DHKim

Dong Hwan Kim (김동환), Ph.D.

Principal Researcher
Center for Intelligent & Interactive Robotics
Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Adjunct Professor
Acamedy-Research-Industry Collaboration Program
Korea University

Office: L8205
Phone: +82-2-958-6719
Email : email me
Lab: Computer Vision and Image Processing Laboratory

Research Interests

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

Education

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

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

Career

• Principal Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, KOREA (2019-Present)

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

• Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, KOREA (2012-2018)

• 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

Google Scholar Citations (Dong Hwan Kim)

International Journal Articles

• Sangjun Lee, Jimin Park, Da Som Choi, Seokbeen Lim, Youngjong Kwak, Dong Pyo Jang, Dong Hwan Kim, Han Bi Ji, Young Bin Choy, and Chang-Hwan Im, "Feasibility of Epidural Temporal Interference Stimulation for Minimally Invasive Electrical Deep Brain Stimulation: Simulation and Phantom Experimental Studies," Journal of Neural Engineering, vol. 19, no. 5, 056003 (16 pages), Oct. 2022.

• Daseul Yang, Yu-Jung Chae, Doogon Kim, Yoonseob Lim, Dong Hwan Kim, ChangHwan Kim, Sung-Kee Park, and Changjoo Nam, "Effects of Social Behaviors of Robots in Privacy-Sensitive Situations," International Journal of Social Robotics, vol. 14, no. 2, pp.589-602, Mar. 2022.

• Changjoo Nam, Sang Hun Cheong, Jinhwi Lee, Dong Hwan Kim, and ChangHwan Kim, "Fast and Resilient Manipulation Planning for Object Retrieval in Cluttered and Confined Environments," IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 1539-1552, Oct. 2021.

• Sanghun Cheong, Brian Younggil Cho, Jinhwi Lee, Jeongho Lee, Dong Hwan Kim, Changjoo Nam, ChangHwan Kim, and Sung-Kee Park, "Obstacle Rearrangement for Robotic Manipulation in Clutter Using a Deep Q-Network," Intelligent Service Robotics, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 549-561, Sep. 2021.

• Ju Han Yoo and Dong Hwan Kim, "Graph Model-Based Lane-Marking Feature Extraction for Lane Detection," Sensors, vol. 21, no. 13, 4428 (21 pages), July 2021.

• Sangjun Lee, Jimin Park, Jinuk Kwon, Dong Hwan Kim, and Chang-Hwan Im, "Multi-Channel Transorbital Electrical Stimulation for Effective Stimulation of Posterior Retina," Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 9745, pp. 1-11, May 2021.

• Changjoo Nam, Seokjun Lee, Jeongho Lee, Sang Hun Cheong, Dong Hwan Kim, Changjoo Nam, Chang-Hwan Kim, and Sung-Kee Park, "A Software Architecture for Service Robots Manipulating Objects in Human Environments," IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 117900-117920, June 2020.

• Hoon-Seok Jang, Mannan Saeed Muhammad, Guhnoo Yun, and Dong Hwan Kim, "Sampling Based on Kalman Filter for Shape from Focus in the Presence of Noise," Applied Sciences, vol. 9, no. 16, 3276 (23 pages), Aug. 2019.

• Unseok Lee, Sungyul Chang, Gian Anantrio Putra, Hyoungseok Kim, and Dong Hwan Kim, "An Automated, High-throughput Plant Phenotyping System Using Machine Learning-Based Plant Segmentation and Image Analysis," PLOS ONE, vol. 13, no. 4, e0196615 (17 pages), Apr. 2018.

• 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, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 3254-3266, Dec. 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

• Kijung Kim, Guhnoo Yun, Sung-Kee Park, and Dong Hwan Kim, "Efficient Fall Detection for a Healthcare Robot System Based on 3-Axis Accelerometer and Depth Sensor Fusion with LSTM Networks," in Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2022), pp.2207-2212, Montréal, QC, Canada, Aug. 2022.

