Director

Dr. Kangbok Lee

Professor

Research Area

Management Science
Supply Chain Management
Combinatorial Optimization

Tel +82-54-279-2374

Email: kblee@postech.ac.kr

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering (Operations Research), February 2004
Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
M.S. in Industrial Engineering (Operations Research), February 2000
Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
B.S. in Industrial Engineering, February 1998
Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Vice President of Admissions and Student Affairs, September 2023 - present
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Professor, March 2023 - present /Associate Professor, July 2016 – Feb 2023
Department of Industrial and Management Engineering
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea

Director, July 2024 - present
The Center for ALgorithm and OPtimization (CALOP)
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea

Visiting Scholar, August 2021– July 2022
Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, US

Visiting Scholar, June – August 2019
Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, US

Visiting Scholar, December 2018 – January 2019,
Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, US

Visiting Scholar, June 2018 – July 2018
Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, US

Visiting Scholar, December 2017 – January 2018
Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, US

Visiting Scholar, July – August 2017
Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, US

Visiting Scholar, December 2016 – January 2017
Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, US

Assistant Professor, August 2013 – June 2016
Department of Business and Economics, School of Business and Information Systems,
York College, The City University of New York (CUNY), Jamaica, NY 11451, USA

Visiting Scholar, June 2014 – July 2014
Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Research Associate Professor, August 2010 – July 2013
Department of Supply Chain Management and Marketing Sciences,
Rutgers Business School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
Visiting Scholar (Postdoc), September 2007 – July 2010
Department of Information, Operations and Management Sciences,
Stern School of Business, New York University, USA
Senior Research Engineer, January 2004 – August 2007
System Engineering Group, LG Production Research Center,
LG Electronics, Korea
Visiting Scholar, September 2002 – February 2003
Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Research Assistant, 1998 – 2003
Department of Industrial and Management Engineering,
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea

PROFICIENCY AND SKILLS

Software: MS-office(skillful), Arena(Simulation), Cplex(Optimization), Gurobi(Optimization)
Programming: C, C++ (skillful), Python, Excel-Macro
Operating Systems: Unix, Mac OS (9 & X), and Windows
Foreign Languages: English(fluent)

HONORS AND AWARDS

The 16th prize for outstanding thesis from KOFST (Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies), 2006.
Hark-Chin Hwang, Kangbok Lee, and Soo Y. Chang,
The effect of machine availability on the worst-case performance of LPT,
Discrete Applied Mathematics 148 (1), 2005, 49-61

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant at Industrial Engineering Department, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
- Operations Research I (undergraduate), Spring 1998
- Advanced Linear Programming (graduate), Spring 1999
- Advanced Linear Programming (graduate), Fall 2000
Teaching at Rutgers Business School
- Demand Planning & Fulfillment (undergraduate), Spring 2013
Teaching at School of Business and Information Systems, The City University of New York (CUNY)
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate), 3 Sections Fall 2013
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate), 1 Section Winter 2014
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate), 3 Sections Spring 2014
- Materials and Inventory Production Control (undergraduate), 1 Section Spring 2014
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate), 2 Sections Fall 2014
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate), 1 Section Winter 2015
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate), 2 Sections Spring 2015
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate), 1 Section Summer 2015
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate), 2 Sections Fall 2015
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate), 2 Sections Spring 2016

Teaching at Industrial and Management Engineering Department, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
- Mathematical Programming (undergraduate) Fall 2016
- Product, Production, Process, and Design (undergraduate) Spring 2017
- Production Planning & Control (undergraduate) Spring 2017
- Scheduling Systems (graduate) Fall 2017
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate) Spring 2018
- Operations Research I (undergraduate) Spring 2018
- Introduction to IME (undergraduate) Fall 2018
- Network Flows (graduate) Fall 2018
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate) Spring 2019
- Operations Research I (undergraduate) Spring 2019
- Scheduling Systems (graduate) Fall 2019
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate) Spring 2020
- Operations Research I (undergraduate) Spring 2020
- Introduction to IME (undergraduate) Fall 2020
- Network Flows (graduate) Fall 2020
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate) Spring 2021
- Operations Research I (undergraduate) Spring 2021
- Introduction to Industrial Management Eng (undergraduate) Fall 2022
- Freshman Research Participation (undergraduate) Fall 2022
- Introduction to IME (undergraduate) Fall 2022
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate) Spring 2023
- Operations Research I (undergraduate) Spring 2023
- Operations Management of the Steel Industry II (graduate) Summer 2023
- Future Planning for College Life (undergraduate) Fall 2023
- Production Operations Management (undergraduate) Spring 2024
- Future Planning for College Life (undergraduate) Spring 2024
- Future Planning for College Life (undergraduate) Fall 2024

