Dr. Lee is a Distinguished Professor of Information and Communication
Engineering and the Director of the Intelligent Systems Research Center at the
SungKyunKwan University (SKKU) since March 2003. Prior to his tenure with SKKU,
he has been an Executive Vice President and Chief Research Officer (CRO) of the
Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), managing Micro & Nano Systems
as well as Intelligent Systems Sectors for over 5 years (1998-2003). Dr. Lee has
been a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the
University of Southern California (1983-1997) and jointly held a Senior Research
Staff Position with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of
Technology (1990-1997). Dr. Lee received his Ph.D from Purdue University, West
Lafayette, and MS and BS from Seoul National University.
Dr. Lee has been chairing numerous National Committees for developing the S&T
policies and R&D plans for Korea, including the National Technology Roadmap
(2002), the National R&D Thrusts for Future Economic Growth of Korea (2003), the
National Strategy for International R&D Collaboration (2003), and the National
Strategy for Intelligent Robot Standardization (2004). He is a Fellow of IEEE
and a Member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology. Dr. Lee is
currently directing the Industrial Activities Board as a Vice President of IEEE
Robotics and Automation Society. He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief for the
Springer-Verlag Journal of Intelligent Service Robotics.
Educational
Background:
Ph.D.
in Electrical Engineering,
Purdue University,
West Lafayette, 1982.
MS.
and BS.
in Electrical Engineering,
Seoul
National University,
1974 and 1972, respectively.
Professional Experiences:
R&D
Planning/Evaluation/Administration
Chair,
Standardization Committee for Intelligent Robotics (2004-Date),
Head,
Administrative Committee of 21 Century Frontier National Project on Nano
Mechatronics (2002-Date),
Chair,
Korean S&T Evaluation Committee (2004),
Member,
Steering Committee for National Intelligent Robot Initiative (2003-Date),
Director,
National Technology Roadmap (NTRM) Project (2002),
Chair,
National R&D Thrusts Planning Committee (2003),
Chair,
International R&D Collaboration Roadmap Committee (2003),
Chair,
Planning Committee for National Intelligent Robotics Initiative (2001),
Member,
Planning and Evaluation Board of Korea Foundation of Fundamental Technologies
(1999-2003),
Member,
National S&T Council Strategic Future Technology Committee (2003),
Chair,
National S&T Policy
Committee (2003),
Member,
Administrative Committee of G7 MEMS Project (1998-2001),
Member,
Administrative Committee of G7 Next Generation of Mass Storage Devices Project
(2000-2004).
Journal
Editorials
Editor-in-Chief,
Journal of Intelligent Service Robotics, Springer-Verlag (2004-Date),
Member,
Advisory Board for Springer-Verlag Book Series on Advanced Robotics (2002-Date),
Member,
Advisory Board for Journal of Autonomous Robots, Springer-Verlag (2004-Date),
Associate Editor,
IEEE Sensors Journal (2000-2001),
Associate Editor,
IEEE Transactions on Neural Network (1998-1999),
Associate Editor,
IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation (1994-1996),
Guest Editor,
IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation (1995-1996),
Member,
Editorial Boards of Several International Journals on Perception, Artificial
Intelligence and Robotics (1985-2000).
Leadership in
Professional Societies
Vice
President
for
Industrial Activities, IEEE RAS (Robotics and Automation Society) (2004-2007),
Vice President
for
Planning and International Relations, Korea Robotics Society (2003-Date),
General Chair,
IEEE Sensors06, Korea (2006),
Vice General Chair,
IEEE Sensors05, California (2005),
Program Co-Chairs,
IEEE Sensors04, Austria (2004), IEEE Sensors03, Canada (2003), IEEE
Sensors02, Florida (2002),
Member
of Administrative Committee, IEEE RAS (1996-1999, 2002-2005),
Vice President,
Korea Sensor Society (2001-2003),
Chair,
IEEE
RAS Technical Committee on Assembly Planning (1996-2000),
Chair,
IEEE
RAS Technical Committee on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation
(1997-2001),
Councilor,
Korean American Scientists and Engineers Association (1998-2000),
President,
Southern California Chapter for Korean American Scientists and Engineers
Association (1996-1997),
Director,
Korean Institute of Control, Automation, Systems Engineers (1998-2000),
Member,
Long Range Planning Committee for Korean Institute of Electronics Engineers
(1999-2000),
General Chair,
IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning, California (1997),
Program Chair,
IEEE
International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and
Automation, California (1996),
Program Chair,
IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning, Pennsylvania
(1995).
