CV | Wooseong Jeong

Education

Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering (Mar. 2023 - Feb. 2028, Expected)
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
- Advisor: Kuk-Jin Yoon
- GPA: 3.81/4.3
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Sep. 2021 - Feb. 2023)
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
- Advisor: Kuk-Jin Yoon
- GPA: 4.10/4.3
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering (Double Major) (Mar. 2015 - Feb. 2021)
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
- GPA: 3.76/4.3, cum laude

Foundation Model Optimization and Adaptation
- Multi-task, multi-objective, and non-convex optimization
- Parameter-efficient adaptation, model merging, and knowledge distillation (including on-policy distillation)
- Test-time adaptation and in-context learning
Embodied Intelligence
- Vision-language-action models and uncertainty-guided reasoning
- Robust perception and motion planning for autonomous systems

Project Leader (Mar. 2025 - Present)
- Core Technology Development for Autonomous Driving in Unstructured Off-Road Environments
- Funded by Hanwha Aerospace. Real-world deployment target in unstructured off-road terrain.
Project Leader (Mar. 2024 - Mar. 2025)
- Unmanned Swarm CPS Research Lab
- Funded by Agency for Defense Development (ADD). Multi-agent perception and coordination for autonomous robotic systems.
Project Leader (Mar. 2022 - Feb. 2024)
- Development of a 2kg-Class Small Electro-Optical Tracking System for Drones
- Funded by Institute of Civil-Military Technology Cooperation. Multi-modal (EO/IR) detection and tracking deployed on drone hardware.
Project Member (Mar. 2021 - Feb. 2022)
- Unmanned Swarm CPS Research Lab
- Funded by Agency for Defense Development (ADD). Multi-agent perception research for autonomous robotic systems.

Apparatus and Method for Learning Multiple Tasks in a Partial Labeling Environment
- Republic of Korea Patent Application No. 10-2026-0089936 (Filed May 18, 2026)
- Jae Young Lee, Seung Uk Ahn, Young Woo Seo, Kuk-Jin Yoon, Wooseong Jeong, Je Gyeong Cho, Young Ho Yoon
Apparatus and Method for Generating Image Dataset for Learning and Evaluation of Image Stitching
- Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-2645640 (Registered Mar. 5, 2024)
- Kuk-Jin Yoon, Hyeokjun Kweon, Yoonsu Kang, Wooseong Jeong, Hyeonseong Kim, Hwi-Sung Park
Apparatus and Method for Image Stitching
- Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-2571530 (Registered Aug. 23, 2023)
- Kuk-Jin Yoon, Hyeokjun Kweon, Yoonsu Kang, Wooseong Jeong, Hyeonseong Kim, Hwi-Sung Park

Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship Korea 2025 – Finalist (2025)
- Selected paper: Interaction-Merged Motion Planning: Effectively Leveraging Diverse Motion Datasets for Robust Planning