PH.D. STUDENT ADVISING

Su Gao (Co-adviser), 2011 at Rutgers Business School.
- Current position: Assistant professor of Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
- Thesis: On the integrated production and distribution problems in make-to-order businesses
Hui Dong (Co-adviser), 2014 at Rutgers Business School.
- Current position: Research Scientist at Amazon
- Thesis: Emergency operations scheduling of a supply chain network in disaster relief

Xiaojuan Jiang, 2021 at POSTECH.
- Current position: Associate Professor at Hangzhou Dianzi University, China
- Thesis: Bicriteria Scheduling: Ideal and Approximation Schedules

Myungho Lee, 2023 at POSTECH.
- Current position: Consulting Manager at LG CNS
- Thesis: Scheduling for peak management with time window

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor, IJPR (International Journal of Production Research), 2016 – 2023

Associate Editor, Journal of Scheduling, 2012 – present

Associate Editor, OR Spectrum, 2022 - present

Proceedings Editor, NBEA (Northeast Business & Economics Association) 2015 Conference, Jamaica, NY, November 5-7, 2015
Member, Nicholson Prize Committee, INFORMS, 2011 – 2012

Reviewer for:
- Advances in Operations Research, Hindawi Publishing Corporation
- Annals of Operations Research, Springer
- Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, APORS
- Computers and Operations Research, Elsevier
- Decision Sciences, Decision Sciences Institute
- IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE
- IIE Transactions, Taylor & Francis
- International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis
- Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Springer
- Journal of Manufacturing Systems, SME
- Journal of Scheduling, Springer
- Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM), INFORMS
- Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM) 2010 Conference, INFORMS
- Multidisciplinary International Scheduling 2019 Conference, MISTA
- Naval Research Logistics, Wiley
- Operations Research, INFORMS
- OR Spectrum, Springer
- Production and Operations Management, POMS
- Theoretical Computer Science, Elsevier
- Transportation Science, INFORMS

INVITED TALKS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

INFORMS 1999 Philadelphia, PA,
“A Vector Sequencing Approach for the Steel Manufacturing Process Scheduling”.
November 7-10, 1999
INFORMS-KORMS 2000, Seoul Korea,
“Packing Problems for Scheduling Steel Manufacturing Processes”
June 18-21, 2000
INFORMS Spring 2000 Salt Lake City, Utah,
“The Use of Interval Graphs for the Steel-Mill Scheduling Problem”
May 7-10, 2000
APIEMS 2002 Taipei Taiwan,
“Parallel Machine Scheduling with General Machine Shutdowns”
November 18, 2002
Seminar at Watson IBM Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
“Online scheduling with machine eligibility”
February 15, 2008
Seminar at Operations Management group, Department of Information, Operations & Management Sciences,
Stern school of business, New York University.
“Combinatorial optimization problems in LCD panel manufacturing system”.
March 24, 2008
INFORMS 2008 Washington D.C.,
“Scheduling Jobs with Equal Processing Times Subject to Machine Eligibility Constraints”
October 12-15, 2008
INFORMS 2008 Washington D.C.,
“Approximation Algorithms for Multi-agent Scheduling to Minimize Total Completion Time”
October 12-15, 2008
MSOM 2009 Cambridge, MA,
“The Container Scheduling Problem”
June 29-30, 2009
INFORMS 2009 San Diego, CA,
“Online Scheduling on Uniform Machines Subject to Eligibility Constraints”
October 11-14, 2009
INFORMS 2009 San Diego, CA,
“Container Scheduling Problem”
October 11-14, 2009
Seminar at Operations Management group, Department of Information, Operations & Management Sciences,
Stern school of business, New York University.
“Combinatorial Optimization Problems in Production and Logistics”
November 2, 2009
Seminar at Watson IBM Research Center, Hawthorne, NY
“Combinatorial Optimization Problems in Production and Logistics”
November 6, 2009
Presentation at Sy Syms School of Business, Yeshiva University, New York, NY
“Combinatorial Optimization Problems in Container Scheduling”
March 18, 2010
INFORMS 2011 Charlotte, NC,
“Production Scheduling with History-dependent Setup Times”
November 13-16, 2011
INFORMS 2011 Charlotte, NC,
“Coordination Mechanisms with Hybrid Local Policies”
November 13-16, 2011
INFORMS 2012 Phoenix, AZ,
“Bi-Criteria Scheduling on Parallel Machines with Machine Costs”
October 14-17, 2012
INFORMS 2012 Phoenix, AZ,
“Supply Chain Scheduling with Renewable and Non-renewable Resources”
October 14-17, 2012
INFORMS 2012 Phoenix, AZ,
“A Solution Approach for Capacitated Multi-echelon Supply Chain Network Problem”
October 14-17, 2012
Presentation at Decision Sciences Department, College of Business & Public Administration,
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
“Combinatorial Optimization in Container Transportation”
April 12, 2013
Presentation at School of Management, Marketing and International Business,
Kean University, Union, NJ
“Emergency Operations in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Network”
June 4, 2013

