CV

Contact Information

Name Seo Wook Han
Professional Title Ph.D Candidate
Email seowook.han@kaist.ac.kr

Education

  • 2024.03 - Present
    Ph.D Candidate
    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon, Korea
    Electrical Engineering
    • Advisor: Prof. Min Jun Kim
    • Focus: Robot Learning, Robotic Manipulation, State Estimation, Optimization-based Control
  • 2022.03 - 2024.02
    M.S
    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon, Korea
    Electrical Engineering
    • Advisor: Prof. Min Jun Kim
    • Thesis: Real-time Multi-Contact Estimation Algorithm and its Application to Multi-Contact feedback Model Predictive Control for Interactive Robotic Tasks
  • 2016.03 - 2022.02
    B.S
    Korea University Seoul, Korea
    Mechanical Engineering

Experience

  • 2022.03 - Present
    Graduate Researcher
    Intelligent Robotic System Lab (KAIST) Daejeon, Korea
    Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST.
  • 2023.06 - 2023.09
    Guest Researcher
    German Aerospace Center (DLR) Robotics and Mechatronics Center (RMC), Germany
    Research on multi-contact aware model predictive controller.
  • 2020.04 - 2020.12
    Undergraduate Researcher
    Structural Integrity and Reliability Lab (Korea University) Seoul, Korea
    Development of advanced technology for structural condition and monitoring prediction.

Publications

  • 2025
    CDM: Contact Diffusion Model for Multi-Contact Point Localization
    Seo Wook Han and Min Jun Kim
    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  • 2025
    Learning Multi-Contact Localization via Diffusion Models with Proprioceptive Sensing
    Seo Wook Han and Min Jun Kim
    Robotics: Science and System (RSS) Workshop on Navigating Contact Dynamics in Robotics
  • 2024
    Online Multi-Contact Feedback Model Predictive Control for Interactive Robotic Tasks
    Seo Wook Han, Maged Iskandar, Jinoh Lee, and Min Jun Kim
    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  • 2024
    Contact Estimation Diffusion Model for Collaborative Robots
    Seo Wook Han and Min Jun Kim
    IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation, and Systems (ICCAS)
  • 2024
    Optimization-based Multi-Contact Force Control (in Korean)
    Seo Wook Han, Maged Iskandar, Jinoh Lee, and Min Jun Kim
    The 19th Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KRoC)
  • 2023
    Proprioceptive Sensor-Based Simultaneous Multi-Contact Point Localization and Force Identification for Robotic Arms
    Seo Wook Han and Min Jun Kim
    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  • 2023
    Multi-Contact Point Localization and Force Identification for Collaborative Robot Arm using Proprioceptive Sensor (in Korean)
    Seo Wook Han and Min Jun Kim
    The 18th Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KRoC)

Awards

  • 2024
    ICROS Daejeon-Chungcheong Branch Academic Conference Outstanding Paper Award
    Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS)
  • 2021
    Semester High Honors, 2nd Semester
    Korea University
  • 2021
    KU Alumni Scholarships (Academic Scholarship) 1st Semester
    Korea University
  • 2021
    Study Scholarships 1st Semester
    Korea University
  • 2020
    Semester High Honors, 2nd Semester
    Korea University
  • 2020
    International Capstone Design Fair 2020 (Korea, China) (Best Achievement)
    Korea University
  • 2020
    KU Alumni Scholarships (Academic Scholarship) 2nd Semester
    Korea University
  • 2020
    KU Alumni Scholarships (Academic Scholarship) 1st Semester
    Korea University
  • 2020
    Semester High Honors, 1st Semester
    Korea University
  • 2020
    Capstone Design Fair 2020 (bronze prize)
    Korea University
  • 2017
    Semester High Honors, 1st Semester
    Korea University

Interests

Robot Learning
Robotic Manipulation
State Estimation
Optimization-based Control

Skills

Programming: C/C++, Python, Matlab
Robotics: ROS/ROS2, JAX/FLAX, Mujoco/Pinocchio
Design: Fusion360

Extra-curricular Activities

  • Reviewer
  • 2026

    IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

  • 2026

    International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR)

  • 2026

    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

  • 2025

    IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)

  • 2024

    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

  • 2024

    IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation, and Systems (ICCAS)

  • Teaching
  • 2025

    Electronics Design Lab <AI for Robot Intelligence: Perception, Planning and Control> (Undergrad.), Teaching Assistant

  • 2024

    Electronics Design Lab <Robotic Manipulator> (Undergrad.), Teaching Assistant

  • 2024

    Control system engineering (Undergrad.), Teaching Assistant

  • 2023

    Electronics Design Lab <Robotic Manipulator> (Undergrad.), Teaching Assistant, Course Development TA

  • Military Service
  • 2017-19

    Auxiliary police, Honorable Discharge