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Curriculum Vitae of Deokhyun Ahn.

Contact Information

Name Deokhyun Ahn
Professional Title Ph.D. Candidate, Brain & Cognitive Engineering
Email ejrgus456@gmail.com
Phone +82 10 3733 3254

Professional Summary

Ph.D. candidate at Korea University and student researcher at KIST AI·Robotics. Research focuses on video understanding, contextual dynamics, and efficient AI systems for social good, with recent emphasis on VLM-guided video anomaly detection.

Experience

  • 2023 - Present

    Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Student Researcher
    Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
    Video anomaly understanding · Surveillance video · DNN
    • Modeled contextual dynamics by integrating RGB appearance, motion dynamics, and scene information, enabling the model to better capture anomaly concepts through their relationships.
  • 2022 - 2023

    Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Research Intern
    Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
    Video anomaly understanding in surveillance videos · DNN
  • 2021 - 2021

    Sejong, Republic of Korea

    Researcher
    The Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)
    Autonomous bus development · Project coordination

Education

  • 2023 - Present

    Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Ph.D.
    Korea University
    Brain & Cognitive Engineering
    • Video anomaly detection with a focus on modeling human-inspired contextual understanding in video.
  • 2015 - 2020

    Seoul, Republic of Korea

    M.Eng.
    Kwangwoon University
    Electronic Engineering
    • Thesis: A Study on Passive Target Tracking in Three-Dimensional Indoor Environment by Using Deep Neural Network.
    • Completed 19 months of mandatory military service.
  • 2013 - 2015

    Seoul, Republic of Korea

    B.Eng.
    Kwangwoon University
    Electronic Engineering (Transfer)
    • Transferred in Mar 2013 from the National Institute for Lifelong Education (B.Eng. in Computer Engineering coursework, 2011 – 2013).

Awards

  • 2025
    AIR Outstanding Research Award
    KIST AI·Robotics Institute

    In recognition of outstanding research achievements during 2025.

  • 2025
    Excellent Paper Award — Graduate School
    Korea University

    For outstanding research performance and publication of an excellent paper during doctoral studies.

  • 2024
    Outstanding Oral Presentation Award
    KIST Academia–Research Convergence Conference

    For the presentation “Multi-Aspect Contextual Dynamics for Anomaly Detection in Surveillance Videos.”

  • 2021
    Division Commander's Commendation
    Capital Mechanized Infantry Division

    For a combat-development proposal on reconnaissance drone AI improvement and AI/big-data-based acoustic detection.

Publications

  • 2026
    Look Closer: Action-Guided Dense Visual Dynamics for Proficiency Estimation
    CVPR 2026 Workshop on Multimodal Human Motion Analysis (Accepted — Pitch & Poster)
  • 2026
    Learning Robust Representations for Few-Shot Action Recognition with Frame-Level Ambiguities
    BMVC 2026 (Under Review)
  • 2026
    BUSTER: Adaptive Sampling for VLM-Guided Unsupervised Video Anomaly Detection
    BMVC 2026 (Under Review)
  • 2025
    Where and What — Contextual Dynamics-Aware Anomaly Detection in Surveillance Videos
    IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

    IF 13.7 · top 2.2% in Electrical & Electronic Engineering.

  • 2025
    A Foundational Research Framework for Real-World Abandoned Object Detection: Train-Free Baseline and a Standardized Benchmark
    Expert Systems with Applications
  • 2018
    A Passive Tracking System Based on Geometric Constraints in Adaptive Wireless Sensor Networks
    Sensors, 18(10), 3276
  • 2016
    2D Indoor Map Building Scheme Using Ultrasonic Module
    J. Korean Inst. Comm. and Info. Sci., 41(8), 986–994

Teaching

Skills

Programming (Advanced): Python, C, Java, Git, Linux
Machine Learning (Advanced): PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib
Sensing (Intermediate): Ultrasonic, Beacon, RF, Wi-Fi, 3-axis Accelerometer
Embedded & IoT (Intermediate): Raspberry Pi, Arduino

Languages

Korean : Native speaker
English : Professional working proficiency

Interests

Video Intelligence: Video Understanding, Video Anomaly Detection, Video Action Recognition, Contextual Dynamics, Efficient AI Systems