Faculty

Our areas of expertise lie in the fields of robotics, control theory, motion planning, optimization methods, autonomous systems, learning-based algorithms, and future mobility including self-driving cars and logistics robots. After years of research at MIT and four years of work at nuTonomy (a self-driving technology startup acquired by Delphi/Aptiv in 2017, later led to Motional, a joint venture by Aptiv and Hyundai Motor Company), we hope to make everyone’s daily living safer and efficient by technological advances. Our current focus of research is on 1) algorithms for robots and autonomous systems, 2) control theory and applications, 3) the design, development, and deployment of future mobility system and many of its components with maximized safety and efficiency, ultimately aiming for zero traffic fatality. Very often, research outcomes in robotics and control theory lead to the improved future mobility system.

[Curriculum Vitae]

● 2019.08 ~ Current: Assistant Professor, UNIST
● 2018.11 ~ 2019.08: Principal Research Scientist, nuTonomy (an Aptiv company)
● 2015.09 ~ 2018.10: Senior Research Scientist, nuTonomy (an Aptiv company, acquired in 2017)

[Education]

● 2015.09: Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
● 2009.09: S.M. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
● 2007.02: B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University

[Research  Keywords and Topics]

● control theory, motion planning, optimization methods, learning-based algorithms, robotics, autonomous systems, future mobility, self-driving cars, logistics robots, on-demand mobility
● safe learning-based algorithms, behavior/intent prediction, safety against malicious attacks, high-performance robotic maneuvers, traffic control for self-driving cars, energy-efficient driving

[Publications (selected)]

● J. Jeon, S. Karaman, E. Frazzoli, “Anytime computation of time-optimal off-road vehicle maneuvers using the RRT*”, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference (CDC-ECC) (2011).
● J. Jeon, R.V. Cowlagi, S.C. Peters, S. Karaman, E. Frazzoli, P. Tsiotras, K. Iagnemma, “Optimal motion planning with the half-car dynamical model for autonomous high-speed driving”, American Control Conference (ACC) (2013).
● J. Jeon, S. Karaman, E. Frazzoli, “Optimal sampling-based feedback motion trees among obstacles for controllable linear systems with linear constraints”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (2015).

[Awards/ Honors/ Memberships]

● Current: Member of the IEEE
● 2021 ~ 2022: Council member for the IEIE (대한전자공학회)
● 2021.06: Outstanding Young Researcher Award from the ICROS (제어로봇시스템학회)