Major
Employment History:
Professor and
Director
School of Information and Communication Engineering and Intelligent Systems
Research
Center, 2003-Date,
Sungkyunkwan University.
Executive Vice
President and Chief Research Officer
Head
of MEMS, Nano Systems and Intelligent Systems Programs and Manager of
Breakthrough Research Team,
1998-2003,
Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology.
Senior Member
of Technical Staff
Technical Lead for Intelligent Robot R&D Programs,
1990-1997,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
NASA
and California Institute of Technology.
Assistant,
Associate (Adjunct), and Full Professor (Adjunct)
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Departments,
1983-1997,
University of Southern California.
Post Doctoral
Fellow
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Department,
1982-1983,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Major
Accomplishments in Research and Education
250 Technical
Papers
in Robotics, Intelligent Systems, MEMS, and Nano Systems, Published in
International Journals and Proceedings of Major Conferences.
12 US Patents
Awarded. 17
Books and Book Chapters
authored or co-authored.
19 Ph.D.s
supervised and
15 International
Visiting Scholars
advised.
Original Contributions to and Technical Leadership in NASA/JPL Programs on
Space Robotics
and Autonomous Intelligent Rovers
for
Orbital as well as Planetary Missions, JPL/Industry Project on
Tele-Robotic
Microsurgery,
NSF/Industry Consortium on
Intelligent Robotic
Assembly,
USC/Industry Project on
Machine Perception,
NSF/USC Project on
Neural Information
Processing,
Samsung Projects on
MEMS Sensors and
Actuators,
MEMS Inkjet Print Head, Micro Cooling System, Low Power System,
Wearable Electronics,
and
Photonic Crystals,
MOST/Samsung Projects on
MEMS Fuel Cell,
RF MEMS
and Bio MEMS,
MOCIE/Samsung Projects on
Nano Storage
and
Holographic Memory,
MOST 21 Century Intelligent Robot R&D Program on
Robotic Perception,
Understanding, Reasoning and Learning
for Service Robotics, MIC Project on
Human-Robot Interaction,
MOST Projects on
Nano Jetting
and
Nano Writing
Honors and Awards:
IEEE Fellow
(1998-Date),
Member
of Korean Academy of Science and Technology (1999-Date),
Commendation
with Plaque by Minister of Korea Ministry of Science and Technology for
Outstanding Contribution to National Technology Road Map (2003),
Commendation
with Plaque by the President of Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Evaluation and Planning for Outstanding Contribution to S&T Planning and
Evaluation (2003),
NASA Award
for Excellence in Tele-Robotics Research (1992), IEEE Conference
Best Paper Awards
(1995,1997), Outstanding Korean-American
Leadership Award
by Korean-American Leadership Council (1996), IEEE Outstanding
Service Award
(1993), 12 NASA
Awards
on Technical Innovations (1985-1996),
KSEA Award
for service as Chapter President (1996),
Keynote/Plenary Speeches
: UN-ECE Conference/Press Release Event (2004), International Conference on
Advanced Robotics, Hungary (2001), International Symposium on Robotics, Korea
(2001), International Symposium on Robotics and Automation, Mexico (2000),
International Conference on Autonomous Systems, Italy (2000), IEEE International
Conference on Multi-Sensor Fusion and Integration, Taiwan (1999), IEEE
International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning, Portugal (1999).
Address:
Sungkyunkwan University
300
Chunchun-dong Jangan-gu, Suwon 440-746 Korea
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