Sookwan Han
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Hi! I'm an undergraduate student at Seoul National University, majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering. I am currently a soldier in Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF).

Recently, I started project ROUND, with the vision to democratize the data access to everyone.

Feel free to contact me via: jellyheadandrew@snu.ac.kr

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[News]
  • August 2024 Started the ROUND team! We aim to make data accessible to everyone, not just big tech companies: ultimately eliminating barriers to openness in AI.
  • August 2024 I am planning to share my thoughts via newsletters. Still experimenting, so it'll start around December.
  • July 2024 One paper is accepted to ECCV 2024.
  • December 2023 Joined Republic of Korea Air Force.

Publications

stereo

* equal contribution

Beyond the Contact: Discovering Comprehensive Affordance for 3D Objects from Pre-trained 2D Diffusion Models
Hyeonwoo Kim*, Sookwan Han*, Patric Kwon, Hanbyul Joo
In ECCV 2024 as Oral Presentation
[Project Page]

stereo

Learning Canonicalized 3D Human-Object Spatial Relations from Unbounded Synthesized Images
Sookwan Han, Hanbyul Joo
In ICCV 2023 as Oral Presentation (Top 152/8260=1.8%)
[arXiv] [Project Page] [Code]

stereo

* equal contribution

Chupa: Carving 3D Clothed Humans from Skinned Shape Priors using 2D Diffusion Probabilistic Models
Byungjun Kim*, Patric Kwon*, Kwangho Lee, Myunggi Lee, Sookwan Han, Daesik Kim, Hanbyul Joo
In ICCV 2023 as Oral Presentation (Top 152/8260=1.8%)
[arXiv] [Project Page] [Code]

Affiliation

ROUND

Team Captain

2024.08 - Present

Working with very strong & highly motivated teammates (Hyunjun, Inae, Sihun).
We gathered in military, aligned with the vision of democratizing data for everyone: ultimately eliminating the barriers to openness in AI.

Republic of Korea Air Force

2023.12 - Present

Engaged in National Service
Obligatory up to 2025.09
Received Various Awards (see Honors/Awards)

Seoul National University

Undergraduate

2020.03 - Present

Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Leave of absence for military service: 2023.12 - Present
Student Body President of SNU ECE (2022)

Seoul Science High School

Graduated

2017.03 - 2020.02

Major: Math, Physics

Research/Work Experience

Visual Computing Lab

Intern

2022.03 - 2023.11

Advisor: Hanbyul Joo
Research Area: Human-Object Interaction
Our research focuses on advancing machine perception by developing algorithms and models that enable machines to accurately understand and perceive the interactions between humans and objects.

VLSI Lab

Intern

2021.09 - 2022.02

Advisor: Jaejoon Kim
Research Area: Quantized/Compressed Neural Networks
Our research focuses on quantizing and compressing neural networks, with a particular emphasis on transformers. The goal is to optimize their performance specifically for embedded devices.

Honors/Awards

During Military

2023.12 - Present

Republic of Korea Airforce
2024.06 - Awarded by Chief-of-Staff (of Air Force)
2024.09 - Awarded by Minister of National Defense

Physics Expert Certification

2023.08

Korean Physical Society
Certified as Expert in all fields

SNU FastMRI Challenge

2023.07 - 2023.08

SNU Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Won 1st place (out of 144 teams, Team Captain)
Kudos to Teammates: Junsung

Heart Disease AI Datathon

2021.11 - 2021.12

Ministry of Science and ICT, National Information Society Agency, SNU College of Medicine, Yonsei Office of Research Affairs
Received Grand Prize (out of 169 teams, Team Captain)
Kudos to Teammates: Sooho, Hoo, Hohun

University Mathematics Competition

2020.11

Korean Mathematical Society
Received Gold Prize

Scholarships

Google Travel Grants

2023, 2024

Google
Support for attending AI conferences (ICCV, ECCV)

Presidential Science Scholarship

2020.03 - Present

Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF)
Full scholarship for undergraduate studies and additional living expenses support