Presentation (online) at Industrial and Management Engineering Department,
Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
“Combinatorial Optimization in Container Transportation”
August 26, 2013

Faculty Research Seminar Series at School of Business and Information Systems (SBIS),
York College, City University of New York, Jamaica, NY
"Combinatorial Optimization in Container Transportation"
November 12, 2013

MOPTA 2014 (Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications)
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
"Two-Dimensional Load Balancing"
August 13-15, 2014
INFORMS 2014 San Francisco, CA
“Fast approximation algorithms for bi-criteria scheduling with machine assignment costs”
November 9-12, 2014

INFORMS 2014 San Francisco, CA
“Steiner tree inequalities for clustering problems”
November 9-12, 2014
INFORMS COMPUTING SOCIETY CONFERENCE 2015 Richmond, VA
"Two-Dimensional Load Balancing"
January 11-13, 2015
INFORMS COMPUTING SOCIETY CONFERENCE 2015 Richmond, VA
"Integer Programming Approach for Tree Partitioning into Subtrees" (poster presentation)
January 11-13, 2015
INFORMS 2015 Philadelphia, PA
“Improved Algorithms for Single Machine Scheduling with Release Dates and Rejections”
November 1-4, 2015
INFORMS 2015 Philadelphia, PA
“Scheduling a Single Batching Machine with Makespan and Total Rejection Cost Objectives”
November 1-4, 2015
POMS 2016 Orlando, FL
“Ideal Schedules on Parallel Machines”
May 6-9, 2016
Presentation at POSCO Family Technical Conference 2016, Pohang, Korea
“Advanced Production Management by Optimization and Artificial Intelligence”
Aug 25-26, 2016
INFORMS 2016 Nashville, TN
"An Improved Algorithm On Two-stage Scheduling With An Outsourcing Option"
November 13-16, 2016
INFORMS 2016 Nashville, TN
"Ideal Schedules”
November 13-16, 2016

KIIE 2017 Joint Annual Meeting, Yeosu, Korea
“An Improved Algorithm on Two-stage Scheduling with an Outsourcing Option”
April 26-29, 2017
POMS International 2017 Tel Aviv, Israel,
“An Improved Algorithm on Two-stage Scheduling with an Outsourcing Option”
June 27-29, 2017
INFORMS 2017 Houston, TX
“Online Ordered Flow shop”
October 22-25, 2017
KIIE 2017 Annual meeting, Daejeon, Korea
“Online Ordered Flow shop”
November 4, 2017
PMS 2018 Rome, Italy
“A parallel machine scheduling problem with release dates, equal processing times, and eligibility constraints”
April 17-20, 2018
INFORMS 2018 Phoenix, AZ
“A parallel machine scheduling problem with release dates, equal processing times, and eligibility constraints”
November 4-7, 2018
MSOM 2019 Singapore
"Strategic Location Problem for Synchronized Last-mile Delivery with Relaying Drones"
June 30 - July 2. 2019
INFORMS 2019 Seattle, WA
"Strategic Location Problem for Synchronized Last-mile Delivery with Relaying Drones"
October 20-23. 2019
INFORMS 2019 Seattle, WA
"Development of Scheduling Algorithms For Crowdsourced Delivery Persons"
October 20-23. 2019
INFORMS 2019 Seattle, WA
"Process Innovation of Synchrotron Radiator Using Time Indexed Single-machine Scheduling"
October 20-23. 2019
INFORMS 2019 Seattle, WA
"Approximation Algorithms For Bi-criteria Scheduling Problems"
October 20-23. 2019
INFORMS 2019 Seattle, WA
"A Novel Methodology for Scheduling the Steelmaking - Continuous Casting Process"
October 20-23. 2019
KSIAM 2019 annual meeting, Yeosu, Korea
"Approximation Algorithms For Bi-criteria Scheduling Problems"
November 8-10, 2019
POSTECH IME Department Seminar, Pohang, Korea
"Bicriteria Scheduling"
April 29, 2020

