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Taeyeon Kim

Education

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Ph.D. Computer Science Mar 2026 – Present
M.S. Computer Science Mar 2024 – Feb 2026
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) Daegu, Republic of Korea
B.S. Computer Science Mar 2019 – Feb 2024
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, USA
Freshmen Global Leadership Program Jul 2019 – Aug 2019

Work Experience

KAIST Geometric AI Lab Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Research Internship Jul 2023 – Aug 2023
Student Volunteer at SIGGRAPH 2023 LA, California, USA
Student Volunteer Aug 2023
CLASSUM Seoul, Republic of Korea
Frontend Developer Internship Oct 2022 – Feb 2023

Web product UI development and rich text editor implementation.

Undergraduate Researcher in DGIST Daegu, Republic of Korea
Vehicle in Loop Simulation Lab (VILS) Sep 2021 – Feb 2022

Lv.3 autonomous driving car SCC/AEB software developer; danger recognition AI from road scene video.

High-Assurance Software Systems Lab (HASS) Mar 2022 – Jun 2022

Delivery drone digital twin simulation and pathfinding algorithm research using Unity.

Brain Robot Augmented InteractioN Lab (BRAIN) May 2020 – Dec 2020

Driver drowsiness prediction model using EEG brain signals and deep learning.

Publications

shape-ray estimation

Pose-Free 3D Gaussian Splatting via Shape-Ray Estimation

Youngju Na, Taeyeon Kim, Jumin Lee, Kyu Beom Han, Woo Jae Kim, and Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2025

4D gaussian splatting

Articulated Motion Retargeting with 4D Gaussian Splatting

Taeyeon Kim, Youngju Na, and Sung-Eui Yoon

한국인공지능학회 하계학술대회 (CKAIA), Aug 2024  ·  Domestic

Honors & Awards

ICIP Best Student Paper Award
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing Sep 2025
DGIST Presidential Fellowship Daegu, Republic of Korea
Scholarship Aug 2020 – Jul 2023