Daejong Kim
Senior Research Fellow at Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Summary
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Top SchoolDaejong Kim is a Senior Research Fellow with over two decades of focused experience in GIS, spatial analysis, spatial statistics, and geospatial big data analytics, currently based at the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements. He has led multiple national research divisions and centers—most recently directing efforts on spatially enabled societies and geospatial digital twins—translating advanced urban modelling and spatiotemporal pattern analysis into practical policy and planning tools. His academic foundation (Ph.D. in Geography from SUNY Buffalo and advanced degrees from Seoul National University) underpins a career that bridges rigorous research and applied analytics. Known for developing analytical methodologies and applications, he spent a year as a visiting scholar at NC State’s Center for Geospatial Analytics, reflecting strong international research collaborations. Notably, his long tenure at a single national institute highlights deep institutional knowledge and sustained impact on Korea’s geospatial research agenda.
8 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MS), Urban and regional planning, Master of Science (MS), Urban and regional planning at Seoul National UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geography, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geography at State University of New York at Buffalo
Korean, English
Github Skills (33)
robotics10
kinematics10
python10
inverse-kinematics10
robot10
urdf10
gazebosim9
webots9
gazebo-simulator9
motion-planning9
pybullet8
robotics-simulation8
autonomous-robots8
reinforcement-learning8
robot-simulator8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jdj2261/pytamp
Apr 2022 - Jan 2023
Python robot's tamp library
Contributions:83 commits, 1 PR, 106 pushes in 8 months
roboticspythonrobotmotion-planningmcts
jdj2261/pykin
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
Python robot's kinematics library
Contributions:1 review, 408 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 5 months
collision-checkinginverse-kinematicskinematicspythonrobotics
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