Presentation at LG Electronics Conference. Changwon, Korea
"Mathematical Optimization for Production/Logistics Operations"
July 30, 2020

The 22nd Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Society (IFORS) 2021, Seoul, Korea
"The LPT rule for identical machines with small jobs"
August 23-27, 2021 (Online)

The 22nd Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Society (IFORS) 2021, Seoul, Korea
"Approximation algorithms for bi-criteria scheduling problems"
August 23-27, 2021 (Online)
The 22nd Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Society (IFORS) 2021, Seoul, Korea
"Strategic location problem for synchronized last-mile delivery with relaying drones"
August 23-27, 2021 (Online)

The 22nd Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Society (IFORS) 2021, Seoul, Korea
"Workforce planning with crowdsourced logistics under regulations"
August 23-27, 2021 (Online)

Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) 2021, Nantes, France,
"An Iterated Greedy Metaheuristic for Scheduling in Steelmaking-Continuous Casting Process"
Sep. 5-9, 2021, (Online)

Scheduling Seminar, the 19th presentation
“Scheduling Heuristics for Steelmaking Continuous Casting Processes”
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kv7jKAbY8Y
Feb. 16, 2022 (Online)

CMSB 2022 - International Conference of Computational Methods in Systems Biology 2022, Bucharest, Romania
“Bilevel Integer Programming Approach for Solving Control Problems on Boolean Networks”
Sep. 14-16, 2022

CMSB 2022 - International Conference of Computational Methods in Systems Biology 2022, Bucharest, Romania
“Computational Complexity of Trap Spaces in Boolean Networks” (Poster)
Sep. 14-16, 2022

Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) 2022, Gyeongju, Korea,
"Rescheduling Problem for Heavy Cargo Logistics with Transporters"
Sep. 25-29, 2022, (Online/Offline hybrid)

Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society (KORMS) 2022, Seoul, Korea
"Robust scheduling for a disruption risk"
Oct. 28, 2022

Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (KIIE) 2022, Incheon, Korea
"Robust scheduling for a disruption risk"
Nov. 4-5, 2022

Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (KIIE) 2022, Incheon, Korea
"Bilevel Integer Programming Approach for Solving Control Problems on Boolean Networks"
Nov. 4-5, 2022

Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (KIIE) 2022, Incheon, Korea
"Optimization of material flow planning for global corporation production schedule"
("해외 법인 생산 계획을 위한 최적화 기반 자재 배분 및 운송 계획 수립")
Nov. 4-5, 2022

2022 LG Manufacturing Innovation Forum, Pyungtaek, Korea (2022 LG 제조혁신포럼)
"DX Technology and Application for Global Material Operation Optimization"
("Global 자재 운영 최적화를 위한 DX기술 및 적용 사례")
Nov. 23-24, 2022

CPAIOR 2023, Nice, France
"Iterated Greedy Constraint Programming for Scheduling Steelmaking Continuous Casting"
May 29 - June 1, 2023

2023 Spring Joint Conference of KIIE and KORMS, Jeju, Korea
"A critical review of planning and scheduling in steel-making and continuous casting processes in the steel industry"
May 31 - June 3, 2023

2023 Spring Joint Conference of KIIE and KORMS, Jeju, Korea
"Analysis of Combining LPT and Multifit Algorithms for Identical Parallel Machine Scheduling to Minimize The Makespan" (Poster)
May 31 - June 3, 2023

2023 Spring Joint Conference of KIIE and KORMS, Jeju, Korea
"Computational complexity of minimal trap spaces in Boolean networks" (Poster)
May 31 - June 3, 2023

