Hi! I am Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, advised by Prof. Stella Yu.
Previously, I completed my bachelor's degree (Summa Cum Laude) in Computer Science and Engineering at POSTECH.
Please feel free to reach out to me at byeongju@umich.edu — it's for me right now.
Research
My research interests lie in computer vision and deep learning, with a particular focus on developing systems that emulate human cognitive processes. I aim to create machines that perceive not merely to recognize, but to truly comprehend the physical world. Accordingly, I am currently focusing on the following topics, among others:
Grounded visual understanding
Structured visual priors
Robust generalization
Context-aware representation
Last updated: August 27, 2026
News
August 2026
Started Ph.D. at University of Michigan, advised by Prof. Stella Yu
June 2026
Completed three-year mandatory military service at the Agency for Defense Development (ADD)
May 2026
Selected as Gold Reviewer at ICML 2026
May 2026
Google Scholar citations reached 100
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March 2026
CroBo accepted to CVPR 2026 Workshop on Pixel-level Video Understanding in the Wild
Publications
Work Experience
Agency for Defense Development (ADD)
June 2023 – May 2026Research Officer for National Defense (ROND)
- Served as a First Lieutenant in the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) and worked as a research officer.
- Researched Domain Generalized Object Detection for UAV detection.
- Served on the execution team of AI Transformation Task Force (Feb 2026 – Mar 2026).
SK Hynix
June 2021 – July 2021Computer Vision Research Intern
- Developed an automated algorithm to pre-check for rejects in 3D NAND manufacturing with DL models.
- Received an Industry-Academia Scholarship with guaranteed employment upon graduation.