Hyunwoong Bae

Hyunwoong Bae

M.S./Ph.D. Student, M.IN.D Lab, Seoul National University
Research Interest: Model perception and understanding
Ongoing Research: Byte-level Transformer, Robotics safety with VLLM policy
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Education

2022.09 – Present  M.S./Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence, Seoul National University
2016.03 – 2022.08  B.S. in Semiconductor System Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University · Summa Cum Laude
ICCV Workshop 2025
Revisiting VLLM Safety Evaluation: Disentangling Benign Grounding from True Safety Failures in VLLMs
Sumin Yu*, Hyunwoong Bae*, and Taesup Moon
Paper
Microscopy and Microanalysis 2025
Efficient and Robust SEM Image Denoising for Wafer Defect Inspection
Hyunwoong Bae, Jaeseok Byun, Yongwoo Lee, and Taesup Moon
Paper Project Page
APSys 2023
Liquid: Mix-and-Match Multiple Image Formats to Balance DNN Training Pipeline
Woohyeon Baek*, Jonghyun Bae*, Donghyun Lee, Hyunwoong Bae, Yeonhong Park, and Jae W. Lee
Paper

* Equal contribution

2024.05 – Present
Lab Server Management
M.IN.D Lab, Seoul National University
2023.09 – 2023.12
Teaching Assistant
Basics of Deep Learning, Dept. of ECE, Seoul National University
2022.09 – 2023.08
Industry-Academic Cooperation Lead
Samsung Electronics × Seoul National University
Denoising strategy to replace conventional methods while maintaining semiconductor-related inspection metrics. → "Efficient and Robust SEM Image Denoising" (MAM 2025)
2022.01 – 2022.02
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Architecture and Code Optimization Lab, Seoul National University
Optimized Deep Learning pipeline of NVIDIA DALI by balancing IO & CPU. → "Liquid" (APSys 2023)
2021.07 – 2021.08
Intern
Samsung Device Solutions Division
Examined & patched kernel of AndroTrace, tracing and analyzing Android IO.
2020.10 – 2021.11
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Scalable Architecture Lab, Sungkyunkwan University
Neural Network–based Packet Recovery System for Real-time Collaborative Intelligence over Unstable UDP Networks.
2024.09 – 2025.02
Scholarship of Jung-hun Foundation
2022.09 – 2024.08
Scholarship of AI Graduate School Program
Seoul National University
2022.08
Summa Cum Laude (성균 최우등 졸업상)
Sungkyunkwan University
2019, 2021
Dean's List
College of Information and Communication Engineering, SKKU
2020.01
2nd Prize, Co-Deep Learning Project
Wireless dust measurement device for a drone · Patent: 10-2020-0055702
2016.03 – 2022.08
Full Scholarship of Samsung Semiconductor
Sungkyunkwan University