Dr. Sunjae Yoon, a Ph.D. graduate of the Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Lab. (U-AIM) at the School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST (Advisor: Professor Chang Dong Yoo), has been appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence, College of Software, Chung-Ang University, effective March 1, 2026.
Dr. Yoon received his Ph.D. degree from the School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST in February 2025 and is currently serving as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the KAIST Institute for Information Technology Convergence.
His primary research focus is Generative Artificial Intelligence, particularly in diffusion model-based video editing. His doctoral dissertation, titled “Diffusion Model-based Video Editing,” was recognized with the Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award. He has also published multiple research papers at leading international conferences in artificial intelligence, including NeurIPS, ICML, and ICCV.
The research group led by Professor Chang Dong Yoo has conducted extensive research on generative artificial intelligence across diverse modalities such as image, video, audio, and natural language. Building on these research achievements, the lab has successfully produced outstanding scholars who have joined various academic institutions, including Seoul National University, Korea University, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Chung-Ang University, Gangneung-Wonju National University, and Pai Chai University.
The School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST congratulates Dr. Yoon on this significant achievement and looks forward to his continued success and contributions to the field of artificial intelligence
