• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles / Field Robot

• Underwater Optical/Sonar Imaging

• Deep Learning

• SLAM

POSTECH, Pohang, Korea Feb, 2022 - Current

• Postdoctoral Researcher with Dept. of Convergence IT Engineering

POSTECH, Pohang, Korea Mar, 2016 - Feb, 2022

• Ph.D. with Dept. of Convergence IT Engineering

• Advisor: Prof. Son-Cheol Yu

• Doctoral Dissertation: Persistent Autonomy through Sim-to-Field Transfer Learning based Robust Perception of Underwater Robot System in Unknown Environment

• GPA: 4.00/4.30

Stony Brook, NY, US Jun, 2012 - Dec, 2012

• Exchange student

POSTECH, Pohang, Korea Mar, 2012 - Feb, 2016

• B.E. Degree with Dept. of IT Engineering

• Summa Cum Laude (GPA: 3.99/4.30)

Daegu Science High School, Daegu, Korea Mar, 2010 - Feb, 2012

Peer-Reviewed Journal

• Joe, Hangil, Cho, Hyenwoo, Sung, Minsung, et al. "Sensor Fusion of Two Sonar Devices for Underwater 3D Mapping with an AUV." Autonomous Robots, 45, 543-560, 2021. (IF:3.255) 

• Sung, Minsung, et al. "Underwater-Sonar-Image-based 3D Point Cloud Reconstruction for High Data Utilization and Object Classification Using a Neural Network." Electronics, 9(11), 1763, 2020. (IF:2.690) 

• Sung, Minsung, et al. "Realistic Sonar Image Simulation Using Deep Learning for Underwater Object Detection." International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, 18, 523-534, 2020. (IF:2.964) 

• Sung, Minsung, et al. "Crosstalk Removal in Forward Scan Sonar Image Using Deep Learning for Object Detection." IEEE Sensors Journal, 19(21), 9929-9944, 2019. (IF:4.325) 

• Sung, Minsung, and Son-Cheol Yu. "Sonar-based Yaw Estimation of Target Object Using Shape Prediction on Viewing Angle Variation with Neural Network." Ocean Systems Engineering, 10(4), 435-449, 2020. 

International Conference

• Sung, Minsung, et al. "Underwater Object Detection of AUV based on Sonar Simulator utilizing Noise Addition." 2022 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Symposium (AUV 2022). Singapore, 2022, Waiting for publication.

• Sung, Minsung, and Son-Cheol Yu. "Sonar Image Generation from Underwater Optic Images utilizing Sensor Models and Depth Estimation with Neural Network." Global Oceans 2021: San Diego-Porto. San Diego, USA, 2021.

• Sung, Minsung, et al. "Development of Remote Underwater Monitoring System for Image Acquisition and Fish Detection using Neural Network." The 21st International Conference on Control, Automation, and Systems (ICCAS 2021). Jeju, Korea, 2021.

• Sung, Minsung, et al. "Real-time Wireless Underwater Monitoring System and Neural Network Towards Smart Management of Offshore Fish Farms." Conference on the Future Technology of Fisheries Science. Busan, Korea, 2021.

• Sung, Minsung, et al. "Imaging Sonar based AUV Localization and 3D Mapping using Image Sequences." Global Oceans 2020: Singapore-US Gulf Coast. Biloxi, MS, USA, 2020.

• Sung, Minsung, et al. "Imaging-sonar-based Underwater Object Recognition Utilizing Object’s Yaw Angle Estimation with Deep Learning." IFAC 2020 World Congress. Berlin, Germany, 2020.

• Sung, Minsung, et al. "Convolutional-Neural-Network-based Underwater Object Detection Using Sonar Image Simualtor with Randomized Degradation." OCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE Seattle. Seattle, USA, 2019.

• Sung, Minsung, et al. "Realistic Sonar Image Simulation Using Generative Adversarial Network." IFAC CAMS 2019 Daejeon. Daejeon, Korea, 2019.

• Sung, Minsung, et al. "Sonar Image Translation Using Generative Adversarial Network for Underwater Object Recognition." 2019 IEEE Underwater Technology (UT19). Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2019. 

• Sung, Minsung, and Son-Cheol Yu. "Balloon AUV: Seawater Sampling AUV Using Active Buoyancy Control." 2018 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Symposium (AUV 2018). Porto, Portugal, 2018. 

• Sung, Minsung, Juhwan Kim, and Son-Cheol Yu. "Image-based Super Resolution of Underwater Sonar Images using Generative Adversarial Network." 2018 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON 2018). Jeju, Korea, 2018. 

