International Research Project Prof. Tiantian Chen Leads KAIST’s Part in the Korea-Czech DOVE Project July 2026•Korea Planning & Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) Prof. Tiantian (Nicole) Chen of the HFACTS Lab is leading KAIST’s participation in the DOVE project, an international joint R&D effort between Korea and the Czech Republic. The project runs from […]
Editorial Award Prof. Tiantian Chen Receives the Highly Valued Associate Editor Award September 2026•Analytic Methods in Accident Research (Elsevier) We are pleased to share that Prof. Tiantian (Nicole) Chen of the HFACTS Lab has received the Highly Valued Associate Editor award from the Elsevier journal Analytic Methods in Accident Research (AMAR). The award is part […]
🎉 Visiting Ph.D. Position at MIT We are proud to share that Zixuan Xu (HFACTS) will join the MIT JTL Urban Mobility Lab as a visiting Ph.D. student in September 2026. During the visit she will be advised by Prof. Jinhua Zhao, Head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) at MIT, working […]
Research Grant Hyunchul Park Wins an NRF Research Grant September 2026•National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) IMPACTs is delighted to share that Hyunchul Park, a Ph.D. student in TUPA, has won an NRF research grant through the Doctoral Student Research Encouragement Program. His project brings together humanoid robots, world models, and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technologies. The […]
Student Scholarship Shi Ye Named a 2026 Kim Young-han Global Leader Scholar July 2026•KAIST IMPACTs is proud to share that Shi Ye of the Human-FACTS Lab has been named a 2026 Kim Young-han Global Leader Scholar at KAIST. It is a wonderful recognition for one of the doctoral researchers in our community. The Kim Young-han […]
Research Grant Prof. Heye Huang Awarded a New NRF Research Grant August 2026•National Research Foundation of Korea Prof. Heye Huang of ACES Lab has been awarded a new NRF grant for her research on embodied intelligence in long-tail environments. It is welcome news for one of the newest labs in the IMPACTs family. Her project […]
National R&D Project TUPA Joins National R&D Project on End-to-End Autonomous Driving August 2026 • Ministry of SMEs and Startups We are pleased to announce that TUPA has joined a new national R&D project on end-to-end autonomous driving, selected for funding by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. The project runs from 2026 to 2030 […]
Conference Awards ACES Lab Students Receive Two Awards at IEEE CASE 2026 August 2026 • IEEE CASE 2026, Shenyang, China We are delighted to share that two students from the ACES Lab earned top honors at the IEEE CASE 2026 Safety-Critical Robotics Workshop in Shenyang, China. Zuyi Guo (M.S., Fall 2026) and Xianjie Dai (Ph.D., […]
Lab Family News Hyunchul Park (TUPA) Is Getting Married August 8, 2026•Suwon, Gyeonggi Happy news from the TUPA Lab. Hyunchul Park, a Ph.D. student at the Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Mobility, is marrying Ha-eun Kim on Saturday, August 8, 2026. The ceremony begins at 12:30 PM in the Convention Hall of Meribilia The […]
Congratulations!A proud milestone for the IMPACTs family Faculty Appointments Dr. Reuben Tamakloe Appointed as Tenure-Track Faculty at Kookmin University July 2026 • Kookmin University We are delighted to announce that Dr. Reuben Tamakloe has been appointed as a tenure-track faculty member at Kookmin University, with his appointment beginning on September 1, 2026. Dr. Tamakloe is […]
