Joohyung Kim
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
140 Coordinated Science Lab
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Education
- PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Seoul National University, 2012
- BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Seoul National University, 2001
Academic Positions
- Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC, Jan. 2020 - present
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 2013
Other Professional Employment
- Research Scientist, Disney Research, 2017-2019
- Associate Research Scientist, Disney Research, 2013-2017
- Research Staff Member, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Samsung Electronics, 2011-2012
- Senior Engineer, Mechatronics R&D Center, Samsung Electronics, 2009-2011
Research Interests
- Task/Data-driven Robot Design and Motion Control
- Human Robot Interaction
- Legged Robot and Locomotion
- Human Motion and Behavior Dataset
Research Areas
- Decision and Control
- Robotics
Professional Societies
- IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) Reviewer (2015, 2023)
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids) Reviewer (2014-current)
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference of Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Reviewer (2014-current)
- IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation (ICRA) Reviewer (2014-current)
Recent Courses Taught
- ECE 398 JK - Robotics Project
- ECE 445 - Senior Design Project Lab
- ECE 470 (AE 482, ME 445) - Introduction to Robotics
- ECE 498 SMA - Principles of Safe Autonomy
- ECE 598 JK (ECE 598 JKO) - Intro to Humanoid Robotics