Bo-Yeong Kang

A professor in the school of mechanical engineering at Kyungpook National University. in Daegu, Korea, which she joined in 2009. She received her Ph.D., M.S., M.A. and B.S. from Kyungpook National University. Prior to coming to KNU, she worked at Seoul National University as research professor and KAIST as postdoc. She is currently interested in artificial intelligence implementation for social/intelligent robots. 

Educational Background:

•  B.S. in Dept. of Computer Engineering awarded in 1997, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, (with Professor Sang-Jo Lee)

•  M.A. in Dept. of English Language and Literature awarded in 1999, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. Master thesis: The Distribution of NPIs in English and Korean (with Professor Yae-Shiek Lee)

•  M.S. in Dept. of Computer Engineering awarded in 2002, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. Master thesis: Text Summarization through Important Noun Detection Using Lexical Chains. (with Professor Sang-Jo Lee)

•  Ph.D. in Dept. of Computer Engineering awarded in 2004, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. Ph.D. dissertation: Semantic Indexing Scheme Based on Concept Identification. (with Professor Sang-Jo Lee)

Work Experience:

•  Part-time Lecturer (2003.1- 2004.8), Kyungpook National University 

•  Visiting Researcher (2003.12 - 2004.2), National Institute of Communication and Technology(NICT), Kyoto, Japan

•  Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2004.9 - 2005.8), KAIST ICC 

•  Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2005.9 - 2006.5), School of Dentistry, Seoul National University 

•  Visiting Research Fellow (2005.10 - 2006.1), DERI Poland, Poznan, Poland 

•  Research Assistant Professor (2006.6 - 2009.09), School of Dentistry, Seoul National University 

•  Assistant Professor (2009.09 - 2013.09), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University 

•  Associate Professor (2013.10 – 2018,09), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University 

•  Professor (2018.10 – 2022.02), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University 

•  Adjunct Professor (2019.09 – 2020.05), Dept. of Artificial Intelligence, Dept. of Robot & Smart System Engineering, Graduate School, Kyungpook National University 

•  Professor (2022.03 – current), Robot & Smart System Engineering Division, Dept. of Convergence, Kyungpook National University (Founder & Dean of Robot & Smart System Engineering Division, Dept. of Convergence)

•  경북대학교 입학본부 입학사정관, 2013-2014 

•  미래창조과학부 기초연구사업 자문위원회, 2013.05 ~ 2013.12 

•  미래창조과학부 기초연구사업 추진위원회, 추진위원, 2013.05 ~ 2015.05 

•  경북대학교 기획처 기획조정과, 위원, 2016.10 ~ 2016.12 

•  공과대학 기계공학부 공학교육혁신센터, 공학프로그램관리자 (ABEEK PD), 2016.06 ~ 2018.05 

•  경북대학교 여교수회, 간사, 2018.01 ~ 2018.05 

•  경북도청 정책연구용역 심의위원회, 2019.02 ~ 2022.01

•  경북대학교 학생상담센터, 위원, 2018.07 ~ 2021.10 

•  경북대학교 자원봉사센터, 부센터장, 2018.07 ~ 2021.10 

•  경북대학교 인재개발원, 부원장, 2018.07 ~ 2021.10 

•  경북대학교 장애학생지원센터, 센터장, 2018.07 ~ 2021.10 

•  경북대학교 본부 학생처, 학생부처장, 2018.07 ~ 2021.10 

•  (재)경북대학교장학회, 감사, 2022.05~현재 

•  경북대학교 융합학부 로봇및스마트시스템공학 전공, 전공주임, 2022.09 ~ 현재 

•  경북대학교 대학원 로봇및스마트시스템공학과, 학과장, 2018.07 ~ 2021.10 

Awards:

•  2014, 미래창조과학부 장관상, 미래창조과학부(기초연구진흥) 

•  2018, 2018년도 한국디지털콘텐츠학회 한국정보기술학회 공동학술발표대회, Best Paper Award 

•  2017, IEEE International Conference on Applied System Innovation First-Place Paper Award, IEEE ICASI 국제학회 

•  2008. Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2008 Nomination (25th edition) 

•  2007, Nomination in 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, International Biographical Center(IBC), GREAT BRITAIN 

•  2007, Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2007 Nomination (24th edition)

•  2005, Marie-Curie Fellowship for Knowledge Transfer by European Union Marie-Curie Fellowship Association 

•  2003, International Academic Exchange Fellowship by Korea Research Foundation 

•  2003, The 41st Annual Meeting of Computational Linguistics(ACL), Travel Fund Grant 