Lecture for 2023 HD Hyundai HLC-3 Course, UNIST, Ulsan, Korea
"Productions and Operations Management Lecture"
("생산운영관리 강의")
July 21, 2023

INFORMS 2023 Phoenix, AZ
“Minimizing Makespan for Job Shop Scheduling Problem Using Deep Learning Model Employing Critical Paths of Schedules for Large Neighborhood Search”
Oct. 15-18, 2023

INFORMS 2023 Phoenix, AZ
“Analysis of Combining LPT and Multifit Algorithms for Identical Parallel Machine Scheduling to Minimize the Makespan”
Oct. 15-18, 2023

INFORMS 2023 Phoenix, AZ
“The Circular Balancing Problem”
Oct. 15-18, 2023

INFORMS 2023 Phoenix, AZ
“Improved Iterated Greedy Constraint Programming for Scheduling Steelmaking Continuous Casting”
Oct. 15-18, 2023

Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (KIIE) 2023, Ulsan, Korea
"Circular Balancing Problem"
Nov. 3, 2023

Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (KIIE) 2023, Ulsan, Korea
"Minimizing the Makespan of a Job Shop Schedule Considering Critical Paths by Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Large Neighborhood Search"
Nov. 3, 2023

Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (KIIE) 2023, Ulsan, Korea
"A Bilevel Integer Programming Approach for the Synchronous Attractor Control Problem"
Nov. 3, 2023

Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (KIIE) 2023, Ulsan, Korea
"A Constraint Programming based Iterated Greedy Framework for Scheduling Steelmaking Continuous Casting Process."
Nov. 3, 2023

2024 Spring Joint Conference of KORMS and KIIE, Yeosu, Korea
"Proving an Approximation Ratio by Mathematical Programming"
May 2-4, 2024

2024 Spring Joint Conference of KORMS and KIIE, Yeosu, Korea
"Minimizing the Stay Time of Open Shop Scheduling Problems with the Unit Processing Time"
May 2-4, 2024

2024 Spring Joint Conference of KORMS and KIIE, Yeosu, Korea
Optimization-based production planning to reduce dead inventory: a case study
("장기재고 소진을 위한 최적화 기반 생산 계획 수립 사례")
May 2-4, 2024

INFORMS 2024 Seattle, WA

"Minimizing the Stay Time of Open Shop Scheduling Problems with the Unit Processing Time"

Oct. 20-23, 2024

INFORMS 2024 Seattle, WA

"Proving an Approximation Ratio by Mathematical Programming"

Oct. 20-23, 2024

Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (KIIE) 2024, Seoul, Korea

"Reprogramming cell fate: a survey of control problems in Boolean networks"

Oct. 24-25, 2024

Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (KIIE) 2024, Seoul, Korea

"A generic development toolkit of iterative large neighborhood search for scheduling problems"

Oct. 24-25, 2024

Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (KIIE) 2024, Seoul, Korea

"An approximation algorithm for a proportionate flow shop scheduling problem with machine speeds"

Oct. 24-25, 2024

Gurobi Day Korea 2025, Seoul, Korea

"Optimization for Industrial Applications: Practical Recommendations"
(최적화의 산업 적용을 위한 현실적인 제언)

Apr. 17, 2025

PROJECTS AT POSTECH (as a graduate student)

Synchronized Scheduling Algorithm Development for Stainless-Steel Production,
POSCO, Korea
Jan. 1999 - Nov. 1999
Integrated Shipment and Distribution Scheduling Algorithm Development,
POSCO, Korea
Jan. 2002 - Sep. 2002

PROJECTS AT LG ELECTRONICS

Optimal Matching Project,
LG.Philips LCD, Korea
- Plant 4: Sep. 2004 - Aug. 2005
- Plant 5: Oct. 2004 - Sep. 2005
- Plant 3 (Project Leader): Jan. 2005 - Oct. 2005
- Plant 7 (Project Leader): May 2005 - Jan. 2006
- Plant 2 (Project Leader): Oct. 2006 - Aug. 2007
Standard Time Determination Project,
LG Siltron, Korea
Jul. 2004 - Oct. 2004
Conveyor Line Simulation Project,
LG.Philips LCD, Korea (Project Leader)
Mar. 2005 - Oct. 2005
Process Innovation Project,
LG.Philips LCD, Korea
- The 1st: Mar. 2004 - May 2004
- The 2nd (Project Leader): Jul. 2005 - Jan. 2006
- The 3rd (Project Leader): Mar. 2006 - Oct. 2006
Manufacturing Performance Indicators Standardization Project,
LG Electronics, Korea
Jan. 2007 - Apr. 2007

