Gihoon Song

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

📌 Education and Research Experience

• 2020 – 2024 Incheon National University, B.S. in Information and Communication Engineering Minor in Future Automotive Engineering

• 2024 – 2026 Hanyang University, M.S. Program in Electrical Engineering

• 2026 – Present Researcher, Institute of Industrial Science, Hanyang University

• 2026 – Present Ph.D. Program in Artificial Intelligence, Hanyang University

• 2026.04 – Present Visiting Researcher, University of Florida (UF)

📌 Major Professional and Educational Activities

• 2025 – 2026 Technical Mentor, Corporate Education Team, ELICE

• 2025 – Present Technical Mentor for AX Education, Team Sparta

• 2026 – Present AI Expert, Seoul AI Platform

• 2026 Completed the 9th LG AImers Program

• 2027 – Expected UPSTAGE Instructor Training Program

📌 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 Around View Monitor (AVM)-based perception system

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

• Agency: Ministry of Science and ICT
• Period: 2025.07 – 2027.12
• Role: Development of an LLM-based interface and Project Manager (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: Six-month visiting research and collaborative research at the University of Florida

AI-Based Wind Power Generation Forecasting and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Simulation Solution

• Agency: Seoul AI Hub / GaussLab
• Period: 2026.05 – 2026.11
• Role: Development of AI-based wind power generation forecasting models and algorithms

📌 Publications

Conference Papers

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

• 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, Korea.

• 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.

• 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, Korea.

• Song, G., Jeong, C., & Kang, C. M. 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, Korea.

• 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, Korea.

• Song, G., Guan, Y., & Kang, C. M. “Runtime-Safeguarded LLM Supervisory Control for Multi-Energy Systems under Prompt Perturbations,” submitted to the International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS). Under Review.

• Junhyeok Lee, Gihoon Song, Hyunwook Song, Yangjin An, and Hyeongjun Park. (2026-04). Performance Evaluation of Lightweight Vision–Language Models for Object Selection Using LoRA Fine-Tuning and Quantization. 2026 Conference on Intelligent Information and Control Systems.

• Xin Li and Gihoon Song. (2026-07). Methodology and Applications of a Hybrid Classical–Quantum Transfer Learning Framework for Remote Sensing Image Recognition. KIEE Summer Conference.

• Hyelim Jeon, Hyeongjun Park, and Gihoon Song. (2026-07). A Feasibility Study on a Spherical Attention-Based Camera–LiDAR Sensor Fusion Model for Autonomous Driving. KIEE Summer Conference.

Journal Papers

• 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.

• 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

• Song, G., Park, H., Kim, G., Kim, M., & Kang, C. M. “Risk-Conditioned Shared Orchestration: A Hybrid Control Framework Toward Level-3 Autonomous Driving,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (T-ITS). Under Review.

• Song, G., Gui, Y., & Kang, C. M. “Digital-Twin-Informed LLM Supervisory Coordination of MPC Experts for Multi-Energy Systems,” submitted to Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy (MPCE). Under Review.

• Song, G., Guan, Y., & Kang, C. M. “Performance Auditing of LLM-Supervised MPC Blending for Multi-Energy Systems,” submitted to the International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems. Accepted.

📌 Patents

• Seat Management Device and Integrated Seat Search System Including the Same Patent application filed

• Driving Control Method and Apparatus for Coordinating Multiple ECUs Using Dual-Stage Decision-Making Based on Safety-Constrained Feedback Patent application filed

📌 Professional Experience

Incheon National University

Mentor, 2023 Software Competition

• Period: 2023.09 – 2023.12
• Role: Provided technical mentoring to participating student teams

IBIS

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

ELICE

Mentor, 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, Hyundai Motor Big Data Bootcamp

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

Hyundai NGV

Technical Mentor, 2025 H-Mobility Class Basic Training Program

• Period: 2025.04 – 2025.06
• Role: Technical mentoring for participants in the H-Mobility Class

Instructor and Mentor, Mando / HL Klemove IVS Autonomous Driving Machine Learning and Sensor Data Processing Program

• Period: 2025.04, 2025.10
• Role: Lectures and technical mentoring on autonomous driving, machine learning, deep learning, and sensor data processing

Team Sparta

Mentor, 2025 POSCO AI Application Expert Program

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

Mentor, 2026 KRAFTON AI Hackathon

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

Mentor, LIG Nex1 Generative AI Basic Course

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

📌 Awards and Scholarships

• Outstanding Mentor Award, Incheon National University Software Competition

• Bronze Prize, University Alliance Smart Mobility Online Competition

• Grand Prize, Hanyang University & Hyundai ZER01NE Startup Competition

• Excellence Award, 6th HUBS YOUNG LION COMPETITION

• Ph.D. Scholarship Recipient, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Hanyang University

• 2026 Outstanding Ph.D. Student Scholarship in Science and Engineering, Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF)