Estimation of Vanishing Point," Journal of Korea Robotics Society (in Korean: 로봇학회논문지), vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 9-15, Mar. 2015.

• Dong Hwan Kim, Yukyung Choi, and Sung-Kee Park, "A New Shape-Based Object Category Recognition Technique Using Affine Category Shape Model," Journal of Korea Robotics Society (in Korean: 로봇학회논문지), vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 185-191, Sep. 2009.

• Hyung-O Kim, Soo Hwan Kim, Dong Hwan Kim, and Sung-Kee Park, "Segmentation of Pointed Objects for Service Robots," Journal of Korea Robotics Society (in Korean: 로봇학회논문지), vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 139-146, Apr. 2009.

• Dong Hwan Kim, Il Dong Yun, and Sang Uk Lee, "Triangular Mesh Segmentation Based On Surface Normal," Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea: Signal Processing (in Korean: 전자공학회논문지 - SP편), vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 22-29, Mar. 2002.

Domestic Conference Proceedings Papers

• Dong Hwan Kim, Soochahn Lee, Wonmin Byeon, and Sung-Kee Park, "3D Face Modeling with Multiple Color Texture Fusion," in Proceedings of the 23rd Korea Signal Processing Conference (KSPC 2010) (in Korean: 신호처리합동학술대회), vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 123-126, Seoul, Oct. 2010.

• Dong Hwan Kim, Il Dong Yun, Jeong Hee Kim, and Sang Uk Lee, "Segmentation of Textured Image using Hierarchical MRF Model in Random Spatial Interaction," in Proceedings of the 14th Workshop on Image Processing and Image Understanding (IPIU 2002) (in Korean: 영상처리 및 이해에 관한 워크샵), Seogwipo, Jan. 2002.

• Dong Hwan Kim, Il Dong Yun, and Sang Uk Lee, "Mesh Segmentation Technique for Multi-Resolution Modeling," in Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on Image Processing and Image Understanding (IPIU 2000) (in Korean: 영상처리 및 이해에 관한 워크샵), Seogwipo, Jan. 2000.

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