PROJECTS AT RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL

Optimal Preparedness and Response to Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Emergencies,
The Department of Homeland Security, USA
Jul. 2011 - Jun. 2012
Integrated Production and Distribution Scheduling Project,
Benjamin Moore, NJ, USA (Project Leader)
Nov. 2011 - Feb. 2012
Bogen Material Forecast Improvement Project,
Bogen Communication, Inc., NJ, USA
- The 1st (Project Leader): May 2012 - Aug. 2012
- The 2nd (Project Leader): Mar. 2013 - July. 2013

PROJECTS AT POSTECH (as a professor)

Algorithm & system development for Steel Plate Production Planning
(날판설계 및 Ch/Cast편성을 위한 다차원 Bin packing 기반 알고리즘 개발)
POSCO, Korea
- The 1st: Jan. 2017 - Nov. 2017
- The 2nd: Jan. 2018 - Aug. 2018
Process Innovation and Mathematical Model Development for Maximizing Utility of National User's Facility, Synchrotron Radiation Accelerator
(범국가적 국가연구시설 방사광 가속기 효용 극대화를 위한 프로세스 혁신 및 수리적 모형 개발)
National Research Foundation of Korea – Mid-career Research Program
(한국연구재단 - 중견연구)
- The 1st: Mar. 2017 - Feb. 2018
- The 2nd: Mar. 2018 - Feb. 2019
Steelmaking Scheduling Considering Secondary Refinement Process,
(2차정련을 감안한 전로 출강스케줄링 최적화 모델 개발)
POSCO, Korea
- Sep. 2017 - Jun. 2018
Width selection algorithm improvement for Steel Plate Production Design,
(후판 주조폭, 차지, 캐스트 편성 알고리즘 연구)
POSCO, Korea
- Dec. 2018 - Dec. 2019
Development of Cooperative Scheduling Algorithms for a Crowdsourced Logistics Platform,
(협력적 물류 시스템 플랫폼을 위한 대중 참여 환경의 스케줄링 알고리즘 개발)
National Research Foundation of Korea – Mid-career Research Program
(한국연구재단 - 중견연구)
- The 1st: Mar. 2019 - Feb. 2020
- The 2nd: Mar. 2020 - Feb. 2021
- The 3rd: Mar. 2021 - Feb. 2022
Semiconductor research line operations algorithm development,
(반도체 연구 LINE 운영 ALGORITHM 개발)
Samsung Electronics, Korea
- Apr. 2019 - May. 2020
Consulting for Production Planning and scheduling,
LG Electronics, LG-PRI
- Mar. 2020 - Feb. 2021
Production operations optimization solution development,
(생산계획 최적화 솔루션 개발)
LG Electronics, LG-PRI
- Jun. 2020 - Nov. 2020
Mathematical Model development of Charge/Cast lot grouping for steel coil products,
(박판 CHARGE/CAST 편성을 위한 MIP 수리계획모델 개발)
POSCO, Korea
- Aug. 2020 - Mar. 2021

Crowdsourcing in Last-mile Delivery Considering Crowd Behavior,
(대중 행동 양식을 반영한 크라우드소싱 라스트 마일 배송 연구)
Jungseok Logistics Foundation, Korea
- Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2021

Digital Logistics Platform Design based on the movement from port to port
(AI 중량화물이동체 물류플랫폼 실증사업 - AI 기반 지능형 물류플랫폼 구축)
Ulsan ICT Promotion Agency (UIPA) / National IT Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (NIPA), Korea
- The 1st: Apr. 2021 - Dec. 2021
- The 2nd: Jan. 2022 - Nov. 2022

Development of Production Master Planner Development
(생산계획 최적화 TOOL 개발)
LG Electronics, LG-PRI, Korea
- Jun. 2021 - Aug. 2021
Optimization for production and inventory planning
(자재 과부족 고려 최적 생산계획 최적화)
LG Electronics, LG-PRI, Korea
- Sep. 2021 - Dec. 2021

Development of an optimization program for material distribution of global production corporations
(자재 글로벌 생산 법인 배분 최적화 프로그램 개발)
LG Electronics, LG-PRI, Korea
- Jun. 2022 - Dec. 2022

