Jeonghwa Heo

I am an integrated M.S./Ph.D. student in the Interdisciplinary Program in Artificial Intelligence at Seoul National University. I am advised by Prof. H. Jin Kim at LARR. My research interests include computer vision, visual navigation, and generative models.

hjhcnn23@snu.ac.kr  /  Github

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Research

I am interested in computer vision, visual navigation, and generative models. My research focuses on enabling intelligent agents to understand, navigate, and interact with the visual world.

Education

Seoul National University

2025.09 - Present
Seoul National University
Integrated M.S./Ph.D. student, Interdisciplinary Program in Artificial Intelligence

Seoul National University

2019.03 - 2025.08
Seoul National University
Undergraduate, Aerospace Engineering

Gyeonggi Science High School

2016.03 - 2019.02
Gyeonggi Science High School

Experience

Seoul National University Drone Team Bulnabi

2023.01.15 - 2025.07.30
Seoul National University Drone Team 'Bulnabi'
@ Bulnabi, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

LARR

2024.09.03 - 2024.12.20
2024 Fall Semester UROP Program
@ LARR, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

International Astronautical Congress 2022

2022.09.17 - 2022.09.23
International Space Education Board (ISEB) 2022
@ International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2022, Paris, France

International Astronautical Congress 2022

2022.09.14 - 2022.09.16
20th Space Generation Congress (SGC)
@ International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2022, Paris, France

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

2022.01.03 - 2022.01.28
2021 KARI Winter Internship
@ Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Daejeon, South Korea

Projects

Block Stacking with Stretch 3

Block Stacking with Stretch 3
2025.12.26 - 2026.02.27

Built an autonomous navigation and manipulation demo on Stretch 3, stacking AprilTag blocks with a modular Scan-Nav-Grasp-Nav-Place pipeline. The system used RGB-D perception, tag servoing, and map updates to handle drift, noise, and placement alignment. code

Team KOREA for 29th AIAA DBF Competition Team KOREA for 29th AIAA DBF Competition

'Team KOREA' for 29th AIAA DBF Competition
2024.10.12 - 2025.04.30

Participated in the 2025 AIAA Design/Build/Fly Competition in Tucson, Arizona as a member of Seoul National University Drone Team 'Bulnabi'. Developed a lightweight autonomous glider weighing about 230 g for a mission in which it was deployed from a controllable mothership.

Implementation of a Multi-Agent Driving Robot System Implementation of a Multi-Agent Driving Robot System

Implementation of a Multi-Agent Driving Robot System
2024.09.03 - 2025.12.20

Developed a multi-agent driving robot system that can combine with an object from arbitrary positions. The system was modeled through kinematics, implemented in a ROS-based simulation, and verified on two physical dicycle robots.

Precise Landing of an Autonomous Drone

Precise Landing of an Autonomous Drone
2023.04.06 - 2023.08.20

Designed a precise landing sequence for an autonomous drone as a member of Seoul National University Drone Team 'Bulnabi'. The system used GPS approach, AprilTag-based final localization, Bezier curve path planning, and PX4 control, and was verified in Gazebo and real flight tests.

Interpreting LRIT from GK2A Satellite Interpreting LRIT from GK2A Satellite

Interpreting LRIT from GK2A Satellite
2022.06.21 - 2022.08.25

Received and interpreted LRIT signals from the GK2A satellite, exploring their potential as a communication tool for regions with limited internet access. Presented this work in person at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2022), Student Team Competition, in Paris.

Papers

Many more to come! 😁