•  2003, Outstanding Presentation Award in 29th Korean Information Science Society Conference 

•  2002, Outstanding Female Engineer Fellowship by Ministry of Gender Equality 

Academic Activiates:

•  Publication Committee Member, The 29th ICROS Annual Conference, May 2014 

•  Program Committee Member, The 31st Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference, Singapore, July 2008 

•  Program Committee & Session Chair, 2007 The 19th annual conference of Human Language Technology, Daegu, Korea, October 2007 

•  Program Committee Member, The 6th International Semantic Web Conference(ISWC), Busan, Korea, November 2007 

•  Program Committee Member, The 30th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2007 

•  Organizing Committee Member, 2006 The 18th annual conference of Human Language Technology, Pohang, Korea, October 2006 

•  Organizing Committee Member, 2005 Asian Information Retrieval Symposium (AIRS2005), Jeju, October 2005 

•  AAAI Society, Member 

•  IEEE Society, Member 

•  ACM Society, Member 

•  Sensors, Topic Advisory Member 

•  Korean Medical Informatics Society, member 

•  Korean Information and Science Society, Member 

•  Korean Robot Society, Member

Hammed Olatunde Obasekore

Biography:

Currently a researcher in the school of Robot and Smart Systems Engineering at Kyungpook National University, in Daegu, Korea, he joined in 2020. Hammed bagged his MSc. in Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering from Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt (2019) under the scholarship supported by Pharco & co. His bachelor degree was in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria under a Local Scholarship Scheme Supported by Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF). Currently, he is researching into Deep Reinforcement Learning implementation for social/intelligent robots.

Experience : 2013 Maxim Web Technologies, System Analyst @ Web Development

                           2015 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Gender and Charity Volunteer

                           2015 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Secondary School Teacher

                           2018 Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Teaching Assistance

                           2019 Cizar Consult Investments, Software Developer

Scholarship: 2012 Fulltime (4yrs) University of Ilorin, PTDF LSS Scholarship

                           2016 University of Ilorin Young Inventor @ Laboratory To Product (LABTOP) Exhibition

                           2017 Fulltime (2yrs) Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, PHARCO & Co Scholarship

                           2020 Full Spring Semester Kyungpook National University Scholarship (KINGS)

Hae-In Jeon

Biography:

Currently studying Ph.D. degree in the Department of Artificial Intelligence at Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea from March 2022. She received the M.S in the school of Artificial Intelligence at Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, which she joined in 2020. She has completed her Bachelor in English Education at Kyungpook National University.

Scholarship: 2020 Spring Semester, Tuition Scholarship

                           2020 Autumn Semester, Tuition Scholarship

                           2020 Autumn Semester, Professional Manpower Training for 3D Printing based on 3D Printing Materials

                           2020 Autumn Semester, BK+ Scholarship

                           2021 Spring Semester, Professional Manpower Training for 3D Printing based on 3D Printing Materials

                           2021 Spring Semester, Tuition Scholarship

                           2021 Spring Semester, BK+ Scholarship

                           2021 Autumn Semester, Tuition Scholarship

                           2021 Autumn Semester, Professional Manpower Training for 3D Printing based on 3D Printing Materials

                           2021 Autumn Semester, BK+ Scholarship

                           2022 Spring Semester, Tuition Scholarship

                           2022 Spring Semester, Professional Manpower Training for 3D Printing based on 3D Printing Materials

                           2022 Spring Semester, BK+ Scholarship

                           2022 Autumn Semester, Professional Manpower Training for 3D Printing based on 3D Printing Materials

                           2022 Autumn Semester, BK+ Scholarship

                           2023 Spring Semester, BK+ Scholarship

Ung-Hee Tae

Biography:

Currently studying master in the Robot and Smart System Engineering at Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, which he joined in 2024. He has completed his Bachelor in Department of Unmanned and Autonomous Vehicle Engineering at Kyungwoon University.

Ruchita Gangula

Biography:

Currently studying master in the Robot and Smart System Engineering at Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, which she joined in 2024. She has completed her Bachelor in Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Aditya Institute of Technology and Management.

Young-Min Kim

Biography:

Currently studying combined M.S/Ph.D course in Robot and Smart System Engineering at Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, since March 2025. He received a bachelor's degree in Robot and Smart System Engineering with a double major in Computer Science and Engineering at Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.

Gyu-Min Lee

Biography:

currently studying Undergraduate research in the Robot & Smart System Engineering at Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, which he joined in 2024

Byeong-hoon Park

Biography:

currently studying Undergraduate research in the Robot & Smart System Engineering at Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, which he joined in 2024