Algorithm Development for Gene Regulatory Network Analysis via Optimization
(최적화를 통한 유전자 조절 네트워크 분석 알고리즘의 개발)
National Research Foundation of Korea - Basic Research Program
(한국연구재단 - 기본연구)
- Jun. 2022 - May. 2023

Performance testing of Fujitsu DA (Digital Annealer) for combinatorial optimization and examining its commercialization
(차세대 조합최적화 엔진으로서 Fujitsu DA (Digital Annealer)의 성능평가 및 사업화 검토)
National Research Foundation of Korea & Fujitsu Korea Limited - Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation 3.0 (LINC 3.0)
(한국연구재단 & 한국후지쯔 - 『산학연협력 선도대학 육성사업 (LINC 3.0)』 산학공동 기술개발과제)
- Nov. 2022 - Feb. 2023

Development of next-generation scheduling framework based on explainable deep reinforcement learning
(설명가능한 심층강화학습 기반의 차세대 스케줄링 프레임워크 개발)
National Research Foundation of Korea - Mid-career Research Program
(한국연구재단 - 중견연구)
- The 1st: Mar. 2023 - Feb. 2024
- The 2nd: Mar. 2024 - Feb. 2025
- The 3rd: Mar. 2025 - Feb. 2026
- The 4th: Mar. 2026 - Feb. 2027

Developing an optimization framework to improve the performance of the Fujitsu Digital Annealer and its application to solve industrial optimization problems
(Fujitsu Digital Annealer 고도화를 위한 최적화 framework 연구 및 이를 활용한 현업의 최적화 문제 해결)
National Research Foundation of Korea & Fujitsu Korea Limited - Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation 3.0 (LINC 3.0)
(한국연구재단 & 한국후지쯔 - 『산학연협력 선도대학 육성사업 (LINC 3.0)』 산학공동 기술개발과제)
- Jun. 2023 - Jan. 2024

Development of Optimization Program for Production Planning with Excess Stock Consumption
(장기/불용 재고 소진 최적화 프로그램 개발)
LG Electronics, LG-PRI, Korea
- Jul. 2023 - Dec. 2023

Theory and practice of the prediction of robust cellular reprogramming strategies from logical dynamical models
(논리 동적 모형을 통한 강건 세포 리프로그래밍 예측의 이론과 적용)
Science and Technology Amicable Relationships (STAR)
(한-프랑스 협력기반 조성사업)
Jointly supported by the National Research Foundation (Korea), the Ministry of Science and ICT (Korea), the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France), and the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (France)
(한국연구재단 / 과학기술정보통신부 / 프랑스 유럽외무부 / 프랑스 고등교육연구혁신부 공동지원)
- Oct. 2023 - Sep. 2025

POSCO Marketing Metaverse Ch/Cast batching optimization (Basic Design)
(포스코 마케팅 메타버스 Ch/Cast 편성 최적화 구축 과제 포항공대 전문교수 기본설계 용역)
POSCO DX, Korea
- Jan. 2024 - Apr. 2024

Developing a low-code development platform-based software solution to solve industry-oriented combinatorial optimization problems
(산업 현장의 조합최적화 문제 해결을 위한 Low-Code Development 플랫폼 기반 솔루션 개발)
National Research Foundation of Korea & BK planet - Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation 3.0 (LINC 3.0)
(한국연구재단 & 비케이플래닛(주) - 『산학연협력 선도대학 육성사업 (LINC 3.0)』 산학공동 기술개발과제)
- Apr. 2024 - Jan. 2025

POSCO Marketing Metaverse Ch/Cast batching optimization (Detailed Design)
(포스코 마케팅 메타버스 Ch/Cast 편성 최적화 구축 과제 포항공대 전문교수 상세설계 용역)
POSCO DX, Korea
- Apr. 2024 - Dec. 2025

Optimization program development for devanning planning and industrial optimization problems
(D/V 계획 수립 자동화 및 현업 문제를 위한 최적화 엔진 개발)
LG Electronics, LG-PRI, Korea
- Aug. 2024 - Dec. 2024

(Glocal University 30 Project) The Center for Algorithm and Optimization
([글로컬 R&D 센터] 알고리즘 및 최적화 센터)
Korea's Ministry of Education (MOE) & Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
- Jul. 2024 - Feb. 2028