News

• 2026.06 RadLoc accepted to IROS 2026. Co-author
• 2026.06 Commerge accepted to IJRR. Co-author
• 2026.06 Placed 2nd in the SLAM category of the Hilti-Trimble SLAM Challenge at ICRA 2026.
• 2026.06 KISS-IMU received the Outstanding WiRA Student Paper Award at ICRA 2026. 1st Author
• 2026.05 KISS-IMU selected as a finalist for the Best Paper Award on Robot Perception at ICRA 2026. 1st Author
• 2026.03 Selected for the ICRA 2026 RAS Travel Support.
• 2026.02 Received the Samsung HumanTech Paper Award (Silver Prize), Samsung Electronics.
• 2026.02 Received the Graduate Research Award, Inha University.
• 2026.01 KISS-IMU accepted to ICRA 2026. 1st Author
• 2025.05 SKiD-SLAM selected as a spotlight talk at the ICRA 2025 Workshop on Field Robotics. Co-author
• 2025.04 Received the Excellent Research Award at the Korea Institute of ITS Conference.
• 2025.01 PoLaRIS Dataset accepted to ICRA 2025. 1st Author
• 2024.07 SOLiD accepted to RA-L. Co-author

Publications

1. RadLoc: Radar-based 3-DoF Global Localization via Fast, Robust, and Lightweight Spatial Descriptor Across Diverse Environmental Scenarios
   Hogyun Kim, Jiwon Choi, Jungwoo Lee, Younggun Cho
   IROS, 2026 , 2026/10
   Code
2. Commerge: Communication-Efficient, Robust and Fast LiDAR Map Merging Framework for Multi-robot Coordination in Resource-constrained Scenarios
   Hogyun Kim, Jiwon Choi, Juwon Kim, Geonmo Yang, Seokhwan Jeong, Hyungtae Lim, Younggun Cho
   IJRR , 2026/06
   Code
3. KISS-IMU: Self-supervised Inertial Odometry with Motion-balanced Learning and Uncertainty-aware Inference
   Jiwon Choi, Hogyun Kim, Geonmo Yang, Juhui Lee, Younggun Cho
   ICRA, 2026 , 2026/06 · Best Paper on Robot Perception Finalist
   arXiv Project Code
4. SKiD-SLAM: Robust, Lightweight, and Distributed Multi-Robot LiDAR SLAM in Resource-Constrained Field Environments
   Hogyun Kim, Jiwon Choi, Juwon Kim, Geonmo Yang, Dongjin Cho, Hyungtae Lim, Younggun Cho
   ICRA workshop on Field Robotics (spotlight talk), 2025 , 2025/05
   arXiv Project Code
5. PoLaRIS Dataset: A Maritime Object Detection and Tracking Dataset in Pohang Canal
   Jiwon Choi*, Dongjin Cho*, Giheyon Lee, Hogyun Kim, Geonmo Yang, Joowan Kim, Younggun Cho
   ICRA, 2025 , 2025/05
   Paper arXiv Project Code
6. IML-SLAM: 주행 차량 모션을 고려한 LiDAR-Inertial SLAM 시스템
   Jiwon Choi, Hogyun Kim, Geonmo Yang, Younggun Cho
   Korea Institute of ITS Conference , 2025/04 · Excellent Paper Award
7. Narrowing your FOV with SOLiD: Spatially Organized and Lightweight Global Descriptor for FOV-constrained LiDAR Place Recognition
   Hogyun Kim, Jiwon Choi, Taehu Sim, Giseop Kim, Younggun Cho
   RA-L , 2024/08
   Paper arXiv Project Code
8. 가벼운 전역 설명자로 이루어진 위치 인식 기술을 이용한 강인한 슬램 기술
   Jiwon Choi, Hogyun Kim, Younggun Cho
   ICROS Annual Conference , 2024/06
9. Study on Efficient Multi-floor Navigation Using a Visual Marker and Floor Plan Map
   Jiwon Choi, Taehu Sim, Gihyeon Lee, Jaeyong Lee, Gilhwan Kang, Hogyun Kim, Young Gun Cho
   ICROS Journal , 2024/01
   Paper
10. Visual marker 및 설계도면을 활용한 효율적인 다층 내비게이션에 관한 연구
    Gihyeon Lee, Sangwook Han, Taehu Sim, Jiwon Choi, Changhee Kim, Jaeyong Lee, Younggun Cho
    ICROS Annual Conference , 2023/06
11. 거리 기반 Sampling Algorithm을 이용한 LiDAR의 객체 인식 성능 개선에 관한 연구
    Dongyoung Kim, Hanbin Song, Jiwon Choi, Jaewoon Lee, Jiung Im, Jonghun Won
    Korea Institute of ITS Conference , 2022/06 · Excellent Paper Award

Research

2026 Co-author Conference

RadLoc: Radar-based 3-DoF Global Localization via Fast, Robust, and Lightweight Spatial Descriptor Across Diverse Environmental Scenarios

1st author — Hogyun Kim

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2026)

2026 Co-author Journal

Commerge: Communication-Efficient, Robust and Fast LiDAR Map Merging Framework for Multi-robot Coordination in Resource-constrained Scenarios

1st author — Hogyun Kim

International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR 2026)

2026 1st Author Conference

KISS-IMU: Self-supervised Inertial Odometry with Motion-balanced Learning and Uncertainty-aware Inference

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2026)

2025 Co-author Conference

SKiD-SLAM: Robust, Lightweight, and Distributed Multi-Robot LiDAR SLAM in Resource-Constrained Field Environments

1st author — Hogyun Kim

ICRA Workshop on Field Robotics (ICRA Workshop 2025)

2025 1st Author Conference

PoLaRIS Dataset: A Maritime Object Detection and Tracking Dataset in Pohang Canal

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2025)

2024 Co-author Journal

Narrowing your FOV with SOLiD: Spatially Organized and Lightweight Global Descriptor for FOV-constrained LiDAR Place Recognition

1st author — Hogyun Kim

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L 2024)

Notes

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