Professor

Professor Daegyu Lee

Daegyu Lee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Advanced Defense Technology and Industry, JBNU

첨단AI방위산업융합학과(대학원)

피지컬AI융합공학과(대학원) 겸임교수

Email: lee.dk@jbnu.ac.kr

Research Interests

  • Learning-based Navigation
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)

Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, KAIST (2024.02)
  • M.S. in Future Automotive, KAIST (2020.02)
  • B.S. in Automotive Engineering, Kookmin University (2018.02)

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Dept. of Advanced Defense Technology and Industry, JBNU (2025.10 – Present)
  • Vice Director, 방산AI부트캠프사업단(Defense AI Bootcamp), JBNU (2026.03 – Present)
  • Researcher, ETRI Air Mobility Research Division (2024.01 – 2025.09)

Academic Service

IEEE Robotics & Automation Society

  • IEEE/RSJ IROS (Reviewer)
  • IEEE ICRA (Reviewer)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (Reviewer)

IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society

  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles (Reviewer)
  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (Reviewer)
  • IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (Reviewer)
  • IEEE ITSS Conference (Reviewer)

Selected Awards

  • 2025 IEIE Young Researcher Award (Systems & Control)
  • 2023 Hyundai Motor Group Autonomous Driving Challenge – 2nd Place (Team Lead)
  • 2021 Hyundai Motor Group Autonomous Driving Challenge – 1st Place (Team Lead)
  • 2021 Seoul City Mayor Award (서울특별시장상)
  • 2021 KAIST Institute Outstanding Researcher Award
  • 2019 Hyundai Motor Group Autonomous Driving Challenge – 3rd Place
  • Indy Autonomous Challenge – High-Speed Autonomous Racing (2021–2023)

Master's Students

Seongmin Kim

Seongmin Kim

Advanced Air Mobility, Reinforcement Learning

Isan Kim

Isan Kim

Reinforcement Learning, Adaptive Control

Kitae Jung

Kitae Jung

Autonomous Driving

Undergraduate Interns

Yul Ko

Yul Ko

Autonomous Systems Integration and Control

Junseok Kim

Junseok Kim

Hardware Implementation & Perception/Planning