• Sung, Minsung, et al. "Crosstalk Noise Detection and Removal in Multi-beam Sonar Images Using Convolutional Neural Network." OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston. Charleston, USA, 2018. 

• Sung, Minsung, et al. "Convolutional Neural Network Based Resolution Enhancement of Underwater Sonar Image Without Losing Working Range of Sonar Sensors." 2018 OCEANS-MTS/IEEE Kobe Techno-Oceans (OTO). Kobe, Japan, 2018. 

• Sung, Minsung, Son-Cheol Yu, and Yogesh Girdhar. "Vision based real-time fish detection using convolutional neural network." OCEANS 2017-Aberdeen. Aberdeen, UK, 2017. 

• Sung, Minsung, and Son-Cheol Yu. "Mini-ROV-based Anchoring AUV System: TreeBot AUV." 2016 IEEE/OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Symposium (AUV 2016). Tokyo, Japan, 2016. 

Best Oral Presentation Award @ KOSFAS 2020 Jul, 2020

• Domestic Conference, The Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science Conference 2020 (KOSFAS 2020)

• Title: "Real-time Fisheries Detection on Gyeongbuk Sea Area by Developing Neural-Network-based Underwater Monitoring System"

• GNU Convention Center, Jinju, Korea

2nd place, Student Poster Award @ AUV 2018 Nov, 2018

• International Conference, 2018 IEEE OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Symposium (AUV 2018)

• Title: "Balloon AUV: Seawater Sampling AUV Using Active Buoyancy Control"

• University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Student Poster Award @ OCEANS 2017 Jun, 2017

• International Conference, OCEANS 2017 MTS/IEEE Conference (OCEANS 2017)

• Title: "Vision based real-time fish detection using convolutional neural network"

• Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland

Student Poster Award @ AUV 2016 Nov, 2016

• International Conference, 2016 IEEE OES Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Symposium (AUV 2016)

• Title: "Mini-ROV-based Anchoring AUV System: TreeBot AUV"

• University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Creative IT Engineering Scholarship Mar, 2012 - Feb, 2015
Mar, 2016 - Feb, 2019

• Covers full tuition and stipend

Excellence Award @ 2017 Super Challenge Hackathon Jan, 2017

• Domestic Make-A-Thon.

• "Fit to You": IoT clothes that can transform shape and size according to taste and mood

• Tech Incubator Town, Seoul, Korea

Best Process Award @ 2016 Living Lab Game Jam Feb, 2016

• Netherlands-Korea collaborated Game Jam

• "TwistTalk": Boardgame to encourage conversation and experience sharing among players

• HKU, Hilversum, Netherlands

2nd place @ 2015 POSTECH Hackathon Nov, 2015

Best Design Award

• On campus Hackathon

• "Yolk": Accelerometer-based Smartphone Ruler Application

• POSTECH, Pohang, Korea

Best Poster Award @ 2014 Creative IT Design Dec, 2014

• Course of Dept. of IT Engineering

• "Zephyros": Motion-aware hydraulic manipulator and touchless feedback system

• POSTECH, Pohang, Korea

2nd place @ 2014 CPS festival Nov, 2011

• Domestic problem solving competition

• Awarded by the Commissioner of Korean Intellectual Property Office

Lecturer Fall, 2020 | Fall, 2021 | Fall, 2022

• Tutorial for General-Purpose Engineering Tool for Graduate

• Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea

Internship Jan, 2015 - Jul, 2015

• Game company KOG

• Client Developer: Develop graphics engine, Design UI & GNB

Web Engineer @ UT 2017 Jul, 2016 - Feb, 2017

• Design hompage, manage server for international conference Underwater Technology 2017 (UT 2017)

Teaching Assistant Fall, 2016

• Creative IT Design III

• Dept. of Convergence IT Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea

Student Mentoring Program (SMP) Fall, 2014 | Fall, 2015

• Mentor of Program & Problem Solving (CSED101)

• POSTECH, Pohang, Korea

Student Server Manager Dec, 2013 - Dec, 2014

• Chief manager of server for undergraduate students of Dept. of IT Engineering

• Manage Cent-OS server, write manual for linux for freshmen.

Attend 2013 Living Lab Game Jam Sep, 2013

• Unity Developer

• "JAMCITY": FPS game that tells players that they can be a friend instead of shooting monsters

• POSTECH, Pohang, Korea