AiMINDDept. of Artificial Intelligence · Hanyang University ERICA
AI & Machine INtelligence Development Lab
We solve real-world problems across diverse applications using artificial intelligence.
The AiMIND Lab is part of the Department of Artificial Intelligence at Hanyang University ERICA, led by Prof. Dongchan Kim. Our primary focus is autonomous driving — end-to-end learning, motion planning, trajectory prediction, and control for systems that have to run on real roads.
Research areas
Where we focus
AI for Autonomous Driving
End-to-end autonomous driving, motion planning, trajectory prediction, and control research.
AI for Human-Centered Mobility
Risk-aware voice assistance systems that fuse in-vehicle and surround video, voice, and CAN data to detect hazardous situations and guide drivers.
AI for Reliable Chemical Sensing
Machine learning methods for robust, noise-tolerant chemical and environmental sensing.
AI for Battery Management Systems
Simulation-to-real reinforcement learning for battery state-of-health estimation and autonomous optimal charging.
Latest
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Awarded an NRF Basic Research Grant (Ministry of Science and ICT / NRF) as Principal Investigator for “Knowledge-distillation-based VLA for social planning and Physical AI demonstration in human–robot coexistence environments” (Sep 2026–Aug 2029).
Selected to participate in the Innovative AI Talent Fostering Project (IITP) as Co-Investigator (Aug 2026–Dec 2031).
Prof. Dongchan Kim gave an invited lecture, “Introduction to Autonomous Driving AI,” at the 5th CO-WEEK ACADEMY.
One paper accepted for publication in Advanced Science, featured on the inside front cover.
Funded by the Hanyang University Seoul–ERICA Joint Research Support Program as Co-Investigator for simulation-to-real RL-based battery SOH estimation and autonomous optimal charging (Jul 2026–Jun 2027).
Prof. Dongchan Kim gave an invited talk on autonomous driving trends at the 3rd Automotive and Unmanned Mobility Security Workshop.
Ph.D. students Jiwon Suh, Byunggun Kim, and Nahyun Kweon, with undergraduate researcher Pilho Han, presented four papers at the 2026 KSAE Spring Conference.
Selected for the NIPA advanced GPU utilization support program for a large-feedback-model framework generating post-hoc feedback for autonomous driving (Apr–Jul 2026).
Funded by the Hanyang University ERICA Campus Innovation Park project group as Principal Investigator for a vision-language-based evaluation framework for end-to-end autonomous driving models (Apr–May 2026).
Undergraduate researchers Hyungchan Suh, Jeongmin Lim, and Minkwan Koo, and Ph.D. students Byunggun Kim and Nahyun Kweon, joined the lab.
Byunggun Kim and Nahyun Kweon won the Top Excellence Award at the 1st Hanyang AI-dea Challenge.
Byunggun Kim, with Prof. Dongchan Kim, won an Honorable Mention in the solution track of the 2025 AI Life Solution Challenge (KEIT) for driving style recognition research.
Byunggun Kim, Nahyun Kweon, and Jiwon Suh, with Prof. Dongchan Kim, won the Excellence Award (2nd Prize) at the Campus Lab Start-up Bridge.
Joined BK21 Four, AI Area — the Industry–Education/Research-Centric Physical AI education and research unit at ERICA (Sep 2025–Aug 2027).
Funded by MOTIE and KEIT as Co-Investigator for an AI-based active driver assistance system and service for vulnerable road users (Jul 2025–Dec 2027).
Undergraduate researcher Sungbin Lim joined the lab.
MS/Ph.D. integrated student Jiwon Suh joined the lab.
Prof. Dongchan Kim gave an invited talk, “Autonomous Vehicles and AI-based Motion Planning,” at Hyundai Motor Group.
Undergraduate researcher Pilho Han joined the lab.
Prof. Dongchan Kim was featured in HYU ERICA Magazine’s “Who Are You” section. Read the interview
The AiMIND Lab was founded at Hanyang University ERICA by Prof. Dongchan Kim.
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