• Jeongho Lee, Myoungha Song, SeungHyun Kang, Changjoo Nam, ChangHwan Kim, and Dong Hwan Kim, "Human-like Object Manipulation Based on Object Affordance Detection and 3D Shape Analysis for Social Robot," in Proceedings of the 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2020) Workshop on Social Human-Robot Interaction of Human-Care Service Robots, pp. 1-4, Naples, Italy, Sep. 2020. (virtual conference due to COVID-19 pandemic)

• Kijung Kim, Guhnoo Yun, Sung-Kee Park, and Dong Hwan Kim, "Fall Detection for the Elderly Based on 3-Axis Accelerometer and Depth Sensor Fusion with Random Forest Classifier," in Proceedings of the 41st IEEE International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC 2019), pp. 4611-4614, Berlin, Germany, July 2019.

• Guhnoo Yun, Kijung Kim, Sung-Kee Park, and Dong Hwan Kim, "A Monitoring System to Support Home Health Care for the Elderly with Dementia by Detecting Going Out Activities Based on RGB-D Sensors," in Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR 2019), pp. 71-76, Jeju, Korea, June 2019.

• 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

• Jeong Ho Lee, Ju Han Yoo, and Dong Hwan Kim, "Sampling Strategy Evaluation Method Using IoU in Active Learning," in Proceedings of the 18th Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KRoC 2023) (in Korean: 한국로봇종합학술대회), Pyeongchang, Korea, Feb. 2023

• NamJoo Kim, Guhnoo Yun, and Dong Hwan Kim, "Video Object Removal by Optical Flow and Edge Learning," in Proceedings of the 32nd Workshop on Image Processing and Image Understanding (IPIU 2020) (in Korean: 영상처리 및 이해에 관한 워크샵), pp. 1-4, Jeju, Korea, Feb. 2020.

• HyeOk Choi, Dong Hwan Kim, and Hye-Ran Byun, "3D Object Classification Using Deep Volumetric CNN," in Proceedings of the 30th Workshop on Image Processing and Image Understanding (IPIU 2018) (in Korean: 영상처리 및 이해에 관한 워크샵), pp. 1-4, Jeju, Korea, Feb. 2018.

• Kijung Kim, HyeOk Choi, and Dong Hwan Kim, "Human Detection and Tracking Method Using Subdivided Shape Information," in Proceedings of the 13th Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KRoC 2018) (in Korean: 한국로봇종합학술대회), pp. 254-255, Hoengseong, Korea, Jan. 2018.

• Ju Han Yoo, Jeong Ho Lee, and Dong Hwan Kim, "A Single Model-Based Object Tracking Method Robust to Scale Changes for Mobile Manipulator," in Proceedings of the 13th Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KRoC 2018) (in Korean: 한국로봇종합학술대회), pp. 231-232, Hoengseong, Korea, Jan. 2018.

• 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.

Advising Activity

Former Graduate Students

Ph.D. Students

• Ju Han Yoo (2013.03 - 2019.02)

  - Dissertation: "Robust Lane Detection Based on Vanishing Point Estimation Using the Relevance of Lane Marking Features"

  - Co-advisor: Prof. Seong-Whan Lee, Korea University

M.S. Students

• NamJoo Kim (2018.03 - 2020.02)

  - Thesis: "Video Object Removal by Learning Edge and Optical Flow"

  - Co-advisor: Prof. Seong-Whan Lee, Korea University

• HyeOk Choi (2017.03 - 2019.08)

  - Thesis: "Amodal 3D Object Detection Based on Depth and Local Surface Orientation"

  - Co-advisor: Prof. Hye-Ran Byun, Yonsei University

Former Postdoctoral Fellows

• Ju Han Yoo, Ph.D. (2019.03 - 2019.06)
• Eunyoung Lee, Ph.D. (2016.01 - 2017.07)

Former Researchers

• Myoung Ha Song (2019.01 - 2020.07)
• Eunsoo Jeon (2019.09 - 2020.03)
• HyeOk Choi (2019.09 - 2020.03)
• Guhnoo Yun (2018.05 - 2019.08)
• Jeong-Ho Lee (2017.08 - 2019.02)
• Kijung Kim (2016.08 - 2019.02)
• Hae-na Lee (2015.03 - 2016.08)
• Huije Che (2011.10 - 2013.09)
• Ju Han Yoo (2010.11 - 2013.02)
• Wonmin Byeon (2010.06 - 2010.09)

Current Graduate Students

Ph.D. Students

• Kijung Kim (2019.03 - )
• Jeong-Ho-Lee (2019.03 - )
• Guhnoo Yun (2019.09 - )