About

Gihoon Song

• Email: sgh7344@hanyang.ac.kr, sgh7344@naver.com
• Hanyang University: Intelligent Systems Control Laboratory (UNICON)
• Ph.D. Student in Artificial Intelligence

📌 Education

• 2020 - 2024 Incheon National University, Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Minor in Future Automotive Engineering
• 2024 - 2026 Hanyang University, M.S. Program in Electrical Engineering
• 2026.04 - 2026.10 Visiting Researcher and Collaborative Research at Florida State University
• 2026 ~ ing Researcher, Institute of Industrial Science, Hanyang University
• 2026 ~ ing Ph.D. Program in Artificial Intelligence, Hanyang University

📌 Research Projects and Roles

Development of a Waste Collection and Transport Robot for Incheon Airport Terminal

• Agency: Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement
• Period: 2023.04 ~ 2024.11
• Role: Development of an autonomous robot docking system

Technology Development and Demonstration of a Multi-Purpose Personal Mobility Service Robot Platform

• Agency: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
• Period: 2022.04 ~ 2024.12
• Role: Development of a service robot platform

Development and Demonstration of AI-Converged Mobility Devices Based on On-Device AI Computing

• Agency: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
• Period: 2024.06 ~ 2027.02
• Role: Development and optimization of on-device LLMs

Development of a Hyper-Personalized Personal Mobility Service Design

• Agency: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
• Period: 2025.04 ~ 2027.12
• Role: Development of an AVM-based perception system

Development and Demonstration of Intelligent Technology for Autonomous Agents Assisting Patient Transfer and Mobility

• Agency: Ministry of Science and ICT
• Period: 2025.07 ~ 2027.12
• Role: Development of an LLM interface and Project PM (from 2026)

Design and Operation of Multi-Energy Systems (MES) and Local Energy Communities (LEC)

• Agency: Ministry of Science and ICT
• Period: 2025.10 ~ 2026.09
• Role: Visiting researcher and collaborative research at Florida State University (6 months)

📌 Publications

• Gihoon Song, Minchan Kim, Jihoon Lim, Suyeon Jeon, and Changmook Kang. (2023-07-12). Control System for Autonomous Driving Mobility. Proceedings of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering Conference, Gangwon.

• Gihoon Song, Jihoon Lim, Cheolmin Jeong, and Changmook Kang. (2024-11-20). Improving Inference Performance of a Personalized Driver Assistance System through LLM Fine-Tuning and Quantization. KSAE Autumn Conference and Exhibition, Jeju.

• G. Song, J. Lim, C. Jeong, and C. M. Kang, “Enhancing Inference Performance of a Personalized Driver Assistance System through LLM Fine-Tuning and Quantization,” in 2025 International Conference on Electronics, Information, and Communication (ICEIC), Osaka, Japan, 2025.

• Cheolmin Jeong, Yangjin An, Hyunwook Song, Taeheon Kim, Gihoon Song, Hwasoo Lee, Insik Won, Jooik Jung, and Changmook Kang. (2025). Autonomous Mobile and Cooperative Waste Transport Robot. Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems.

• Gihoon Song, Hyunwook Song, Cheolmin Jeong, Insik Won, Jooik Jung, and Changmook Kang. (2025-05-21). LiDAR-Based Mobility Docking System Using LLM-Based Dynamic PID Tuning. KSAE Spring Conference, Jeju.

• Song, G., Jeong, C., & Kang, C. M. (2025). Adaptive Control for Autonomous Mobility via LoGenE: Reward-guided Genetic Evolution of LoRA Adapters. International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, 23, 3406–3414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12555-025-0541-4 (SCIE)

• LoGenE: Reward-Guided Genetic Evolution of LoRA Adapters for Dynamic PID Control in LLM-Based Robot Docking Systems. International Conference on Control, Automation, and Systems (ICCAS). 2025.

• Gihoon Song, Taewoong Kim, Geontae Kim, Cheolmin Jeong, and Changmook Kang. (2025-10). LLM-Based Driver Assistance System with Integrated Voice and Environmental Perception. CICS’25 Conference on Information and Control Systems, Sokcho.

• Gihoon Song, Geontae Kim, Taewoong Kim, Cheolmin Jeong, and Changmook Kang. (2025-11). Natural Language-Based ACC System Using a Modular LLM Control Architecture. KSAE Autumn Conference and Exhibition, Busan.

📌 Patents

• Seat Management Device and Integrated Seat Search System Including the Same (Filed)

• L3-Responsive Autonomous Driving Control System and Method through Integration of L2 ADAS Functions Based on AI Agents (Patent application in progress)

📌 Professional Experience

IBIS

• Period: 2024.01 ~ 2024.02
• Role: Development of a control system for autonomous driving mobility

ELICE

Mentor for the 2024 LG Electronics AI Reskilling Program

• Period: 2025.01 ~ 2025.02
• Role: Mentor and teaching assistant for an AI reskilling program for LG Electronics employees

Mentor for the Hyundai Motor Big Data Bootcamp Program

• Period: 2025.04 ~ 2025.07
• Role: Mentor and teaching assistant for a big data bootcamp program for Hyundai Motor employees

Team Sparta

Mentor for the 2025 POSCO AI Application Expert Program

• Period: 2025.11 ~ 2025.12
• Role: Technical mentoring for an AI program for POSCO employees

Mentor for the 2026 KRAFTON AI Hackathon

• Period: 2026.01
• Role: Technical mentoring for an AI hackathon for KRAFTON employees

Mentor for the LIG Nex1 Generative AI Basic Course

• Period: 2026.03
• Role: Technical mentoring for a generative AI program for LIG Nex1 employees

📌 Awards

• Bronze Prize, University Alliance Smart Mobility Online Competition
• Grand Prize, Hanyang University & Hyundai ZER01NE Startup Competition
• Excellence Award, 6th HUBS YOUNG LION COMPETITION