ByungOk Han

About Me

I am a senior researcher at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and an associate professor at the University of Science and Technology (UST). I received my bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering from Chung-Ang university in Seoul, South Korea. I obtained both my master's degree in robotics and ph.d. in computer science from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, South Korea. My research interests include computer vision, robot learning, and machine learning.

News

• I am serving as a member of the organizing committee for KRoC (Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference) 2027.
• Our SA-VLM v2 paper has been chosen as an award finalist at ICRA 2026, with an oral presentation!
• I am serving as an organizing chair for CoRL 2025.

Experience

• Research Director, Robot Foundation Model (RFM) Laboratory, Humanoid Robot System (HROS) Research Department, ETRI, 2025.09 ~ Present
• Associate Professor, UST, 2024.03 ~ Present
• Senior Researcher, ETRI, 2016.10 ~ Present

Education

• Ph.D. in Computer Science - KAIST, 2016
• Thesis: Face recognition technology robust to pose variation and partial occlusion
• Advisor: Hyun S. Yang
• M.S. in Robotics - KAIST, 2010
• Thesis: Hybrid scheme for indoor localization and map building with a laser ranger finder and a local positioning sensor
• Advisor: Hyun S. Yang
• B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering - Chung-Ang University, 2008

Selected Publications (Full list)