Yoonseob Lim

Yoonseob Lim (임윤섭), Ph.D

Ph.D, Senior Researcher
Center for Robotics Research
Convergence Research Center for Diagnosis, Treatment and Care System of Dementia
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

Contact
Email : yslim AT kist.re.kr
Office : International Cooperation Building L8309
Tel : +82-2-958-6641

Research Interests

• Human-robot interaction

- Artificial intelligence for reliable human-robot interaction in dynamically changing environment

- Recognition of human behavior characteristics while interacting with robot

• Auditory neuroscience

- Intelligibility of speech sound with limited spectrotemporal information

- Advanced cochlear implant electrode and speech signal processing system

• Signal processing

- Object-based sound signal processing and recognition algorithm

Career

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Seoul National University (2002)
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering at Seoul National University (2004)
• Ph.D. in Auditory Neuroscience at Boston University (2014)

Thesis : "Seeing Sound: A New Way to Illustrate Auditory Objects and Their Neural Correlates"

Advisor : Timothy J. Gardner

• Research Engineer, Hyundai Motor Company (2004-2006)

Publications

Journal paper

1. G. Kim, H. Jeon, S.K. Park, Y.S. Choi, and Y. Lim, A Care Knowledge Management System Based on an Ontological Model of Caring for People With Dementia: Knowledge Representation and Development Study, J Med Internet Res 2021;23(6):e25968, doi: 10.2196/25968
2. S.C. Baek, J.H. Chung, and Y. Lim, Implementation of an Online Auditory Attention Detection Model with Electroencephalography in a Dichotomous Listening Experiment, Sensors 2021, 21, 531. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21020531
3. G. Son, S. Kwon, Y. Lim, "Speech Rate Control for Improving Elderly Speech Recognition of Smart Devices," Advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol.17, no.2, pp.79-84, 2017, doi:10.4316/AECE.2017.02011
4. Y. Lim, R. Lagoy, B. Shinn-Cunningham, T. Gardner (2016) Transformation of temporal sequences in the zebra finch auditory system, eLife 2016;10.7554/eLife.18205
5. M. Aoi, K. Lepage, Y. Lim, U.T. Eden and T.J. Gardner (2015) An approach to time-frequency analysis with ridges of the continuous chirplet transform, IEEE Trns. Signal Processing, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 699-710
6. K.S. Min, S.B. Jun, Y.S. Lim, S.I. Park and S.J. Kim (2013) Modiolus-hugging intracochlear electrode array with shape memory alloy, Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, vol. 2013
7. Y. Lim, B. Shinn-Cunningham and T. Gardner (2012) Sparse contour representations of sound. IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 19, pp. 684–687
8. Y. Lim and J. Choi (2009) Speaker selection and tracking in a cluttered environment with audio and visual information, IEEE Consumer Electronics, vol. 55, issue 3, pp. 1581 – 1589
9. Y.S. Lim, S.I. Park, Y.H. Kim, S.H. Oh and S.J. Kim (2005) Three Dimensional Analysis of Electrodes Behavior in a Human Cochlear Model, Medical Engineering & Physics, vol. 27, issue 8, pp. 695-703

Book Chapter

1. S. B. Jun and Y. Lim, "Implantable Optical Neural Interface," in Smart Sensors and Systems: Innovations for Medical, Environmental, and IoT Applications, C.-M. Kyung, H. Yasuura, Y. Liu, and Y.-L. Lin, Eds. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017, pp. 209–236.

Conference Presentations

1. H. Jeon, K. Yang, S. Park, J. Choi, Y. Lim (2018) An Ontology-based Home Care Service Robot for Persons with Dementia, IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interaction Communication (RO-MAN)
2. H. Jeon, S. Park, J. Choi, Y. Lim (2018) Ontology-based Dementia Care Support System, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) (Oral presentation, acceptance rate: 42%)
3. Y. Lim, J. Choi (2015) Object-based sound signal classification, Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Chicago, IL, USA
4. Y. Lim, J. Markowitz, T. Gardner (2014) Motor and auditory coding of sub-syllabic transitions in zebra finch song, Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Washington DC, USA
5. Y. Lim, B. Shinn-Cunningham, T. Gardner (2014) Temporal sequence processing and natural song time-scales in zebra finch auditory cortex, Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Washington DC, USA
6. Y. Lim, B. Shinn-Cunningham, T. Gardner (2013) Stable time-frequency contours for sparse signal representation, 21st European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO), Marrakech, Morocco
7. Y. Lim, B. Shinn-Cunningham, T. Gardner (2013) Time-scales of neural integration constrain a songbird operant behavior. Computational and System Neuroscience (COSYNE), Salt Lake City, UT, USA
8. M. Aoi, Y. Lim, U. Eden, T. Gardner (2013) Object-based spectro-temporal analysis of auditory signals. Computational and System Neuroscience (COSYNE), Salt Lake City, UT, USA
9. Y. Lim, B. Shinn-Cunningham, T. Gardner (2011) Contour representations of sound, IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA), New Paltz, NY, USA