KAIST 4th Jeju Mobility Summer Camp 2026
The 4th Summer Camp of the Graduate Program for Convergence Technology of D.N.A and Road Transport returned to Jeju for two weeks of intensive lectures on the future of mobility. Across the program, six distinguished international scholars shared their latest work on autonomous driving, AI for traffic safety, shared mobility, electric-vehicle systems, and large language models for transportation.
The camp was hosted by the Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Mobility at KAIST and the D.N.A Plus Convergence Graduate School at Ajou University, with support from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Jeju Free International City Development Center.
- When: June 29 – July 7, 2026 (Week I & Week II)
- Where: Jeju Innovation Growth Center, 330 Cheomdan-ro, Jeju-si, Jeju-do
- Hosts: KAIST Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Mobility · Ajou University D.N.A Plus Convergence Graduate School
- Contact: Prof. Kitae Jang (kitae.jang@kaist.ac.kr) · Prof. Jaehyun So (jso@ajou.ac.kr)
Topics
- Autonomous driving & policy
- AI for traffic safety
- Social networks & travel behaviour
- Micromobility
- Electric-vehicle charging
- Modular transit systems
- Multisensory artificial intelligence
- LLMs for urban transportation
Lecturers
- Chair Prof. Xiaowen Fu — Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Assoc. Prof. Tsubota Takahiro — Ehime University
- Lecturer Giancarlos Parady — University of Tokyo
- Asst. Prof. Zhibin Chen — New York University (NYU) Shanghai
- Asst. Prof. Paul Liang — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Assoc. Prof. Zhenliang Ma — KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Lecture Schedule
| No | Date | Time | Title | Lecturer | Affiliation | Present |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jun 30 | 14:00–15:00 | Strengthening Aviation Hubs: From Measurement to Actionable Plans | Xiaowen Fu | HK Polytechnic Univ. |  |
| 2 | Jun 30 | 15:00–16:00 | The Economic and Policy Implications of Autonomous Driving | Xiaowen Fu | HK Polytechnic Univ. |  |
| 3 | Jul 1 | 14:00–15:00 | From Probe Trajectories to Traffic State Estimation | Tsubota Takahiro | Ehime Univ. |  |
| 4 | Jul 1 | 15:00–16:00 | Interpretable and Reliable AI for Traffic Safety | Tsubota Takahiro | Ehime Univ. |  |
| 5 | Jul 2 | 14:00–15:00 | Going the Extra Mile: How Social Networks Affect Our Travel Behaviour | Giancarlos Parady | Univ. of Tokyo |  |
| 6 | Jul 2 | 15:00–16:00 | Micromobility Beyond Transport: Economic and Environmental Impacts | Giancarlos Parady | Univ. of Tokyo |  |
| 7 | Jul 6 | 10:00–11:00 | On the Value of Orderly Electric Vehicle Charging in Carbon Emission Reduction | Zhibin Chen | NYU Shanghai |  |
| 8 | Jul 6 | 11:00–12:00 | On the Cost-effectiveness of Modular Transit Systems | Zhibin Chen | NYU Shanghai |  |
| 9 | Jul 6 | 14:00–15:00 | Foundations of Multisensory Artificial Intelligence (I) | Paul Liang | MIT |  |
| 10 | Jul 6 | 15:00–16:00 | Foundations of Multisensory Artificial Intelligence (II) | Paul Liang | MIT |  |
| 11 | Jul 7 | 10:00–11:00 | Large Language Models for Urban Transportation: Basics, Methods, and Applications (I) | Zhenliang Ma | KTH |  |
| 12 | Jul 7 | 11:00–12:00 | Large Language Models for Urban Transportation: Basics, Methods, and Applications (II) | Zhenliang Ma | KTH |  |
The 4th Summer Camp wrapped up on July 7 after two weeks of lectures, discussions, and time together in Jeju. See photos here.
