Jeong hwan Jeon (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence (affiliated)
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Email: jh<my_last_name> @ unist.ac.kr
<aside> 💡 Assistant Professor, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Aug. 2019 - Current
Department of Electrical Engineering
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (previously)
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<aside> 💡 Principal Research Scientist, nuTonomy (an Aptiv company) Nov. 2018 – Aug. 2019
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<aside> 💡 Senior Research Scientist, nuTonomy (an Aptiv company) Sep. 2015 – Oct. 2018 ****Delphi (became Aptiv in Dec. 2017) acquired nuTonomy at $450M+ in Nov. 2017. Refer to the press release in Oct. for more details. In Sep. 2019, Hyundai Motor Group announced its $2B investment to form an autonomous driving joint venture with Aptiv.
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<aside> 💡 Graduate Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dec. 2007 – Aug. 2015 ****Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS)
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<aside> 💡 Intern, nuTonomy Jan. 2014 ****First two employees as an intern. Both of us started faculty career in 2019.
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<aside> 💡 Intern, Hyundai Mobis Jan. 2006 ****Safety System Development Team
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<aside> 💡 Programmer, MGame Jan. 2003 – Jun. 2005 ****MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games)
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<aside> 💡 Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015
Ph.D.
Advisor: Prof. Emilio Frazzoli
Dissertation: Sampling-Based Motion Planning Algorithms for Dynamical Systems
Dissertation Area: Autonomous Systems
Major: Control / Minor: Learning and Statistical Inference
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<aside> 💡 Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
M.S.
Advisor: Prof. Emilio Frazzoli
Thesis: Experimental Testbeds for Real-Time Motion Planning: Implementation and Lessons Learned
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<aside> 💡 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, 2007
B.S.
Thesis: Hierarchical Flight Management System Design of UAV (supervised by Prof. Youdan Kim)
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<aside> 💡 Outstanding Young Researcher Award, Institute of Control, Robotics, and Systems 2021
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<aside> 💡 STX Scholarship for Graduate Studies 2007-2012
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<aside> 💡 Summa Cum Laude, Seoul National University Feb. 2007
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