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Biography

Se Young Chun is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea. His research spans image reconstruction and motion correction in medical imaging, computer vision for robotics, image processing for pathology, and biometrics by making and using “tools” and “algorithms” in statistical signal / image processing and machine learning / deep learning.

Academic Positions

  • present2017

    Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea

  • 20172013

    Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea

  • 20132011

    Postdoctoral fellow in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and in Radiology

    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

  • 20112009

    Postdoctoral fellow in Radiology

    Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA

Education & Training

  • PhD 2009

    Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering: Systems

    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

  • MS/MSE 2005

    M.S. in Mathematics, M.S.E. in Electrical Engineering: Systems

    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

  • BSE 1999

    B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering

    Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Honors & Awards

  • June 2018
    3rd place for CVPR’18 NTIRE Challenge on Single Image Super Resolution Tracks 2,3, & 4 : Realistic
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    With two BMIPL students, Dongwon Park (2nd year in MS program) and Kwanyoung Kim (4th year in BS program). The award consists of $1,500 and a certificate.
  • June 2018
    Honorable Mention for CVPR’18 NTIRE Challenge on Single Image Super Resolution Track 1 : Classic Bicubic
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    With two BMIPL students, Dongwon Park (2nd year in MS program) and Kwanyoung Kim (4th year in BS program). This award consists of $300 and a certificate.
  • November 2015
    Bruce Hasegawa Young Investigator Medical Imaging Science Award (IEEE NPSS)
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    This award is given annually to a young individual in recognition of significant and innovative technical contributions to the field of medical imaging science. The award, consisting of $1,500, a certificate, and a plaque, is presented at the IEEE Medical Imaging Conference.
  • March 2014
    UNIST Outstanding Teaching Award
    For teaching MTH201, differential equations
  • August 2012
    Selected as the cover paper in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine (Volume 53, Number 8)
    S Y Chun, T Reese, J Ouyang, B Guerin, C Catana, X Zhu, N Alpert, G El Fakhri, “MRI-based nonrigid motion correction in simultaneous PET/MRI,” Journal of Nuclear Medicine 53(8):1284-1291, Aug 2012.
  • June 2010
    Society of Nuclear Medicine Computer and Instrumentation Young Investigator Award, 2nd place
    S Y Chun, T Reese, B Guerin, X Zhu, S Cho, J Ouyang, C Catana, G El Fakhri, “4D tagged MR-based motion correction in simultaneous PET-MR,” Journal of Nuclear Medicine Meeting Abstracts 51:80, May 2010.
  • 2003 - 2005
    Ministry of Information and Communications Scholarship, Republic of Korea
    2 year scholarship for MS study